To prevent teardrop thefts

[lrrowe]

But don't they have a "sloppy" or "loose" fit?

[tony.latham]

When Grant was building teardrops, he offered removable tongues. If I recall he had a hitch receiver welded half-way up the tongue that the rest of the tongue would slide in. I always thought that was a good idea for theft-prone areas.

I found this photo...




I haven't messed with pintle hitches for decades, but couldn't a thief drop a pintle hitch loop over a 2" ball and take off without caring if it popped off?

Tony

[Trebor English]

A crossed over safety chain is enough to tow a trailer. A 2" ball and coupler makes it much less noisy and saves a ton of wear and tear on the license plate. If there are wheels and a tongue the thief can bring the chain and drive off.

[Nobody]

I live under the assumption that a determined & resourceful thief WILL steal your rig if he wants it bad enough. I therefore use a locking pin for my ball mount, and a simple 'pin lock' for the coupler (both while traveling & in camp). Our doors are always locked when we're in camp but not at the camper. Otherwise I take my chances.

I've owned/used a couple of large equipment trailers that were equipped with a pintle rings & they worked well. Only trouble was I always had trouble remembering where I'd put the 'stinger' with the other end of the pintle welded on...

[Roly Nelson]

My removable hitch with tongue attached, goes into my car trunk, out of sight and out of mind. No sweat, works great.
Roly

[friz]

My plan is to use an adjustable jack stand with a ball welded to it for tongue support when not attached to the TV, locking the hitch to the stand as i would the TV. I also plan to lock a wheel to the trailer frame with a cable lock, and if all that fails, a satellite tracking device will alert me by text when the camper moves. I hope this is enough, as my trailer will be left in campgrounds while we enjoy the area by car or bike.

Friz

[Cathy P.]

After someone moved our pop-up (2,000 lbs) from our front yard while we were sleeping, we bought the "TrailerKeeper". We have it for years and used on a pop-up and a TT. When they took the pop-up, it had the expensive kind of hitchlock on it. Saw a flatbed casing the rural area but not being from that area, I really didn't think anything of it. This was in southern AZ, you could see the dig marks on the ground and to the street where I am sure they loaded it on a flatbed.