New Trailer questions

   / New Trailer questions #21  
Take it as a given that there is no absolute theft prevention.
About all you can do is to make it not worth the trouble.
I've seen (and seen discussed in other forums) everthing from simple coupler locks to putting it up on blocks and locking the wheels in the garage - also the 100 lb dog., but a 1/2 lb steak can overcome that one.

My favorite is to lock the tongue jack in the jacked up position, and/or remove the handle from it and hide that somewhere secure.
This also works for gooseneck and 5th wheel trailers, just find a way to lock the landing gear down and prevent it from being raised. It isn't perfect, nothing is, but it is cheap, simple and probably unusual enough to foil most would be theives.

Tongue jacks can usually be relocated from inside the A to somewhere on the side, but it would involve drilling or welding, something you might not want to do on the frame.
I'd look for a clamp around type of tongue jack, not sure if you can get them in the sort of capacity you would need.
 
   / New Trailer questions #22  
As REG stated, There is very little you can do to prevent trailer theft. If they want it bad enough they will find a way to get it. I have an H&H trailer w/ 2 5/16" hitch. I put a padlock through the hitch lever, Jack up the trailer and chain the crank handle so it cant be moved, and block the trailer with a vehicle. If I'm going to be away a few days I sometimes chain the trailer to a big tree. All of which can be defeated if they want it bad enough. There are companies that sell a lock that fits into the hitch like a ball and lock with a key. Then there is also the boot that clamps around a wheel. All are theft deterrents, not theft proof.
 
   / New Trailer questions #24  
The screw jacks are the way to go. I've had trailers with just a beam that you lower and hold in place with a pin. If you dont judge the sag right, you cant raise them with the weight on the trailer.

I just need to find a screw jack that you can screw down from the side and not the top.
 

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