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How many here favor a wheel lock over a coupler lock for a small camper trailer?
Or both?
All things are always on the move simultaneously. - W.S. Churchill
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Take a wheel off. Simpler and more effective than any kind of lock. Then padlock a piece of heavy chain across the lug studs and around the axle.
Jerry
Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever!
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I use a coupler lock and chain through the wheel padlocked to the trailer or something solid nearby.
Taking the wheel off does sound nifty.
Regards,
deadlift_dude
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----Fred Rogers
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Coupler lock and some X-chocks.
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Okay belt AND suspenders.
All things are always on the move simultaneously. - W.S. Churchill
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I prefer to insure for more than its worth and hope it gets stolen.
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A simple battery drill with the right sized socket can remove a wheel super fast. As it happens, my lug nuts, stabilizer jacks, and tongue jack all use a 3/4" socket. My 18v Milwaukee is very handy. I just carry a breaker bar along with the drill to break the lug nuts loose.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
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Go to Discount Tire and buy a Gorilla WHEEL INSTALLATION KIT (lug nuts). Each kit requires a special socket to fit the nuts. I should have bought a kit when I bought my new tires in October.
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A simple battery drill with the right sized socket can remove a wheel super fast. As it happens, my lug nuts, stabilizer jacks, and tongue jack all use a 3/4" socket. My 18v Milwaukee is very handy. I just carry a breaker bar along with the drill to break the lug nuts loose. Go to Discount Tire and buy a Gorilla WHEEL INSTALLATION KIT (lug nuts). Each kit requires a special socket to fit the nuts. I should have bought a kit when I bought my new tires in October. I’m prett sure he’s talking about anti theft of the entire trailer, not the wheels?
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Back it up to a tree and chain it there
-OMotS
"If memory serves fails me..."
Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "
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If ya park it in the same place, like I do my boat, I have a 6 ft mobile home anchor flush in the ground with 2 90 lb bags of sack creat. Put a heave grade bolt through the anchor post I have 60 ft of heavy chain I put a wrap around the axel with another bolt. I think with 60 ft of chain when they get to the end something is going to break to the point they will be draging it. I also still use a coupler lock.
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