Towing – Little Green Airstream

Restoring a Hensley Arrow Anti-Sway Hitch

February 23, 2017May 5, 20176 Comments

While the Airstream was in Vermont with my contractors, it was important to me that I get the most out of my construction schedule. To do that, I’d made a list of tasks I could do from home that didn’t require my having the trailer with me and made preparations in advance. As I shared in a recent post, one of the things I was able to do...

Crash Course in Recycling a Vintage Airstream

September 17, 2016November 16, 20162 Comments

By the end of June, I’d started moving forward with my new contractors, Éamon and Paul McMahon. We’d placed orders for replacement parts for the chassis, and agreed on the following scope of work: To supply & install five new outriggers for replacement on the chassis To sandblast and paint the entire chassis, including the A-frame and bumper To fix the entry stairs (which were wobbly in part...

Welding the A-frame on a Vintage Airstream

April 17, 2016November 15, 2016Leave a comment

My next step was to address a problem with the frame of my Airstream. A couple of years ago when I’d first bought the trailer, I gave it a good cleaning and did a basic inventory of items that needed repair. One of the things I’d noticed was that the A-frame (consisting of the A-shaped steel members at the front of the trailer and the coupler that accepts...

Without a Hitch

December 16, 2015November 15, 2016Leave a comment

One unanticipated cost I discovered I’d have to factor into my Airstream renovation budget is for a sway-control hitch. For those of you who are newbies like myself, a sway control or anti-sway hitch is hardware that connects the ball hitch on your tow vehicle to the A-frame of the trailer, and helps to give you a more balanced, controlled connection between the two vehicles. When I originally...