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Bierp's avatar
Bierp
Explorer
Jun 11, 2018

Kingpin lock

Did a search for Kingpin lock and King Pin Lock here and got no hits, so I'll just ask.

What pin locks are recommended? I don't feel especially comfortable with no deterrent on there. I also don't want something cheap, like the Reese ball hitch lock that anyone with a bar can snap off in seconds.

Conversely, I don't want to drop several hundred dollars on a lock that isn't worth that much.

Input appreciated. Thanks.
  • Old-Biscuit's avatar
    Old-Biscuit
    Explorer III
    Jun 11, 2018
    Haven't used one yet.......current 5vr 11 years, previous 5vr 20+ years and neither ever went missing

    Where are you parking that this kind of theft concerns you?
  • Bierp's avatar
    Bierp
    Explorer
    Jun 11, 2018
    Old-Biscuit wrote:

    Where are you parking that this kind of theft concerns you?



    Uhh, the USA?

    Honestly, I probably don't "need" one, but it only takes once. Better safe than sorry and all that.

    When full-timing, this goes beyond our 'rv' and becomes our 'home'. I'd hate to find out it was going down the highway behind someone else's truck. :)
  • Old-Biscuit's avatar
    Old-Biscuit
    Explorer III
    Jun 11, 2018
    Bierp wrote:
    Old-Biscuit wrote:

    Where are you parking that this kind of theft concerns you?



    Uhh, the USA?

    Honestly, I probably don't "need" one, but it only takes once. Better safe than sorry and all that.

    When full-timing, this goes beyond our 'rv' and becomes our 'home'. I'd hate to find out it was going down the highway behind someone else's truck. :)


    7 years FTng
    If I/We felt something was not right we moved on

    WE found that by engaging our 'neighbors' they seemed to have a vested interest in watching out and vice versa.
  • Paul_Clancy's avatar
    Paul_Clancy
    Explorer
    Jun 11, 2018
    Any lock is a deterrent. For what they cost worth doing. Mine is a metal sleeve that goes over the pin. Uses any padlock. I bought an abus tamper proof.
  • laknox's avatar
    laknox
    Nomad
    Jun 11, 2018
    Paul Clancy wrote:
    Any lock is a deterrent. For what they cost worth doing. Mine is a metal sleeve that goes over the pin. Uses any padlock. I bought an abus tamper proof.


    I had one like that, but let it go with my old FW. Shoulda kept it and just put a better lock on it. =Anything= is better'n nothing.

    Lyle
  • Allworth's avatar
    Allworth
    Explorer II
    Jun 11, 2018
    I also use a sleeve whenever I finish setting up (I store in the back yard behind locked gates) because it makes DW feel better.

    I personally feel that anybody who is going to come into a campsite, unhook utilities, raise stabilizers, break into the trailer and close the slides, raise to hookup level, back the truck under, pull the chocks, and steal the trailer would probably also have a set of bolt cutters with them.
  • Bierp's avatar
    Bierp
    Explorer
    Jun 11, 2018
    Allworth wrote:
    I personally feel that anybody who is going to come into a campsite, unhook utilities, raise stabilizers, break into the trailer and close the slides, raise to hookup level, back the truck under, pull the chocks, and steal the trailer would probably also have a set of bolt cutters with them.


    You're probably not wrong about that.

    I had a few early moments where I wanted to park it without it being hooked up and without slides out, as it would be in storage. That's what made me think about it. I agree it's far less likely when you're fully deployed.

    Still, I spent the $30 for a lock. No harm. Cheaper than the $200 locks and I'll sleep 1% better. :)

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