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    Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 8:28pm

Within the hour - pretty darn good service!  Great . . . Thanks a lot. Smile
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I've got the locking pin for the trailer tongue, too. Bought at Harbor Freight for about $10. I've yet to purchase the locking reciever hitch bar (also available at HF, Northern Tool, or any other trailer place), I just use the bar and pin that came with the hitch. For me the purpose of the tongue lock, in addition to keeping the trailer trailing while driving, is to keep any would-be hijacker from swiping the trailer while I'm away. Though anyone with five bucks for a hacksaw could probably dispatch the $10 lock without too much effort.
   
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 7:43pm
How is this for fast, friendly service?????
 
 
Both have covers to keep dirt out of the lock.  However, a squirt of WD-40 about every other month keeps them turning smooth.  I think I paid around $25 for this set at AutoZone.
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Posts: 539 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 7:23pm
A pic would be great - thanks!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 7:19pm
You can buy them several places, as a set - Walmart, AutoZone, Camping World, etc.  If you like, I can take a picture of mine. Smile
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Posts: 539 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 7:08pm
Okay, Outbound and David . . . I like the idea you guys have of using a padlock instead of a pin -- but what size padlock are you talking about?  And how did you get your set of padlocks all "keyed alike?"  Do you buy them that way?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 6:54pm
What the heck.....I'll throw in my $.02.
 
Like Outbound, I use a keyed alike set - one one the hitch bar and one for the camper tongue.  There ain't no way the hitch bar is going to come off.  I don't worry much about the hitch bar being stolen in the campground, but it would be very easy for someone to take when parked elsewhere.
 
I'm very glad nothing bad happened on your way home!
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Posts: 539 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 1:55pm
Oubound and Goose,
Thanks for the ideas about pins and padlocks!  It will make for safer podding for us all. Smile
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Posts: 672 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 1:27pm
I don't use cotter pins, I use hitch pins in the receiver and trailer hitch. The ring on the hitch pin snaps back against the pin so that it can not slide out. On the trailer hitch I use a hitch pin for a tractor PTO, it can be found at any farm supply store.
 I have thought about investing in locks like Outbound but just have not gone that route yet.
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Posts: 767 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 4:03pm
I've always used keyed-alike brass padlocks through both the receiver pin and the hitch hasp.  A padlock won't walk off and it won't jiggle loose and fall out.
Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150
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