locking B & W companion fifth wheel hitch

all good stuff, thanks

MFL wrote:
I agree, if they want that B&W head, they will get it! I have not heard anyone on the forum, say theirs was stolen.

A lock on the operating handle is a good idea, just to deter a not so funny prankster.

Jerry

"A lock on the operating handle is a good idea, just to deter a not so funny prankster."

Careful you too will be ridiculed for such a statement!

Old-Biscuit wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

zb39 wrote:
If I pull 2 pins the head pops right off. Any way to lock it. I would hate for it to walk off.

Been locking my B&W head since my first one in 2005.

Of course been criticized for doing so many times by the B&W haters.;)

Difference in opinion....not hater.
That's your hangup
I think they are a great hitch and very innovative.

Reality check is those puny little locks do NOTHING except give false sense of security.
I don't even need bolt cutter or battery powered cutoff.
A ball peen hammer will do.

Well I guess I was not talking about you.

I am not an iddiot, I know exactly how easily the locks could be removed. As they say it keeps the honest people honest!

And no "hangup" here. I give my opinion on a product and it gets "SOME" people all in a tizzy. If that does not apply to you just carry on.

don't lock mine, but won't tell u where I'm at, so the thieves can't find me LOL

Bike cable lock around the head, through the holes in the base...

Lyle

I don't lock it or worry about it. Keep a tonneau cover on the truck bed. I know that will do absolutely nothing to protect it if they want it, but it keeps it out of sight. I figure most scumbags are also lazy...

I don't lock mine either. If someone wants it that bad theyll find a way to get it. As others have said I doubt there's a black market for them.

Old-Biscuit wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

zb39 wrote:
If I pull 2 pins the head pops right off. Any way to lock it. I would hate for it to walk off.

Been locking my B&W head since my first one in 2005.

Of course been criticized for doing so many times by the B&W haters.;)

Difference in opinion....not hater.
That's your hangup
I think they are a great hitch and very innovative.

Reality check is those puny little locks do NOTHING except give false sense of security.
I don't even need bolt cutter or battery powered cutoff.
A ball peen hammer will do.

I lock mine down also. Sure the padlocks can be defeated quite easily, but it just might prevent someone from taking that little extra time to take it.

Old-Biscuit wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

zb39 wrote:
If I pull 2 pins the head pops right off. Any way to lock it. I would hate for it to walk off.

Been locking my B&W head since my first one in 2005.

Of course been criticized for doing so many times by the B&W haters.;)

Difference in opinion....not hater.
That's your hangup
I think they are a great hitch and very innovative.

Reality check is those puny little locks do NOTHING except give false sense of security.
I don't even need bolt cutter or battery powered cutoff.
A ball peen hammer will do.

I agree. Also agree it's a great hitch.

I wouldn't try to lock it down either. As was said earlier the lack of market will keep it safe enough. When I worked the sour gas fields in east Texas I used to have a Scott Air Pack in the back of the truck. Couldn't lock it up because that might have killed me if I needed it. That $1000 or so air pack road in its case in the back of one truck or another for over 10 years and was never touched. A loose chain or boomer wouldn't last more than a day or three....

I agree, if they want that B&W head, they will get it! I have not heard anyone on the forum, say theirs was stolen.

A lock on the operating handle is a good idea, just to deter a not so funny prankster.

Jerry