Bob Shaw wrote:
Campinfan wrote:
Allworth wrote:
OK tinfoil hat people!
Never in twelve years of extensive RVing with a fiver have I seen (or talked to anyone who has, in person, seen) a fifth wheel hitch that was released by pranksters. Not the pins. Not the release handle. None! Never!
Maybe I travel in the wrong locations. I have only been in thirty some odd states. I guess all the pranksters are in the other twelve.
If anybody out there has a picture of a fiver that was released by pranksters; or a copy of a Police Report covering such an event, they should post it for all to see. (Fives dropped due to operator error don't count!)
We should all probably be more worried about lightning hitting the trailer while in motion and setting the truck on fire!
I like your thinking, Allworth. We seem to hear these stories but I have not heard anyone where someone said it happened to them or where they have direct knowledge. Sounds like an urban legend, but doing a once over when you come back to your rig is never a bad idea. I have heard of people finding tire issues by doing this and I found a piece of loose trim around the door that covers the screws.
Well consider yourselves as hearing a first-hand account. Someone, for Lord knows why, pulled one of my pins out, left front, while I was away from the rig. Fortunately, I found it before it caused me a serious issue. I now always carry a spare pin and clip. So, it does happen.
Since this has happened to you why not do the padlock mod?
