Do I need a hitch lock?

I lock my king pin, Tailgater, and 50 amp power cord (copper wire) etc as human do have a stealing problem!

Drugs used to be a inner city problem now it's everywhere, and same go"s for theft.

growing up in the city used leave the screen door unlocked and nobody at home - can't do that anywhere now.

Parked in a rural community at the moment and that doesn't exclude me from theft as I come to find out that it's been a problem here as well.

Better safe than sorry

I like this quote from a movie, can't recall which one.

"It's not a question of whether you're being paranoid, but are you being paranoid enough?"

I personally would not camp in a location where I had to worry if the low hanging fruit was going to steal my entire camper. If they did, so be it. It's fully insured and was cheap to begin with... other than some mismatched dishes and pans I inherited from my folks when they passed, there's nothing of personal value in my camper, nothing insurance can't replace.

Padlin wrote:
Has anyone had a FW stolen, as opposed to broken into? Can't say I've read about such, bumper pulls yes, FW's no. Will be traveling out west over the next dew years, hope to do a bit of boondocking.

Stolen = No

Broken into = Yes (storage lot many years ago).
TT - Nothing taken - (nothing of value inside) - but window broken to enter.
A facility where everyone had a key to the gate.
Same facility - different time - two tires and wheels stolen.

Facility had "security" (obviously not very good) - and was leased and managed by a LEO and his wife.

Locks are cheap - if it rings your chimes, why not?..:h

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I use a lock when I'm hitched up, just so someone can't pull the handle and I drive out from under it without knowing.

In B.C. it is illegal to have trailer locked to a vehicle while towing.

I never had one. The chance of theft is probably something like 1 in 10,000? I was always more concerned that someone would just release the hitch when parked but never happened. I choose to not try to protect against low probability events.

rseymour21 wrote:
I use a lock when I'm hitched up, just so someone can't pull the handle and I drive out from under it without knowing. But I've never tried using a lock to keep someone from stealing the trailer.

Who would that?? Never heard of this ever happening...

I lock it all. Keeps the low hanging fruit people out.

if you want to waste your money it is fine.

Padlin wrote:
Has anyone had a FW stolen, as opposed to broken into? Can't say I've read about such, bumper pulls yes, FW's no. Will be traveling out west over the next dew years, hope to do a bit of boondocking.

Personally, I use a kingpin lock. Won't keep a determined thief from taking the FW, but it will make it a bit harder. Simple steel sleeve with a couple slots in it that a lock goes through right at the slot in the pin. For about $12, it was cheap insurance.

Lyle

I have never locked mine, but often thought about it. Although it would not be that easy for someone to steal it.
When at campground they would have to put slides in and unhook electric, water, sewer. This would take some time and you would have to awful desperate.
When it is parked at home it would take some time to maneuver truck under the kingpin. I don't leave a lot of room between 5er and garage.
But I guess you really never know. If someone wants something bad enough they will make an attempt to take it.