andersen hitch lock

Cummins12V98 wrote:

Sport45 wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

TGPILOT wrote:
About ten years or so ago, I pulled into a truck stop to get fuel in Ark. Later as I was pulling into a town a few miles further up the road I had to stop at a stop light. I noticed in my mirror that the trailer was pulling away from the truck and dropped on the bed before I could stop. Some stupid driver at the truck stop had pulled my pin. After that, I kept the pin locked and the hitch base locked to the bed. No more problems after that.

That's why there are 5 locks on my $1,200 hitch that connects to my 130K RV!

I have hit some badd roads that the RV would have came loose if it was not connected solidly.

The locks are nice, but not much of a deterrent to a determined thief. I don't want your hitch, but bet my son and I could have it out of your truck in less than two minutes with the tools I used to always have with me.

Of course someone could steel it but it's very unlikely with the locks. Biggest concern is some jerk pulling the hitch handle.

I know all you have to do is look every time before you pull away. I don't want to have to look every time I pull away.

Locks are a deterrent to the vast majority of criminals.

I suggest staying in the habit of looking at it often. That's an expensive bit of kit in the back of your truck. One of these days you may back up to your trailer and find you don't have a hitch or any idea when it left your possession.