Another junk hitch lock

"Another junk hitch lock" I didn't realize this was a major problem?

Hitch locks are only designed to slow a thief down. If they want it, they'll get it.

I'm a big fan of Bosnianbill and also the LockPickingLawyer on Youtube.

Bill also recently did a video on the Reese Hitch Lock which is another junk lock.

A Locksmith (Wayne Winton) has a channel on Youtube. His videos demonstrate brute force attacks on security chains and locks.

Some recent discussion on locks and security here.

Realizing that it is probably a waste of time....this is what I put on ours (if I even remember to do so).

Any lock that uses a normal traditional key can be picked just as easy as those videos describe. That's basic lock picking 101 there. That's why some locks are now created with different types of keys, some round, some flat with etching lines, all kinds of methods for attempting to make a lock more secure.

The bottom line is, every lock has it's vulnerability. Even the most advanced, electronic, computerized, sophisticated bank safe in the world has it's vulnerability. You've just got to know where it is and how to do it to by-pass the honest way of opening it!

What we are counting on is, the average person who might be tempted to simply walk by and do a "snatch and grab" won't do that, because it take a second longer to take something. That second gives the "honest" person an opportunity to rethink his actions and stay "honest." A true thief will get anything!

But, if the OP can design and build a better one, that's truly thief proof, I'd buy it in a heart beat!

I have said this in another thread.. and someone else posted how I can say it so he knows too.

There is no chain lock, not hitch lock no lock used in RV service I can not get past. NOT ONE... They don't make one.

Now I will admit I now have two ways.. one I'm not so good at, the other is destructive but it's guaranteed.

And as I said, Someone lese (I won't post how) Posted the method.

Hitch locks are a safety device and keep honest people honest, a hitch pin and padlock works just as well as something fancy.