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davisenvy
Explorer
May 24, 2016

Andersen Hitch Owners

Have you found a way to lock your hitch into your bed yet? My sales rep at Andersen says a lock will only do good on the ball portion and if I had a lock on the bottom pin, it wouldn't matter.

I'm thinking the light weight of the hitch might be convenient for more than just me:h
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    BarneyS
    Explorer III
    May 24, 2016
    Closed because of repeated personal attacks against another member.
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    ralphnjoann
    Explorer
    May 24, 2016
    Cummins12V98 wrote:
    I am NOT an Andersen owner but one of my concerns with the Andersen is there is NO way to lock it.


    There's not??? I use small padlocks in place of the pins securing the hitch to the rails as I did with my previous rail-mount hitch. I remove the ball and put it in my storage box.
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    WTP-GC
    Explorer
    May 24, 2016
    Cummins12V98 wrote:
    I am NOT an Andersen owner but one of my concerns with the Andersen is there is NO way to lock it.

    LOL...always a negative comment.
    I wrap a chain around mine too. You can use those small pad locks on the 2 ball connections.

    Part of my problem with the B & W turnover ball is that there is no way to lock it.
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    Cummins12V98
    Explorer III
    May 24, 2016
    I am NOT an Andersen owner but one of my concerns with the Andersen is there is NO way to lock it.
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    krusegroup
    Explorer
    May 24, 2016
    I've got small padlocks throug the big pins in place of the clips. If they want it they'll have to cut them off, and then at least I can tell my insurance agent it was locked....:)
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    davisenvy
    Explorer
    May 24, 2016
    minnow wrote:
    Well you can always wrap a chain lock around the hitch and chain it to a bed tie down on the truck.


    This is what I came up with also. My wife takes the truck shopping and I'm afraid someone is going to take my hitch. I thought about putting the ball behind the back seat and a cable lock around the hitch locked to the truck bed.
  • minnow's avatar
    minnow
    Explorer
    May 24, 2016
    Well you can always wrap a chain lock around the hitch and chain it to a bed tie down on the truck.
  • stew47's avatar
    stew47
    Explorer
    May 24, 2016
    Take sharpie and marked "stolen from (your name) ". It's not guaranteed but I learned that after having stuff stolen off pontoon boat.
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    csamayfield55x
    Explorer
    May 24, 2016
    My guess is not too many people know what the heck it even is to worry about swiping it let alone how to get it out

    Chris

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