Hensley Cub Test Market Offer

For anyone interested, I called Hensley Manufacturing this morning to get information about the Hensley Cub hitch which is claimed to not control, but eliminate sway. This hitch normally sells for $2590 but in this test market deal, the price is $1670. Shipping to anywhere in the US is $125.

I have an Equal-i-zer, but am strongly considering upgrading to the Hensley Cub hitch. Having one experience where the hitch could not stop the sway, I don't every want a repeat. The Hensley Cub looks like it would be much better than any other design I have seen.

While I was on the phone with Hensley, I asked and was told that I could share this information here.

Edit: I received emailed information. The actual model is the new Swift Cub model that uses chains instead of jack bars. The older style Cub price is $1970.

It is a lot of money, but having one accident where the Equal-i-zer (2 more points of sway control than the E2) was not able to stop the sway and prevent an accident, I am going to upgrade my hitch to the Swift Cub. In our case, it was not just the cross-winds but the combination of ice with those cross-winds that was the problem. The E2 would also have not been effective in that instance.

Edit: I have the Swift Cub on order now. It should arrive next Wednesday. It will get installed and the first real long-haul test will happen next month when we take off to visit our daughters and grandchildren and then go up to Yellowstone NP for a couple of days before returning home.

If it works out as well as I hope, I will have an Equal-i-zer hitch and a Hayes Sway-Master Electronic Sway Control for sale, either together or separately.

Was the issue on the ice really sway or was it a full loss of traction that no anti sway device and/or WDH would have stopped, including the Swift Club?  Feeling safer is important, and may be worth the money, but I'd sure be careful relying on this system when driving on icy roads with wind as it may not really afford any more protection than other less costly systems.  As with all things in life, things are always balances with cost vs. actual benefit.  And if you have the dough re mi to buy the best out there, what the heck, go for it.