Thank you! After a 9 hour drive home from vacation, I realized the key was 5 states away and I wasn’t unpacking until this hitch was off. I improvised and used a large adjustable wrench. It took all of 3 seconds to get it off.
I like that they admit it can still be broken and that makes me trust a company more. I love seeing companies that say no one can break their pock! Not a plasma torch. Not an Infinity Gauntlet! Nothing!
Do what I did. I just welded my Receiver to the hitch and nobody has stolen it yet,,,, but my Boss don't like me taking my boat to work everyday but I smile and tell him at least I still have my boat!
Ironically, I broke my master lock brand one off the same way the other day (used truck, didn’t have a key for it). But I like that you broke your own product, showing it isn’t foolproof, just better.
It's obvious that these aren't meant to keep someone from stealing your boat or trailer, but sometimes you would lose the cotter pin because it fell off or it would break off somehow, and sometimes you might find it missing because someone stole it or was playing games with you. These are good for preventing that.
I put a small weld on the nut that bolts my safety chain to the trailer. Then just use a heavy lock. Not fool proof but covers both the tongue lock and the pin
@@russellatstupenas7354 not true I've seen thevies go through first a sheet metal wall then an interior block wall to steal cigarettes and they got away with a truck load but the idea is if they have to work for it or have better tools the its way less likely to happen. I was curious about these being worth it because when I've lost my key to my hitch lock in the past its taken no time to break it off so kinda a waste of $20 if these are really that hard to break they are worth what they are charging if you got a nice adjustable drop hitch
No, slightly less garbage than those other locks they have shown. And since this is an advertisement, those two are probably worst ones they could find.
@@junotfranco7197 But alarms are more annoying as most the times its the wind or a bird shit on the car. Most times people just ignore car alarms as they are so tempermental.
The selling point is thieves are shitty. The shitty part is we can’t have nice things without shitty low life’s trying to take it. Invest in a lock because the academy of thieves will steal what you work hard for
I did the same except I took a tap and threaded the hitch and reciver bar and ran the bolt through with a lock washer and nut and hit it with a air impact
Wow Sounds like someone got a new guitar and learned two cords and his buddy got a new set of drums for Christmas. Doing their first gig in the garage .
For that last one. Maybe carry a longer pipe to wiggle it back and forth a little so as not to deform it too much and it will slide right out after breaking. Probably cut that time right down.
You could coat the locking mechanism with several layers of a flexible polyurethane polymer like 3M's 5200. This stuff is indestructible and would make it hard to get any torque on the lock itself.
I'm convinced that there is no real security. I think the best idea might be to weld a square pocket to the side of your hitch just like they do for gates in the mountains. I've seen a few diabolical gate lock covers.
Lock is seized with rust (still have the key) grabbed a pipe and bent it, the pipe. I need a steel one instead a bit of fence post, which must be galv. aluminum.
Dang I only used this video to break my old lock a few years ago when the key was 250 mi away. Now I’m looking for that unbreakable lock and watched the entire video to see it’s here!!
I don't understand a lot of the negative comments as any lock is intended to just be a deterrent. How many of you go to bed at night and not lock the door? I guess most of these people never lock anything up as they deem locks useless. The best lock is the one that takes the longest to break using the quietest tools.
Yep. Gotta have redundant locks on all your stuff so that the gain ain’t worth the pain. Lock the boat to the trailer, the trailer to the hitch, lock one wheel of the trailer, locks the spare tire, lock the hitch pin, lock the tongue latch, duct tape all the locks with 10 layers of tape……
I suspect that's how someone stole the spare off my F150. I had a cable lock too. Clean cut through both the cable lock and the cable crimp on the bracket holding the wheel. So far I have yet to find a secure solution that a sawzall or large bolt cutters can't break in just a few seconds.
IF the shaft is made of hard enough steel a sawzall won't have a chance at getting a bite, an angle grinder of course still could but that is a lot noisier and harder to get in tight spots.
I'm sorry your offended by my comment and fail to see the sarcasm in it. I have been using that comment for more than 20 years with nobody objecting. I guess after your comment I should stop. by the way that is more sarcasm.
I am with you Gary as I too use that statement....locks only keep honest people out...It doesn't mean honest people steal it just means if a dishonest person wants it a lock won't save it. People need to harden the shit up and stop calling political correctness for their pussy whipped arses.Cheers from Australia
@Cw Sayre Even "honest" people can be tempted and, so, become dishonest. The lock significantly reduces temptation among those who may, otherwise, be tempted who have rarely felt that way.
Couldnt find a pipe to fit over it. Put my lug wrench partially around it and gave it 4 medium whacks with a maul. Took 3 more good shots and it was free. 10 minutes looking for a pipe...30 seconds with the crobar...getting it off-PRICELESS
I lost my keys and one hit with a regular nail hammer broke my trailer lock loose. Locks ( on anything) only keep honest people honest. Even bank vaults don't stop real thieves!
I stressed and looked for my missing key today for over an hour, watched this video and it took me all of 10 seconds to bust off a Master Lock. Unbelievable, do not buy one of those locks, a scrap piece of pipe will defeat in in no time.
The problem is that it wouldve broken in a fraction of the time, if they had made a legitimate attempt - holding the other end with the other pipe, so the breaker cold lever it back and forth. Never trust a security company 'testing' their own product against the competition.
Spring Bloom - My thought exactly. 1) why didn't they lever back and forth using the two pipes that they had with them. 2) The video is a MARKETING GIMMICK produced by the manufacturer or retailer to make their offering APPEAR superior to the competition.
Thanks you save me for how to break my lock literally mine got so rusty that the key don’t work now using this it broke like 1 sec n now I don’t have the anti theft lock.
You could get the same effect with wrapping a thick layer of duct tape around the lock. 3" length strips.... repeatedly... till you get thick wall around the lock.
UA-cam algorithm at work again. I bought a BOLT hitch lock and receiver pin lock. People will pull the pin out of the receiver pin or release the latch on the trailer, just for fun, even though its dangerous they do not care. I put these on for my ease in unlocking (using the ignition key) and to prevent mischievous vandals. Flagged a guy down one day who was going up the on ramp. His trailer brakes were smoking. He had stopped at Walmart and then left. Someone had pulled the breakaway cable and set the trailer brakes, and he had not done a through walk around before leaving.
Do you drill out the key hole section of the lock? - I have a lock that the key isn’t working - the hitch has a bump step and there’s very little room to get almost anything but maybe a drill bit
the sound of that grinder wouldnt be obvious to other patrons at the boat ramp... lol I back my pin lock up with a lock on on one of the stay chains, which i upgraded to a chain much beefier than what came on the trailer... so you got 2 points to grind, taking you longer and attracting more attention.. happy grinding... lol
just add a Walmart $15 cell phone and an ATT $20/3 months service (25 cents a minute but you aren't going to use it) throw a the phone anywhere in the boat or wire it in engine compartment to battery and hide it and you can use find my phone to locate your boat/trailer anytime. I used a breakaway trailer battery box, its plastic and when you run wires to it it looks exactly how a breakaway kit should look. Throw your phone into the plastic battery box ( CURT 52022 $5 on amazon) and you have a locate service way cheaper than the $30/month that the cell tracking companies charge.
I have been watching these brake the lock, pick the lock videos and all i can say if someone is determined enough they will defeat just about any lock. So as someone else posted get a gps tracker with motion sensor that sends to your phone and when shit happens call 911 and grab your 12 gauge. No lock is impenetrable! So give it a rest. Ps insure you stufff....
As you've heard no doubt the idea is to slow them down (the thieves) or simply discourage them. An angle grinder with a metal cutting wheel is hard to defeat as is someone who is a good picker (there are very few locks that cannot be picked in a short period of time). But in the rural settings I most frequently play in I think that as a result of this multitude of lock videos I have what will be about as good as it can get without going to the expensive GPS tracker (and I don't have a smart phone). BUT I'm not going to advertise the technique I'll use. I want it to be a surprise.
So if they all were inoperable in less than 5 minutes, why am I being bothered with a sales pitch for Bolt? It just took longer for it to break but same end result... Terrible sales pitch...
What am I missing? Why would you bother to attack the cross pin when you can cut the flimsy hitch lock on the hitch head? A $10 Harbor Freight bolt cutter can do the job handsomely. Equally easy is a hacksaw. I am not a thief so I can be out of my depth.
These locks don't work, my trailer was stolen this way. Either weld your hitch in or use hardened steel bolt and protect it with steel pipe channel see clip here: ua-cam.com/video/aU1K_BZY8RM/v-deo.html
I dunno. I had a GMC Yukon stolen by professional thieves. They took the vehicle with no problems. I had a skull light in the receiver, locked with a basic Wal Mart hitch pin lock. When the car was recovered, the only thing intact was the hitch pin. It had saw marks, whack and whomp marks, but it was still there. I had my key, unlocked it, and am still using it 5 years later.
Run a 5/8" grade 8 bolt through it, jam two nuts, and blind pin the nuts with hardened steel pins. Then hammer the remaining threads down. It will at least force them to bring a grinder, saw, or cutting torch.
@@Josef_R Well the man was asking about preventing theft of a BW hitch. If he's the 1% of people who use a funny boat hitch then I suppose he's got enough brain cells to figure out that a permanent mount isn't going to be his bag.
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Thank you for the video.
I used a longer pole and it took me 30 seconds with about 15 lbs of pressure.
Thank you!
After a 9 hour drive home from vacation, I realized the key was 5 states away and I wasn’t unpacking until this hitch was off. I improvised and used a large adjustable wrench. It took all of 3 seconds to get it off.
Worked like a charm. My lock was the first one shown and was caked in salt. About 6 good tugs and snap!
So... How much for that pipe?
😂😂😂
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I like that they admit it can still be broken and that makes me trust a company more. I love seeing companies that say no one can break their pock! Not a plasma torch. Not an Infinity Gauntlet! Nothing!
I finally know how to remove the one that siezed up on me.
My key stopped working and after watching several videos this is the only method that worked for me to get the lock off
Thank you! I just did this for my rusted on lock. Took 5 mins max! Thanks
My locking piece is rectangular. Will this still work? What could I use that will fit over it?
I must really be old! The opening reminded me of Gilligan's Island.
Your spot on. It does look like it.
Not sure why, but I really found myself rooting for those guys in the final segment!
Do what I did. I just welded my Receiver to the hitch and nobody has stolen it yet,,,, but my Boss don't like me taking my boat to work everyday but I smile and tell him at least I still have my boat!
I bet the gas companies love you.
Ironically, I broke my master lock brand one off the same way the other day (used truck, didn’t have a key for it).
But I like that you broke your own product, showing it isn’t foolproof, just better.
It's obvious that these aren't meant to keep someone from stealing your boat or trailer, but sometimes you would lose the cotter pin because it fell off or it would break off somehow, and sometimes you might find it missing because someone stole it or was playing games with you. These are good for preventing that.
I put a small weld on the nut that bolts my safety chain to the trailer. Then just use a heavy lock. Not fool proof but covers both the tongue lock and the pin
Nothing stops a cordless grinder. If they want it they’ll get it.
unless you park in a desolate parking lot NO ONE will pull out a cordless grinder and steal your boat dipshit
@@russellatstupenas7354 not true I've seen thevies go through first a sheet metal wall then an interior block wall to steal cigarettes and they got away with a truck load but the idea is if they have to work for it or have better tools the its way less likely to happen. I was curious about these being worth it because when I've lost my key to my hitch lock in the past its taken no time to break it off so kinda a waste of $20 if these are really that hard to break they are worth what they are charging if you got a nice adjustable drop hitch
@@russellatstupenas7354 Right, they will use a reciprocating saw. Much quieter.
@@josephastier7421 you OBVIOUSLY know EVERY fucking thing in the world!!!!!!My BAD!
What is yours is now theirs. Good reason to invest in a good wheel boot.
So the selling point is that one lock is slightly less shitty than the rest?
No, slightly less garbage than those other locks they have shown.
And since this is an advertisement, those two are probably worst ones they could find.
👌🏾😂💯
True but any car with a half decent alarm would have gone off at the tugging they needed to do for the last one.
@@junotfranco7197 But alarms are more annoying as most the times its the wind or a bird shit on the car. Most times people just ignore car alarms as they are so tempermental.
The selling point is thieves are shitty. The shitty part is we can’t have nice things without shitty low life’s trying to take it. Invest in a lock because the academy of thieves will steal what you work hard for
Many crooks are STUPID. Thanks for giving them a tutorial on how to rip off your boat. Just what we need.
Im getting me a new race car trailer now
Maybe a boat this summer
@@51-FS😂
Wow! Fantastic that is one Great pipe!....FYI just carry around a grinder.
I used a 5/8 grade 8 bolt at 150 FP
I did the same except I took a tap and threaded the hitch and reciver bar and ran the bolt through with a lock washer and nut and hit it with a air impact
Wow Sounds like someone got a new guitar and learned two cords and his buddy got a new set of drums for Christmas. Doing their first gig in the garage .
No one puts their hard-earned songs on public domain. If the same band were to do a Dragonforce-esque song, you think they'd give it away free?
Who got the boat?
For that last one. Maybe carry a longer pipe to wiggle it back and forth a little so as not to deform it too much and it will slide right out after breaking. Probably cut that time right down.
Carry a short-length smaller diameter pipe to slip into the end of this first pipe to act more like a fulcrum or breaker bar.
Wowzers. I have my key for the same type of locking pin, but I can't get it to open, even after lubing it with WD-40, no dice. Thanks.
Wow, they were really targeting that one guy!
You could coat the locking mechanism with several layers of a flexible polyurethane polymer like 3M's 5200. This stuff is indestructible and would make it hard to get any torque on the lock itself.
How long did it take to get the bent pin out?
Seems like an ad for the last one. took longest to break and after it broke the angle doesn’t let it slide out. Will be looking one up on Amazon
I'm convinced that there is no real security. I think the best idea might be to weld a square pocket to the side of your hitch just like they do for gates in the mountains. I've seen a few diabolical gate lock covers.
What kind of pipe do I buy
Well an small Grinder cuts anything you know
or just weld the hitch to the trailer and then unweld/cut it when you get home
If you have an expensive rig.... this is the right thing to do
They also make a rectangular shaped locking ends so you can’t fit a pipe over it instead of the cylindrical types
Is there a difference if the boat is stolen in 10 seconds or 2 minutes?
Or even 5 minutes to just unbolt or saw the whole thing off?
To the criminal who risks getting caught the longer he's working on it, there is.
Atleast you could've sent an Amazon affiliate link for that piece of pipe!🤷♂️😆👍
Lol
If got a step hitch with the lock on it (no room for a pipe) - any ideas on how to break the lock?
Lock is seized with rust (still have the key) grabbed a pipe and bent it, the pipe. I need a steel one instead a bit of fence post, which must be galv. aluminum.
Good trick. May be easier to stand on it?
Hide a GPS tracker in your Trailer.
Do you have a recommendation?
Spy tec. You'll have to pay a month to use it but works great.
Damn worked a lot easier than I thought thanks
Dang I only used this video to break my old lock a few years ago when the key was 250 mi away. Now I’m looking for that unbreakable lock and watched the entire video to see it’s here!!
I don't understand a lot of the negative comments as any lock is intended to just be a deterrent. How many of you go to bed at night and not lock the door? I guess most of these people never lock anything up as they deem locks useless. The best lock is the one that takes the longest to break using the quietest tools.
How come the camera guy didn't try to stop these two?, instead of just filming them. That's the real problem! Shame on you!
I AGREE ❗🤔👍😁🔒🔓🔏🔐🔑🔨🔗🇺🇸
Your joking right? It's all staged.
Camera man was the main instigator, making sure they did their job. 🤣😅😂😁
He was had to be in on it. Hopefully he’s brought to justice.
All locks do is keep an honest man honest.
If someone wants your stuff and has a will, then there will always be a way.
Yep. Gotta have redundant locks on all your stuff so that the gain ain’t worth the pain. Lock the boat to the trailer, the trailer to the hitch, lock one wheel of the trailer, locks the spare tire, lock the hitch pin, lock the tongue latch, duct tape all the locks with 10 layers of tape……
A softer bin is more likely to just bend instead of snap like core hardened steel which can only do one thing, snap.
The one that wont snap will cut easily. None of these had locks on the chain but chains can be cut as well.
Life saver!!!! Really recommend this video
Weld some flanges onto the hitch so the pipe leverage isn’t possible.
Make one for Honda keys.
battery powered sawz-all and a few seconds; done.
I suspect that's how someone stole the spare off my F150. I had a cable lock too. Clean cut through both the cable lock and the cable crimp on the bracket holding the wheel. So far I have yet to find a secure solution that a sawzall or large bolt cutters can't break in just a few seconds.
Yeah, I saw how to do that on another video! Guess these guys don't watch a lot of utube. . .
Nothing protects against a powertool, but powertools are also very noisy, a length of pipe makes no noise.
IF the shaft is made of hard enough steel a sawzall won't have a chance at getting a bite, an angle grinder of course still could but that is a lot noisier and harder to get in tight spots.
Hey hey, you guys are good. Sweet video
I have one but sure wish it was better after seeing this video. I love the key convenience though. Locks are for honest people
Dear Mr. Gary, Not to be
offensive but, "locks are for" is
such a redundant, stupid
statement. Honest people are
"Honest", period.
Sincerely, NAWALT.
I'm sorry your offended by my comment and fail to see the sarcasm in it. I have been using that comment for more than 20 years with nobody objecting. I guess after your comment I should stop. by the way that is more sarcasm.
I am with you Gary as I too use that statement....locks only keep honest people out...It doesn't mean honest people steal it just means if a dishonest person wants it a lock won't save it. People need to harden the shit up and stop calling political correctness for their pussy whipped arses.Cheers from Australia
@Cw Sayre Even "honest" people can be tempted and, so, become dishonest. The lock significantly reduces temptation among those who may, otherwise, be tempted who have rarely felt that way.
you've got the right approach@@lazurm
I just bought a truck with a key hitch but the keyhole is rusty. I’ll try this method and get back to you
If you like, I'll open it for you.
Couldnt find a pipe to fit over it. Put my lug wrench partially around it and gave it 4 medium whacks with a maul. Took 3 more good shots and it was free. 10 minutes looking for a pipe...30 seconds with the crobar...getting it off-PRICELESS
So what do i buy then
I lost my keys and one hit with a regular nail hammer broke my trailer lock loose. Locks ( on anything) only keep honest people honest. Even bank vaults don't stop real thieves!
I stressed and looked for my missing key today for over an hour, watched this video and it took me all of 10 seconds to bust off a Master Lock. Unbelievable, do not buy one of those locks, a scrap piece of pipe will defeat in in no time.
I WILL BUY THE THIRD ONE CUS IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO REMOVE IT, THEIVES ARENT THAT PATIENT, SO THATS THE BEST ONE I HAVE SEEN
The problem is that it wouldve broken in a fraction of the time, if they had made a legitimate attempt - holding the other end with the other pipe, so the breaker cold lever it back and forth. Never trust a security company 'testing' their own product against the competition.
Spring Bloom - My thought exactly.
1) why didn't they lever back and forth using the two pipes that they had with them.
2) The video is a MARKETING GIMMICK produced by the manufacturer or retailer to make their offering APPEAR superior to the competition.
Yep, send some to the LPL for a date with the Ramset.
Thanks you save me for how to break my lock literally mine got so rusty that the key don’t work now using this it broke like 1 sec n now I don’t have the anti theft lock.
Lesson - use only the bolt designed for a pin. Drill bigger hole and use regular SS lock on it. 38 Smith&Wesson on side helps too
You could get the same effect with wrapping a thick layer of duct tape around the lock. 3" length strips.... repeatedly... till you get thick wall around the lock.
UA-cam algorithm at work again. I bought a BOLT hitch lock and receiver pin lock. People will pull the pin out of the receiver pin or release the latch on the trailer, just for fun, even though its dangerous they do not care. I put these on for my ease in unlocking (using the ignition key) and to prevent mischievous vandals. Flagged a guy down one day who was going up the on ramp. His trailer brakes were smoking. He had stopped at Walmart and then left. Someone had pulled the breakaway cable and set the trailer brakes, and he had not done a through walk around before leaving.
Perfect! I used a sledge hammer... 20 seconds
Thor
A cordless reciprocating saw will zap right through one of those things in about two seconds.
Or battery grinder with fibre disk.
@@DannyB-cs9vx Yep
Noisy. Attracts attention.
A hand held drill with good drill bit can defeat the lock quicker that the pipe. Best device is a GPS tracker.
Do you drill out the key hole section of the lock? - I have a lock that the key isn’t working - the hitch has a bump step and there’s very little room to get almost anything but maybe a drill bit
i'll try this on the hitch that came with my vehicle. the lock on the bolt didn't come with a key
Wow. The clock on the red lock was running 3 times as fast. How come?
They saved us the hassle of watching all that. Is my guess
Lost my key. Great way to get it off. Thanks
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Looking at locks but , ain’t taking this serious, I love how the guy pretends to pull as hard but just massages it for 2 minutes
just get a longer pipe or bolt cutters for the ball lock.
Easier to undo the hitch ball with a high-torque cordless impact...
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Goddammit!!
Too noisy.
Same 3sec as prying off a cheap hitch lock.
seems like the bent pin would not go through the hole
Got a 5/8 bolt and lock nut for $3. Pipe ain’t doing nothing and good luck cutting it. Grade 8.
Can you elaborate on this? Is this just a bolt and nut? How would it lock?
@@CBCinJapan it doesn’t lock. But it’s not coming apart without the wrench’s. And it’s not going to get broken off with a little pipe.
Battery powered grinder makes all 3 of these obsolete. But your lock is superior to the other 2 no question about it.
the sound of that grinder wouldnt be obvious to other patrons at the boat ramp... lol
I back my pin lock up with a lock on on one of the stay chains, which i upgraded to a chain much beefier than what came on the trailer... so you got 2 points to grind, taking you longer and attracting more attention.. happy grinding... lol
Now do the demo with a longer pipe.
I am just going to weld the trailer to the hitch, try and get that off.....
I used a three foot crowbar.
Worked like a charm cant believe how weak it was
With good locks, add RFID chips in your property, means 100% recovery and prison time for the low life law breakers.
just add a Walmart $15 cell phone and an ATT $20/3 months service (25 cents a minute but you aren't going to use it) throw a the phone anywhere in the boat or wire it in engine compartment to battery and hide it and you can use find my phone to locate your boat/trailer anytime. I used a breakaway trailer battery box, its plastic and when you run wires to it it looks exactly how a breakaway kit should look. Throw your phone into the plastic battery box ( CURT 52022 $5 on amazon) and you have a locate service way cheaper than the $30/month that the cell tracking companies charge.
In other words the steel is soft so you would be better off cutting it or picking it
I have been watching these brake the lock, pick the lock videos and all i can say if someone is determined enough they will defeat just about any lock. So as someone else posted get a gps tracker with motion sensor that sends to your phone and when shit happens call 911 and grab your 12 gauge. No lock is impenetrable! So give it a rest. Ps insure you stufff....
As you've heard no doubt the idea is to slow them down (the thieves) or simply discourage them. An angle grinder with a metal cutting wheel is hard to defeat as is someone who is a good picker (there are very few locks that cannot be picked in a short period of time). But in the rural settings I most frequently play in I think that as a result of this multitude of lock videos I have what will be about as good as it can get without going to the expensive GPS tracker (and I don't have a smart phone). BUT I'm not going to advertise the technique I'll use. I want it to be a surprise.
Reminds me of gun safes. Just because they look nice, doesn't mean they are secure. The most popular brands are absolute jokes.
Element of Kindness out of sight out of reach I always say.
So if they all were inoperable in less than 5 minutes, why am I being bothered with a sales pitch for Bolt? It just took longer for it to break but same end result... Terrible sales pitch...
On the last one: the glaring ignorance of the easy-to-break ball hitch padlock. A pipe wrench would take care of that one a lot quicker.
as a macanit om not showing up with a pipe im showing up with a 15 inch crescent wrench and simply un bolting the ball
Raven Morse what's a macanit?
@HPJ Someone who works on cars because he didn't finish high school.
Raven Morse: I'd suggest people weld the ball to the hitch.
Was that a piano playing😉😉
Best way to prevent theft is to weld that hitch on and no pin needed.
Best advice with as a back up plan using good locks.
Do people really drive away with someone else's boat? Wouldn't they just get pulled over once it's been reported?
LOL,shoulda used a longer pipe for better leverage for a quicker snap off😂
...or go to Planet Fitness 7x a week.
No one is safe from an experienced brain
What am I missing? Why would you bother to attack the cross pin when you can cut the flimsy hitch lock on the hitch head? A $10 Harbor Freight bolt cutter can do the job handsomely. Equally easy is a hacksaw. I am not a thief so I can be out of my depth.
Locks just keep honest crooks away.
If I ever design and build a proper trailer lock, you can dam-well be sure it won't be uploaded to Utube!
These locks don't work, my trailer was stolen this way. Either weld your hitch in or use hardened steel bolt and protect it with steel pipe channel see clip here: ua-cam.com/video/aU1K_BZY8RM/v-deo.html
I dunno. I had a GMC Yukon stolen by professional thieves. They took the vehicle with no problems. I had a skull light in the receiver, locked with a basic Wal Mart hitch pin lock. When the car was recovered, the only thing intact was the hitch pin. It had saw marks, whack and whomp marks, but it was still there. I had my key, unlocked it, and am still using it 5 years later.
So when my 400$ B&W trailer hitch gets stolen.. I can send you the bill right?
Run a 5/8" grade 8 bolt through it, jam two nuts, and blind pin the nuts with hardened steel pins. Then hammer the remaining threads down. It will at least force them to bring a grinder, saw, or cutting torch.
@@88mmFlaK and as an added bonus, you can no longer use your other hitches.
@@Josef_R It's not an issue with a B&W 3 ball unless you need a pintle.
@@88mmFlaK It's an issue if you have to switch out your boat trailer hitch (1 7/8") or utility trailer hitch (2") for your weight distribution hitch.
@@Josef_R Well the man was asking about preventing theft of a BW hitch. If he's the 1% of people who use a funny boat hitch then I suppose he's got enough brain cells to figure out that a permanent mount isn't going to be his bag.
boy you have to carry every size pipe
ok, yea, go ahead and give the thieves pointers on how to break the locks
Why waste time on the hitch,side head grinder on the coupler lock on the trailer is fater.
Scott Foster how about people just stop stealing stuff that isn't theirs? Of course the gun packing owner might just enjoy some target practice.
@1:20 he leaves finger & palm prints on the car