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I am gonna buy a new trailer soon. I will be leaving it in an entrance for a while before my season starts. I just wanted to know what is the best way to lock it? As of now, I bought a Master coupler lock. Is this enough or should I do any additionnal locking?

Lawnboy18 said:

I am gonna buy a new trailer soon. I will be leaving it in an entrance for a while before my season starts. I just wanted to know what is the best way to lock it? As of now, I bought a Master coupler lock. Is this enough or should I do any additionnal locking?

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I can't help you with this, but just curious what size is it? I love trailer talk. Haha

If the rim allows lock the rim to the frame

lawn mower fanatic said:

I can't help you with this, but just curious what size is it? I love trailer talk. Haha

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6"x12" trailer by Gator trailer.

exotion said:

If the rim allows lock the rim to the frame

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Like just pass a chain thru the rim and thru the frame of the trailer and lock both ends.

Lawnboy18 said:

6"x12" trailer by Gator trailer.

Like just pass a chain thru the rim and thru the frame of the trailer and lock both ends.

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Or a simple bike lock through one wheel. Makes it difficult to drive off or drag off.

Do not lock it to your porch deck. Know a guy that tried that. Whatever you chain it to make sure you will not miss it. The military kids are about as paranoid as anyone around here and they just use a trailer ball hitch lock.

Lol takes 20 min just remove your trailer spindles and lock your coupler

possum said:

Do not lock it to your porch deck. Know a guy that tried that. Whatever you chain it to make sure you will not miss it. The military kids are about as paranoid as anyone around here and they just use a trailer ball hitch lock.

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Up here at least people drag trailers away not always to steal but kids do it maliciously because they are bored and want to play with it

A can of liquid freeze from an electronics store and a 2lb hammer takes about 30 sec to smash any padlock you pay less than $ 200 for. So if you go that way make sure you buy good padlocks from a locksmith.
They need to have a brittle impact transformation temperature lower than - 20 deg C
If it has electric brakes then put a female coupler on the end of the loom with the wires all mixed up so electric brakes won't disengage and if they do get it moving the lights will be all over the place so better than average chance Counstable Keene will try & pull them over for a citation.
Worth doing even without electric brakes for the same reason.
You just need to get a couple of the male plugs and make up an interconnector for each vehicle and remember to keep it on the vehicle and never leave it on the trailer.

There used to be a ball you could put into the coupling and then lock so it could not come out.
These were really good because they are inside the coupling and really hard to get at.

bertsmobile you'd better stick with your day job because you'd make a lousy thief :laughing: your unreal. You've been watching to many movies.

Thanks for all the input guys!

I think I will be good with my coupler lock and chain around the wheel.
I will make sure to not put a chain around the porch.

Go to a trailer place and buy the trimax coupler lock and if youre willing to spend the money, pick up the trimax wheel lock, the big one is yellow and looks like a denver boot, they retail between $175-$225 around us depending where you go. I use that set for my 16' gator

Buy a good insurance policy and a cheap pad lock on the ball lock. Just how bad is your neighbor hood. I have lived here for over 50 years and never had a trailer stolen yet and have never locked it.

Ric said:

bertsmobile you'd better stick with your day job because you'd make a lousy thief :laughing: your unreal. You've been watching to many movies.

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The formal qualifications are in metallurgy.
Did a stint in forensic metallurgy under one of my lecturers who had contracts with the police.
Rivitingly interesting work, but not enough of it as nothing really happens down here.
OTOH really opened the eyes as to how policing really works and how the justice system dosn't.
Learned very quickly that just about any "lock" can be beaten in a very short time and most of them serve little purpose other than to indicate to the insurance company that the item was removed without your co-operation.

Top shelf locks & security chains are made from the same grade of steel used by the Canadians for their rail lines.
Don't know what the snow bound regions of the USA use but probably a similar alloy.

There is an assumption that thieves are stupid which is far far from the truth.
While the bulk of property crime is carried out by drug addicts who can be irrational at times a lot of them are nothing like stupid, just tragically addicted.

When liquid freeze first came out you could buy some types over the counter that can get better than - 50 Deg C.
This stuff was used big time by professional thieves so the instant some clot injured themselves it became scheduled so you have to produce a purchase order to get it now days and it was replace by a nitrogen / CO2 /Freon mix for Joe public to use
That gets down to - 30 C.
That in turn has been replaced by a freon free mix that gets down to - 15 C
Or the cheapie strait CO2 which is good for - 10 C which is good enough for it's original purpose of checking the integrity of electrical components, joints & boards.

Have not been to the movies since Star Wars I with the single exception of Lord of the Rings where I walked out after the first 15 minutes.
Don't watch TV and might have looked a dozen video movies over the past 20 years tops.
I have a real life to live so I don't need to be made feel an insignificant failure by watching some ones elses fantasy life.

CZLawnCare said:

Go to a trailer place and buy the trimax coupler lock and if youre willing to spend the money, pick up the trimax wheel lock, the big one is yellow and looks like a denver boot, they retail between $175-$225 around us depending where you go. I use that set for my 16' gator

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Thanks, good to know!
Do you have a Gator trailer?

reynoldston said:

Buy a good insurance policy and a cheap pad lock on the ball lock. Just how bad is your neighbor hood. I have lived here for over 50 years and never had a trailer stolen yet and have never locked it.

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Neighborhood is fine. It is on the coutry side. I just want to be on the safe side.
I will phone my insurance to change my policy.

Lawnboy18 said:

I am gonna buy a new trailer soon. I will be leaving it in an entrance for a while before my season starts. I just wanted to know what is the best way to lock it? As of now, I bought a Master coupler lock. Is this enough or should I do any additional locking?

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If your trying to lock up your trailer don't use that master coupler lock. Try Overtons and get what you need from them, it may cost you a little more but it's worth the extra to keep your trailer.

Trailer Locks & Security | Overton's

Trimax TCL65 Trailer Wheel Chock Lock - Overton's

Trimax Universal Unattended Coupler Lock - Overton's

I cable the wheels to the frame keeps them from stealing the wheels.

Carscw said:

I cable the wheels to the frame keeps them from stealing the wheels.

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I'd rather lose the wheel then the trailer and locking both wheels takes to much effort

exotion said:

I'd rather lose the wheel then the trailer and locking both wheels takes to much effort

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Just use locking lug nuts. You can buy them in packages of two or four and they come with there own socket.

Ric said:

Just use locking lug nuts. You can buy them in packages of two or four and they come with there own socket.

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Lol I did that with my old car then realized that's not going to stop anyone they sell a set of those at Napa with all the sockets in them plus I lost mine right when I needed to change a tire ended up calling aaa and they had a full set to lol

Well, I think all you guys gave my plenty of good ideas! Lug nut lock seems good to me. Many cars use them.

Yes, i have the 16' 7000 lbs landscape trailer from gator

CZLawnCare said:

Yes, i have the 16' 7000 lbs landscape trailer from gator

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How do you like it? I'll be getting the 6"x12"

Its a good trailer, ramp welds are pretty week though and the original tires are absolute garbage, expect to change them and make sure they give you a spare tire on rim with your purchase, you're going to need it

CZLawnCare said:

Its a good trailer, ramp welds are pretty week though and the original tires are absolute garbage, expect to change them and make sure they give you a spare tire on rim with your purchase, you're going to need it

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I'll make sure to have that spare.
For the price, I can't argue.

A spare is invaluable.....

Please explain how a spare is invaluable, i'd love to hear it

CZLawnCare said:

Please explain how a spare is invaluable, i'd love to hear it

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It means it is priceless (ca pas de prix)

CZLawnCare said:

Please explain how a spare is invaluable, i'd love to hear it

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Lawnboy18 said:

It means it is priceless (ca pas de prix)

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INvaluable means extremely useful, compared to UNvaluable which means not useful.

That makes me think of getting a spare tire for my trailer...just in case. But my trailer is so small it would take up half the trailer if I wanted to keep a spare on it. :laughing:

Oh i misread that lol, i was really trying to figure out how someone could say a spare was useless, my bad

CZLawnCare said:

Oh i misread that lol, i was really trying to figure out how someone could say a spare was useless, my bad

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Lol! No no