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RE: Someone stole our trailer hitch!!!

Started by byrdr1, Jan 07, 2003, 03:47 PM

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MtnCamper

#15
Jan 08, 2003, 06:06 PM
 awdjr
 
QuoteORIGINAL:  awdjr
  get tired of hitting my chin an the darn thing.
 
I don t think I want know how.[;)]

bikolee

#16
Jan 08, 2003, 06:19 PM
 iwantapopupSorry to hear that. I leave mine in all the time and after a total of 20+ years towing never had a problem. Oh, I don t have a locking hitch pin either.

Venatic

#17
Jan 08, 2003, 09:59 PM
 iwantapopup
QuoteI hate it when that happens. Mine was stolen few years ago from inside my job box when I was working in the city..used a crowbar to pry it open. They did it a few days before we were suppose to go camping also. I got a new one for $45, and now keep it inside the truck under the back seat, and it s only on when it s attached to the camper. As far as the neighborhood thing goes...no where is safe now a days, and it seems like you always have to take preventive measures no matter what you do so you re not a victem.

 I wouldn t leave it under the seat either. In an emergency situation, that bar will come flying forward. Even if it s on the floor. I did that and when I had to hit the brakes, the bar slid forward and hit the gas pedal. No damage was done, but I couldn t figure out why I was lurching forward with my foot hard on the brake. I keep mine in the trunk of the PU. I have another bar that I use for any other trailers.

fivegonefishing

#18
Jan 09, 2003, 08:51 AM
 iwantapopupThat is too bad about your hitch.  A while ago I saw a real cool cover, it was a big mouth bass, I loved it!  My first reaction was, someone s gonna steal it![&:]
 
 It really is unfortunate we have to fork out money to buy a hitch lock.

cartooncaracter

#19
Jan 09, 2003, 11:05 AM
 iwantapopupI am so sorry, its absolutely amazing what people will steal now days.

iwantapopup

#20
Jan 09, 2003, 11:21 AM
 iwantapopup
QuoteTake a hot wire from your trailer harness and hook it up to the drawbar. Next time that sucker tries to steal it you ll hear the screaming.

 I liked this idea until Rednek said you d probably get sued by the buglar for the pain etc.
 
 Thanks everyone for feeling our pain and the great suggestions.  I m going to check out the locks, even though Tim is ready to weld it to the van!
 
 
 

CampNfan

#21
Jan 09, 2003, 11:57 AM
 iwantapopupWow! Sorry to hear about that!
 Things like this just do not happen in VA.[;)]
 We get snippers.............[:o]

jackgoesthepopup

#22
Jan 09, 2003, 10:41 PM
 iwantapopupWhen someone stole the hitch. They didn t just take the slide but the whole hitch.They unbolted it from the van. I just had it bolted to the van. I was going to weld it on but thought if i had to remove it for some reason i would have to cut the welds off. So i didn t weld it on also. When i put the new one on i am welding it on. The locking pin would t have made a differance.

Dayton Dave

#23
Jan 10, 2003, 08:25 AM
 iwantapopup
QuoteWe got into the habit years ago of removing the drawbar after spending a Saturday afternoon trying to hammer out a drawbar that had overwintered several years and was a mass of rust. I guess we should have know better being from the snow/rust belt. FIL (I m glad it was his truck not mine) finally got it out by chaining the ball to a large tree and leaving 20 foot of slack dropped the clutch. It took three hits to get it loose.
   

 
 Sounds like my hitch....  But I have no reason to take it out, so it just stays there.  I like the tree idea though.

Watchman

#24
Jan 10, 2003, 05:35 PM
 iwantapopupI live in a low crime, somewhat rural area and I still take the draw bar out when I am not using it.  When I got the class 3 installed it was the first thing they told me.  I guess it is not that uncommon for people to remove the pin and steal the bar and hitch.
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