Re: [A/S] The Tongue Twister

[Dick Kenan <as5368@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Terry:

>1 - Has anyone purchased ($30) The Tongue Twister? How helpful is it for
>hooking up to the Airstream - ACTUALLY?  Tell it like it is, would you?

I have one, but I bought it for my Reese hitch.  I have never used it for 
its intended purpose when hitching - only as a substitute for the tall jack 
stand when clearance is a problem.  I did use the screw once to adjust the 
orientation of my trailer while hosting.  The Hensley has more side-to-side 
motion on its own than the tongue twister anyhow.


>2 - Have any of you purchased ($30) the Hensley spare parts kit (a grease
>fitting, clevis pins, cotter pins and D-ring hitch bar pins)? If yes, have
>you needed to use any of those parts?

They gave me one of them at the Bismark International.  If I didn't already 
have a "care" package, I'd buy one; there's nothing like needing one of 
those things and not having it.  The "D-ring hitch-bar pins" (they're 
called something like "clinch" pins, or the like) can be bought at just 
about any tractor/farm supply house for less than a dollar.  I wouldn't be 
surprised to find that the whole package can be picked up for much less 
than $30 by someone like you who keeps his eyes open.

>PS - I'll be off line for a week or more later this month. We're going to
>Charleston, South Carolina (Patriot's Point) where I'll donate labor toward
>the continuing restoration of the USS Laffey DD-724. I was at sea on her
>during most of 1955.  She's still my ship.

Neat...I toured that one while touring Charleston, some time ago.

- Dick
(5368)