Pro Pride Hensley Hitch

[Jerryr]

I have a ProPride 3P 1400 and love it. I am pulling a Grand Design Imagine 2970 with a F-150 with a payload rating of 2,437 pounds. The 3P transfers weight to the steering axle of the TV well and there is not even a hint of sway even when being passed by a big rig at 65mph. Expensive? Yes. Heavy? Yes. Worth it. Absolutely. The peace of mind alone is worth it. Check out the ProPride Facebook page.


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RevRon,

The chains in your picture are not routed as per instructions. Look at page 23 step 9. They should be routed BETWEEN the spring bars.
https://manuals.heartlandowners.org/...0Operation.pdf

[Jerryr]

are my eyes playing tricks on me, or do those chains look like they are not crossed?

Scot "Zee"

Propride chains are connected to a single point under the hitch. Not like other hitches where they are separated by a few inches where crossing them makes sense.

[RevRon]

RevRon,

The chains in your picture are not routed as per instructions. Look at page 23 step 9. They should be routed BETWEEN the spring bars.
https://manuals.heartlandowners.org/...0Operation.pdf

This has been corrected


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[KentuckySteve]

Army, I would really appreciate hearing of your experience when you get back. Safe Travels!!

[Extreme]

Thinking about getting a ProPride and read in the link you were taking a big trip with it. So how did it preform concerning trucks and wind?

[Extreme]

RevRon was your F-150 a 1/2 ton pick up?

[looknow12]

Or just put a few twists in each chain to shorten them up.


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The twist is a great idea, but many times I forget the next tow, and they end up dragging. I have one small trailer I need to fix it for good.

[PAPAJOJO]

I know this is a little late response for some, but let me share my experience with Pro Pride.

I pulled the trigger on a PP as I was having difficulty keep my set up on the road. I agree the PP hitch is a great hitch and does what it is designed for. It's heavy, keeps you in control going down the road and both PP and Hensley are very proud of their product, $2200+ investment. Great customer support from PP as I had to talk to the owner to dial it in on my set up.

BUT, on a 2500 mile trip we ran into two situations that cause great stress and frustration. I learned that if the tow vehicle and hitch are not inline with each other it is very difficult to connect the two. Meaning if the tow vehicle is at a upperward angle and the hitch is level your forcing the tow vehicle in a downward motion and the hitch will not angle up enough to insert the stinger. Over two hours to finally get it contacted by ramming speed allowed it to be locked in place. The other difficult connection is if the two are at a angle to connect. The hitch wants to move around not allowing the stinger to be inserted. You must be as inline and level as possible to make a connection. In most cases these connections can be done with very little stress, but some cases you are not able to have the room, levelness and need to disconnect to stay within your camp boundaries. Let's just say we were the talk of the campground that morning.

These are good hitches but when we were driving away from that campground my wife said we will not be traveling again with that hitch. Sold it over the winter season and went back to a Equalizer set up and have had great success with that since. This season I said numerous times "I'm so glad we don't have the PP setup". We would've repeated one of these situations again for sure.

[attaboy]

Thanks to everyone for responding. I'm still a little concerned about getting it put on right.

My wife and I installed our ProPride hitch ourselves and neither of us is what you would call mechanically inclined.
The people at ProPride are the most helpful support group I have encountered since we began RVing. The owner and his
people are reachable with a simple phone call, we got our questions answered on the 1st call every time.
As my wife reminded me at least 100 times READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.
We are older than your average campers 79 and 69. We did it over a 2 day period and it works as advertised and
I find that unusual in todays world.

I did not own a torque wrench, they sell them.
A very satisfied ProPride customer:
Bob A.

P.S. Hitching and unhitching is different than hitching to a ball, to me not more difficult just different.

[ArmyLifer]

I too had some hitching issues, even though everything seemed lined up. I think the sharp edge off the stinger would catch on the side of the receiver and jam things up.

My solution: round off the sharp corners of the stinger. Not an issue since then. I’m going out to the RV tomorrow. I’ll take a picture or two and post them up then.