25,000 lbs flat nose trailer coupler help??

[TaC team greene]

I have funny story. I do work for a guy who used to have a small truck. he covered the bed with a peice of painted pley wood that was hinged at the front. At the back was two posts and two locks. The first time i meet him he needed me to fix the post because a crack head had damagad the the post over the week end but not the lock. The second time the crack head got one of the locks of and was working on the second one. The third week end he got both locks of and fond out that there wasnt much worth stealling. The guy thought this was funny becuase the posts were just bolted to the pley wood and not really locking anything. We are not really sure if the crack head even knows the post didnt lock any thing. There are times i will throw a chain with a lock on it around somthing/things and leave it. More than once i have had people come ask for the key with out even really checking to sea if it was looked. I like to hide the real lock and throw a cheap one out front for evryone to see. Most theifs will case something first. then they show up uneqiuped to steal it. Maybe the left there 18 volt dewalt they stole at home with old battery that wont hold a charge worth a ****. diam: not to be rude but thoughs grinders do work good till the battery gets 6 or 8 months old. Most crack heads wont have a nice new cordless grinder.

 

[jeffsw6]

I think there may be another problme though. You said that you broke the key off. Always mantian your locks and try to replace them when the get old and dont work right.

I think the problem was MasterLock made a good lock and not a good key!

 

[farmboy12]

I was thinking...theives tend to take the easiest way. You could buy a cheap slow-em-down lock for your good trailer, and buy an old home built steel trailer for a few hundred bucks, barely has to be road worthy. Park it right next to the good trailer. In the event they do come to steal your trailer, they wouldnt most likely take the easy one first. Most theives would scrap it anyway, so there wouldn't be an amazing difference in price for them to scrap it. And if you find that the old trailer is gone after a night, you might want to start being careful with the other trailer.

Another benifit is you could have a nice junker trailer to beat up around the farms and doing stuff that could mess up your nice trailer.

Just a thought.


Kyle

 

[schmism]

Yep, I have a 18 volt Dewalt 4 1/2 grinder that I put 1/8 or 1/16" cut off wheels on. It will zip though a 1/2" of steel in a few seconds like butter.

Chris

even better, just cut the end off the soft pin (with the 18v grinder) and then drive the pin out with a screw driver and hammer.

were not talking high tech here

 

[TaC team greene]

If you are talking about the hing it is plug welded to the front plate so you would need a drill too. Then the pin cant go back becuase the lever is in the way. You would have to pound it from the back at an angle with the lever in the way too. Even if you got that fare the lock would hold the top in place so you couldn't push the lever down to release the ball our drop the bottem plate staight down 3" ether. Honestly i built this the way i did because everyone attacks the hinges first. Even if you cut the hinge completly off you still couldnt get this off with out removeing the lock. The hinge is only there to aid in taking it off and puting it on. There is a much better way if you know were to cut it. But you give crack heads and theifs to much credit though. The last time i saw one with a grinder or a drill he was in line at the pawn shop trying to sell it.

 

[TaC team greene]

 

[TaC team greene]

I have sold 6 of these so far. So I thought I would make it a little easier to get a hold of me. They are $250 plus $15 for shipping and handling. Takes 1 to 2 weeks depending on how busy we are. Thank you and have a great day.
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[cockeyedMFer]

The coupler OP posted does have a small tab underneath the release lever where a lock can be placed, but it seems like an afterthought. Any trailer using a coupler like that is likely so heavy it would probably stay sitting on top of ball with the latch closed for a short trip anyway.

We have one on a trailer here at work and I haven't figured out a really good way to lock it, except leaving the truck and trailer hooked together whenever it leaves the lot. We also have a wheel-boot for it. And an insurance policy LOL.

For regular couplers, I've used these in the past and have had good luck. Gorilla seems to be the best of the two, but can probably be cut off in a reasonable amount of time.

Master Lock Universal Trailer Coupler Lock | Towing Locks Hitch Pins| Northern Tool + Equipment

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