Hi All, I thought you should know these may not work "out of the box" with a Hensley Arrow Hitch. There is not enough space front to back on the 2" square part of the stinger to mount the casting that holds the mud flap system. There are several ways around the problem, if you are interested in using them. I have a set of these that I modified to work with my Hensley Arrow. I used them while traveling on the Alaskan Caravan. They worked very well, but are heavy when mounted on the "stinger" for the Hensley. I would guess the weight of the assembled mud flap system is around 20 to 25 pounds - not counting the weight of the stinger of the Hensley - another 10 to 15 pounds). I did not want to have to deal with the weight and storage problem each time I unhooked, and removed the stinger from my hitch. I took the casting (the gold colored part in the pictures on the link provided below) to the local machine shop and had the back machined out until it just fit on the square ring around the 2" square receiver on my GMC truck. I had the groove machined just deep enough so I could drill and tap small holes in the back of the casting to hold a strap along each side across the back edge of the square ring on the back side of the receiver. That may be difficult to follow, but if you care or want more detail, just send me an E-Mail off list. The end result was the ability to unhook the trailer and remove the stinger, and leave the mud flaps mounted on the receiver on the truck. The nice beefy casting has enough meat to it to allow all this work, and still be rock solid when mounted on the truck. I have the Stainless Steel stone guards in the lower part of the front of my trailer, so I don't go to the trouble of mounting the mud flaps on the truck unless I plan to be towing off the paved road during my trip. The other "watch out" with these mud flaps is "don't cut your rubber flaps to short". You have to cut them to fit the height of your rig as part of the set up. There is a "range" that the flap must be "operated" within. If they are to long, they will kick up stones themselves by dragging along the top of the loose gravel. If they are two short, they will let stones kicked up by the tires sneak under them and hit the trailer. The design of thee flaps allow for adjustment for height, but the way it is done it swings the flap and the mounting bar away from the truck bumper in an arc. This arc will get the flaps away from the truck enough to be in the way while working around the back of the truck if very much adjustment is used. It can also cause a gap above the top of the flap that will let mud pass over the flap and onto the trailer. I was not aware of this "operating Range" and cut my flaps about one inch (1") to short for my setup. I could keep the mud off the front of the trailer, but had the problem of the mounting bars and flaps several inches behind the truck in order to get them low enough. In case you are interested, the rubber flap pieces are $60 each if you want to replace them with new ones that have not been cut to short.
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