Trailer locks question

[JustinJ]

I have an odd problem. I need to someone find 4-6 trailer pin locks and 2-3 padlocks all keyed alike. Anyone know how I can do this without going to a locksmith?

[Mike Javi Cooper]

Master lock has the padlocks, I bought several at Home Depot. The pin locks can probably be ordered.

Javi

[LWD]

Or get coupler locks that take padlocks. Be a lot easier than running down keyed-alike coupled locks.

LWD

[JustinJ]

Or get coupler locks that take padlocks. Be a lot easier than running down keyed-alike coupled locks.

LWD

One of the padlocks will be for the coupler. The hitch locks will be used for my hitch and some rails we built for the trailer. Kind of a weird setup.

[JustinJ]

I said pin locks, I mean the ball mount locks. The pin that goes through the ballpoint and the hitch.

[merlin]

I have ordered them from Fastenal

[ranchdog]

AND none of this will matter unless you weld the nut on the ball threads. You see one time I had this dog trailer that was all locked and I think I surprised the scumbag thief's trying to steal my trailer. I started looking at my hitch and they were in the process of taking the ball off my truck so they could lift it still locked onto their truck and drive off. Now I weld every nut on that ball to that hitch. No I can't later change it out I know that. Part of it for me. If I want it off I have a cutting torch and that's the price I pay knowing they can't do what they tried before. Weld your nuts boys ....LOL

[JustinJ]

well I ended up going a different route as the standard hitch locks aren't long enough for my use.

Basically, I have a piece of 4"sq tube with saddles welded on each end that go over the pipe rail on the trailer. three of these go across the trailer to make loading and unloading bundles of steel easier. The saddles have holes drilled in them so we are going to use a pin to go through the holes and padlock from there. I'll have a coupler lock with a padlock for when the trailer is stationary, though it will spend most of its time locked up in the shop. So I'll just get multiple padlocks that are keyed alike.


I have a Curt adjustable ball mount with a lock for both the 2 ball setup and the ball mount itself.

[JustinJ]

This is what we built. Works great! Still need to add the pins for security (when unloaded obviously) and we might beef up the top rails and add another cross bar.