Posted 2010-08-10 4:23 PM (#123359) Subject: Locks for gooseneck trailers
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I have been looking at locks for my gooseneck trailer. It appears that the wheel locks are the better solution than locks on the hitch as the hitch can be easily disconnected from the arm another hitch put on and away goes the trailer. (This would obviously be a well prepared thief, but to steal a gooseneck you do have to have a truck, etc., so it does take some planning.) I don't really know exactly how the wheel locks work as I have never had to deal with one but what would prevent a thief from taking the wheel off and driving the trailer away with three tires, or, if the thief had time, taking off the wheel with the lock off and replacing it with the spare? What kind of locks do you all recommend? Thanks in advance.
Posted 2010-08-11 7:56 AM (#123378 - in reply to #123359) Subject: RE: Locks for gooseneck trailers
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On my trailer I a bought a goose neck lock combo. I had to remove one bolt from my neck and add a washer. Put the bolt back on and one piece slides of over the bolt and padlocks on. The second piece it came with had a bracket that went over the couple and pad locked on. http://www.easternmarine.com/BLAYLOCK-Gooseneck-Trailer-Combination... is what I bought
Posted 2010-08-11 8:13 AM (#123381 - in reply to #123359) Subject: RE: Locks for gooseneck trailers
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The gooseneck lock is better than nothing, as it will slow them down, but not much. Set the coupler in the center of a wheel with the lock still on it and drive away. The only effective lock would be a tire lock.
Posted 2010-08-11 10:09 AM (#123387 - in reply to #123359) Subject: RE: Locks for gooseneck trailers
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I'm not sure if anything will completely prevent theft if the right criminal has lots of time to work on the project. But often a few common sense things will make your trailer less attractive to crooks.
1) A hitch locks is helpful - it prevents a really fast and easy job. This might not stop the experienced theif, but it might stop the casual guy who just takes anything easily assessable.
2) Simple things such as parking your trailer in a well-lit location visibile from your home can make a huge difference. A barking dog doesn't hurt, either. Whatever you do, don't park your trailer in an area visible from the road, but not easily visible to you, the trailer owner.
3) Make it tough to use your jack - why help the creeps!? If you have a manual crank, don't store the crank on the outside of the trailer, instead keep it someplace else. Remove the key from the electric jacks. Yes, there are other ways to raise the trailer, but don't make it easy for them.
4) Put a logo or your farm/family name or graphics on your trailer. Evidence has shown that a plain white trailer is much more attractive to theives than a trailer with personalized logos. Harder to run the personalized one down the highway without being noticed or identified.
Posted 2010-08-11 4:27 PM (#123400 - in reply to #123359) Subject: RE: Locks for gooseneck trailers
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tire locks/boots work well,on the key out of the hydraulic jack, see hydraulic lines that are exposed? They just bust them off with a hammer and down the jack goes.I have a stainless steel bar that holds my jack from jacking up so you can not lower it down. Stainless is great for this because it can not be cut with a cutting torch. A experienced thief its just gonna slow them down, but there gonna hit easy targets first. There was one stealing LQ trailers around here a while back and he just had a tractor tire in the back of the truck and would backup slide the tire under the coupler and that would hold it in the back of the truck enough to get down the road. that was working for him till he got shot and killed.
Locks for gooseneck trailers
