hayman reese towbar - security

you can buy a locking pin to replace the original, i got mine from Repco

thanks rumpig thats what i wanted to know

Thats does stop them thieving the thing, but it doesn't stop it rattling in there.

Best thing to stop the thieving and rattling, drill a hole at 45 degres at the top corner of the RHS box that recieves the towballl hitch, then either tap it to recieve a 7/16 bolt or spot weld a 7/16 nut over the hole and fit a bolt and lock nut, then tighten to remove any lateral movement of the hitch in the reciever and make it dam hard for any opportune thief.

Yeah - my daughter had her tongue and bar thieved in White Cliffs. They were doing a dash back from their property when the last rains set-in and stopped at the corner store to get the kids a fizzy drink... What..? Five minutes... And the thieving bar-stewards lifted the trailer off of the ball and stole the hitch...
She now has a hitch-pin keyed lock which prevents/deters the removal of the pin... You still have to use the squiggly pin as well...
A good soul (also on his way out) kindly hitched her loaded trailer to his vehicle and pulled it back to the Hill for them (still good people in the world...)
Andrew - now there's a good idea, with the bolt through the RHS...
I'm still at odds wondering what the advantage is of using one of these new-fangled hitches. I can see the advantage for HR (yeah - now come and buy one of our WDH rigs with the sexy bullhead) but I pulled vans for years with the old-fashioned fixed towball and a steel fixture that housed the equally old-fashioned shepherds crook bars.
Jedo

Dam wanted a new towbar and tougue!!!

guess i'll have to buy one.

No i don't theive anything off others.

wouldn't even try it.

I want to catch the thieves who stole my beloved 4runner.

anyone heard/ bought a 4runner that needed a headgasket redone, and carby tune, and gearbox, with blue neons and no rear interior plastic's in the back, reward offered for name of person who has it so i can get the people who stole it????

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sorry to hi-jack expand on this

deepest apologies.

A friend of mine got fed up with the hitch rattling, tongue into socket, that he welded them together. He now needs an angle grinder to take the tongue out but that doesn't worry him.