lunette lock?

[notquitemusashi]

i can find trailer locks for ball type hitches, but is there anything to secure lunettes against theft? it is a pain to pull the lunette every time i park the trailer

 

[Pinz25086]

Buyers Products makes a draw bar lock. It goes through the eye and locks with a common master lock. I have bought them at the local truck parts house here in Orlando. I believe that the part number was BDL253 but you may want to check that before you order one.

Wayne

 

[319]

Croft has them. CTRL253, TOW RING LOCKS, Products

 

[notquitemusashi]

sweet, thanx. i asked around at a few places locally and they looked @ me funny. " who steals lunette style trailers"

i will get one on order,

thanx again

 

[Nick]

ebay has alot of em

 

[Mike_Pop]

I usually wrap my chains through the loop and then throw a lock on the chain. Super easy, super cheap.

 

[timntrucks]

i might try and make up one of those or at least do that chain thru thing. i have many locks with keys just sitting on the shelf. i would hate to lose some of my trailers to crack heads or twickers

 

[54reo]

I usually wrap my chains through the loop and then throw a lock on the chain. Super easy, super cheap.

Same thing I do, and it works well.

 

[telwyn]

I have this lock from this seller on Ebay. I like that it surrounds the padlock better than the other lock mentioned above and gives better protection against bolt cutters.

 

[Jake0147]

i asked around at a few places locally and they looked @ me funny. " who steals lunette style trailers"

Certainly not the same people who snatch up unattended snowmobile trailers. The people who want trailers with lunette rings probably have torches and a welder stowed on the truck they're hauling it away with anyhow. They have the knowledge and tools with them to undo your lock, the equipment to move your trailer quickly and confidently, no matter how big and heavy, and odds are they have an indoor facility to keep the trailer until it's unidentifiable.

IMHO Chains wrapped in the lunette and a master lock will keep the honest people honest.

 

[oifvet]

it is a pain to pull the lunette every time i park the trailer

I HOPE TO TELL YOU IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!!

 

[blybrook]

I know this is an old thread, but has anyone tried a "DaPlug" by Gus Hill Industries?

I subscribe to Farm Show Magazine and there was an article about these locks a few issues back. Now that I have one of these types of hitch's, was looking at different locking options when I found this one.

Sure looks like a decent setup & better than a standard padlock; but may end up going with the padlock after looking at the price!

Their website is http://www.trailerlocksonline.com

 

[blybrook]

Ok, here's an update on my previous post. I was contacted by the owner of DaPlug and offered a review / test session after discussion about the extreme temperatures I live in. So far, the lock has been great to prevent theft or trailer access (I've purposely permitted people to attempt lock removal). I have yet to try it in brutal conditions (-50*, etc), but so far it's stood up to a couple of home brew tests at 40*F. It cannot be put into a bolt cutter assembly of any type that I've been able to get my hands on as of yet.

Here are a couple of pictures of the lock on my M105.

73

Bill

 

[kgg]

and they can

These can be heat treated and locks can be had that are extremely difficult to bypass but very tough as they are....KGG

 

[goldneagle]

This is the one i use to secure my trailer. I have had it for over 10 years and used it on many trailers. It works great.

 

[JB]

I have that on mine too. Just a couple years though.

 

[number9]

How are you guys wrapping the chains through the lunette? Are you changing the factory hooks out? cause they won't fit through the lunette ring.

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[number9]

Wanted to add I decided to go with the Buyers No: BDL-253 lock. I got it from Draw-Tight website for $19.51 Buyers Tow Ring - Drawbar Lock BDL-253. The same thing was $35 on eBay!

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[Pawnshop]

How are you guys wrapping the chains through the lunette? Are you changing the factory hooks out? cause they won't fit through the lunette ring.

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When I want to secure my M416 to the truck I pass the hook all the way through the securing loop on the truck and pass the lock through the chain, off the truck I use a separate piece of chain or a commercial lunette lock.

 

[namedpipes]

In my town most of the unauthorized scrap metal reclamation is done by illegal aliens. They seem to stay away from things painted in olive drab. They have managed to snag a Cherokee and an Olds that weren't blessed with the OD, though.