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So what hitch yall running now ?

I'm sorry that your experience was not good and having gone through what you have, I'm sure I would lose a lot of trust in a product as well. I have had a Hensley hitch since 2001 with a 4" drop and it has over 75000 miles on it. at around 65000 I did a refurbish on it, with new paint, bearings, seals and weight bar bushings, Total about $250.00. I have looked at the propride and have friends that own it and the adjustable stinger is a nice feature, however I don't believe that it has any more or less strength than a properly welded non adjustable stinger. Personally I'm 100 percent sure that both are #1 in the industry. Which one you chose is a personal preference. I own the Hensley only because I like the strut bars better over the yoke. The strut bars, I believe have a better fail safe (replaceable shear bolts) that is easier to fix on the road when or if something should happen to them. The Propride yoke will usually break and it will need welding or replacement before continuing on your way.

We have loved our Hensley for many years. It's a very safe hitch, and drive-wise I would give it the top rating of anything I have towed with and compared over the years. The welds on my unit and stinger are beautifully done, but it is an older unit and a 2" drop. Maybe with a large drop, bolts could be added?

I'm using Camco R6. Have about 7000 miles on it. It's $700 hitch

I was right there in the Outer Banks when Hurricane Floyd hit North Carolina.

You could have walked over to the ferry ticket office and visitor center, which is a large and very sturdy building, or across the street to the post office, both which are always open

We purchased a ProPride years ago after comparing the two. No issues at all. Totally worth the investment for us, and we loved the improvements they have made to the design. Great customer service as well. So sorry this happened to you. Scary and sad that Hensley has been so shady and were obviously sending out the ones with the bad stingers after they knew about it.

The small restroom you mentioned is by far the safest place to be.

Wow I just watched your story. It’s truly incredible and lucky that you are both safe. I’m so glad I went with propride. Its is fantastic. And hope you do purchase one and your faith will be restored in the new and improved design. I love it!

Always easier and safer to leave and comeback to a intact camper or ripped up camper that can be replaced

Stay safe ! I love the beach but definitely not during hurricane season!

I use an app called Severe Weather Alerts to make sure I get any alerts. That said, if we're in an area of active or likely rotation, we use Radar Omega and watch not only reflectivity, but also the velocity couplets and correlation coefficient. That will give you the information you need to determine if you are truly in harms way or not (don't rely on any third party when it comes to your safety). NWS misses tornados all the time (just happened to a friend of mine in Newburgh Indiana - NWS said "it's just a cold air funnel" when it was an F1 tornado). We were just in a campground in Virginia last week, and were under multiple tornado warnings, so we pulled up Radar Omega to track the cells in detail. The campground said their bathouse was the place to go, so we were prepared to go to that (with our dogs) which wasn't too far from our RV. If there was no where else to go, we would have gone into our truck and hunkered down in a safe a spot as possible that we could find. While debris is a potential concern, it would take an F4 to topple our F450. Stay alert and aware for sure. We're in the Outer Banks right now.

Learn about safe shelter ahead of time, during a tornado watch, big enough for you and your pets, preferably in a basement. Please don't stay in your trailer.

James Morrison is the owner of Hensley Hitches. He is an entrepreneur who had a few different companies. He also owns "Tow Safe, LLC" and that company is the one that actually acquired Hensley.

Thanks for sharing

Be safe, standing by and watching here in Virginia

So glad you were NOT hurt

I haven't had the Hensley Arrow, but I have the Pro-Pride 1400 lb. and have close to 10,000 miles on it pulling a 37 foot travel trailer the last 3 years. I've been very happy with it. I would buy it again.

I see why it broke.. I'll keep my comments BEING THEIR WATCHING.. they know.. have u gotten a new design yet?

After 6 yrs in a 5th wheel we contemplating a move back to travel trailer. This is very valuable information conveyed in an honest way. I've used the Equalizer and wasn't to wild about the noise when maneuvering in the campgrounds. Have you looked at the Andersen WD hitch? Thankyou.

Our family has 3 Hensleys and 1 propride... all are perfect... safest hitch out there bar none... something has happened to quality control... they better recall those stingers before someone gets hurt....

I have 4 inch drop. I have used for 10,000 miles. Someone really messed up on yours! I couldn’t even find your post on Facebook maybe they scrubbed it.

I looked at both those options, but they were both out of my budget. I settled upon a Weigh Safe True Tow Middleweight, still expensive but so far, no problems.

Glad you guys are ok. This could have been very bad! Wishing you happy travels, keep it moving!

I’m sorry you had to go through all that. As the only other person besides Jim Hensley himself with 30 years of experience with the design, and an actual engineer, it makes my blood kind of boil seeing such an easy thing to avoid from a manufacturing and design standpoint. The world needs more professional pride in their work. 😉

Great job guys!! Mike would have been in the hot tub too Dan!

So glad I am seeing this. No way can I do that

New sub here from Facebook

Looks fun🙂👍, try to stay away from RVs with slides. We only know one person that hasn't had a problem with slides. Have a good day

Seen your link on Facebook just subscribed 🙂

Have a great day

Awesome video - new friend here

Oh hey! This is the tail guide Zeter! I'm still glad you enjoyed your little personal tour, it was a lot of fun as one of the last tours I went on!

2:35 beautiful shot of the sky in the lake

1:27 you had me at hello when you mentioned the slide

1:04 Bella would love the doggy park

0:42 Botton campgrounds are pretty cool. I was up to Lansing Michigan to a campground called Cottonwood. That was a pretty cool campground really busy.

Wow what a trailer that bad boy is

You’ve some gorgeous dogs. Great episode thanks for sharing

I’m not one on resorts but the slide and lake look fun

Wow, what an awesome time you all had, sorry we could be there with you guys!

We are going to north beach at St. Augustine

Great video we are heading there on Friday

I love Florida but summer is rough

Been watching you guys for a bit now keep up the good work

Boy do we have an update to this video……….

So glad you got it figured out and had a great time.

Wow, glad you got it to work

Great Video guys! Way too much of Joe in the video....lol Another great time with you guys! All of the water activities was fun for sure. Love the Pine-Cone Gate at the camp site.

Oh wow, ive seen the bridge but didnt know you could drive thru it! Im gonna have to drag the 5th wheel thru it!....lol Food look yummy Suzy! Had the whole lake for yourselves, awesome! Thumbs up'ed the video guys! See you soon!