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Re: trailer tow hitch locks
« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2018, 02:59:46 PM »
Thanks I got lots of ideas now. I get it that the locks just keep honest people honest or may slow down a bad guy.
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Re: trailer tow hitch locks
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2018, 03:06:12 PM »
Thanks I got lots of ideas now. I get it that the locks just keep honest people honest or may slow down a bad guy.
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Re: trailer tow hitch locks
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2018, 05:35:32 PM »
Be careful with Etrailer.  I bought a replacement lens for a trailer recently and they gigged me more for shipping than the darned thing cost.
Sorry for the experience. Etrailer has always treated me right.

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Re: trailer tow hitch locks
« Reply #18 on: June 01, 2018, 08:22:23 AM »
make sure everyone in your family knows where the key is or has one!  :bash: 3 hours from home, no key for the tongue lock  :bash: :bash:

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Re: trailer tow hitch locks
« Reply #19 on: June 01, 2018, 08:31:20 AM »
make sure everyone in your family knows where the key is or has one!  :bash: 3 hours from home, no key for the tongue lock  :bash: :bash:




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Re: trailer tow hitch locks
« Reply #20 on: July 21, 2018, 10:23:37 AM »
I have a 30 foot log chain around the axle and a tree, tongue ball lock, pad lock on the tongue and a short piece of tempered chain and padlock through the wheel spokes and around the spring.  I used to work for a construction company and trailers were being constantly stolen, thieves have some very sophisticated cutting equipment all you can do is slow them down and hope that it looks like it will take too long and go on to easier pickings.

Most receiver hitch locks are a joke also, my guys were constantly losing keys and most being hardened will break with a good blow from a hammer or slip a piece of pipe over it and snap it off.  I now use a 5/8' Grade 8 bolt and drill the nut once its on and put a roll pin in.
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Re: trailer tow hitch locks
« Reply #21 on: July 21, 2018, 12:49:00 PM »
Biggest hope for me with the tongue locks is that they will make enough noise to draw attention to themselves if they try to steal it.

Locks are great, but insurance is greater.

 


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