SOMEONE IS MAD AT LARTO

I put in at phills landing on Thursday of this week at about 5:30 am and when I got back to my truck around 11:30 am I found the trailer jack in the down position and also found my pin pulled from the swing Away trailer tong I'm not sure if I have done anything to make someone mad at me but if I had I wish they would just come to me with it and not my Trailer . I'm now going to look for a way to lock that PIN onto the trailer so it can not be removed If I had not seen it I guess it could cause the boat trailer to sway very bad going down the road.

That's a shame. Did you let Mrs. Susan know?

she was not there

Brother, I hate to hear about things like that happening. I thought, just the other day, about buying an extra pin just in case someone ever "needed" mine while it was at a lake somewhere. Now, I think I will stop at the next hardware store I drive by and get one to keep in the truck. Thanks for letting us know. I hope someone catches them someday.

Since I don't have a tongue like that I don't know what size pin you need. But I would go to tractor supply or tractor place and get a implement pin, put in drill press and drill a hole big enough for a pad lock to go through. That is what I did for the pin that holds hitch in truck.

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Originally Posted by cray

Since I don't have a tongue like that I don't know what size pin you need. But I would go to tractor supply or tractor place and get a implement pin, put in drill press and drill a hole big enough for a pad lock to go through. That is what I did for the pin that holds hitch in truck.

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I wonder if you couldn't find that ready made.

Once someone unbolted my trailer winch and borrowed while I was out. Welded them on after that.

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Originally Posted by cray

Since I don't have a tongue like that I don't know what size pin you need. But I would go to tractor supply or tractor place and get a implement pin, put in drill press and drill a hole big enough for a pad lock to go through. That is what I did for the pin that holds hitch in truck.

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Yes that is kind if the direction I was thinking of going but then I thought I could take a cable lock like for a bicycle and run it trough the metal loop in top of the pin and around trailer tong a few times then lock it. Im not sure I can drill a hole big enough for a pad lock in that pin its not to fat ill post a picture of it next time im out at the shop

Had someone cut my winch strap last year.....some people

here is what it looks like I have that lock in the picture but i would have to drill that hole out a lot for it to fit I also don't have a drill press only a hand drill

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I have seen bent hitch pins with a lock rather than a hair pin clip. It makes your receiver hitch pretty secure. I don't know it they are long enough to work on the breakaway tongue though. Google "bent hitch pin". They come in 1/2" and 5/8" diameter with about 2.5" usable length.

Since it already has a hole might not be to hard to drill one if you had a vise to hold it or a buddy that has one. Very similar to what I had for my hitch. I found a long shank master lock that had a pretty small shank. May have been for a bicycle.
Also might look at something like this.
Bulldog® - Hitch Pin and Lock

Going ( INTO TOWN ) <<<is what us country fokes say when we need anything because there is nothing for 30 miles in any direction but I love the peace and quiet .. anyway im going into town this afternoon and will see what i can find because I want to be on the water in the morning and don't want to worry about it getting messed with

You can buy pins with locks at Academy for under $20. I did after my entire hitch fell off the truck going down the highway. Don't know if someone took the pin out or what.

well I found a lock for something with a small pin so i drilled the hole out a little bit and it fits great I'm thinking it will keep a honest person out and that's about itAttachment 209573

Looks like there are a lot of possibilities at etrailer.com. I hate too many choices, but I want one.

I'm sorry to here this news. I have the same type of tongue on my boat trailer.
I'm going to fix mine so that I can lock it.

Clay root

I have the same type of trailer as well. You guys have gotten me spooked now, think I'll do the same.