Exocet
Central NY, USA
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For 1 nighters, the bars sit against the A-frame and the hitch stays on the truck. For longer stays the bars go in the bumper (I store my sewer hose in a PVC pipe under the TT) and the hitch goes in the back of the truck.
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hemlox
Western Illinois
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CamperMan07 wrote:I lay my bars across the tongue and leave the hitch on the truck. Does anyone else worry about leaving the hitch on? I always think I am going to get up one morning and find it gone. How many lock it on?
I do the sale thing, bars across the tongue, and leave the hitch on. I have never worried about them being stolen. I also have never heard about any being stolen. I do not lock it either.
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bikendan
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hemlox wrote:I lay them across the tongue, and leave the hitch on the Burb.
i do the same thing. the receiver pin for the head has a lock on it. i'm not too worried that someone will steal the bars. they aren't made of copper.
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CAMPinMI
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I have never heard of them getting stolen either, however, in these economic times, we are seeing catalitic (spelling??) converters stolen and just recently, air conditioners. For the copper I suppose. I take it all off and lock in the bed of the truck.
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Dirtrider151
Grand River, Ohio
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I lock my hitch with a reese locking pin, keyed the same as the hitch lock on the tongue. I know of a guy that was breaking into condos and ripping the wiring out of the walls for the copper because the plumbing was all plastic!! LOL (btw I work in a jail and yes, he did get caught. Not the brightest bulbs)
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4HPYCMPRS
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Here's what I do with my hitch head: lock it to the trailer coupler and have the pin lock on also!
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WillyCoyote
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I leave mine on the tongue behind the propane tanks. The hitch I hide in a bag under the trailer. I Have a friend who had his stolen off his truck. It was parked in his driveway though.
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Thumper_ehhhhh
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I leave the hitch heard on the van and keep it locked if it's a weekender. If i'm there longer I remove it and lock in the back of the van. The round bars I always keep locked up in the side compartment. I have just purchased a new setup so I just might copy what Mark (the mod king)(4HPYCMPRS) has done. I picked up the reese strait-line hitch with dual cam 1200lb as I found out my Husky round bar was the wrong one only 800 lbs and I was at 890 lbs. This will be much easier to store than my current round bar setup.
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4HPYCMPRS
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Thumper_ehhhhh wrote:I leave the hitch heard on the van and keep it locked if it's a weekender. If i'm there longer I remove it and lock in the back of the van. The round bars I always keep locked up in the side compartment. I have just purchased a new setup so I just might copy what Mark (the mod king)(4HPYCMPRS) has done. I picked up the reese strait-line hitch with dual cam 1200lb as I found out my Husky round bar was the wrong one only 800 lbs and I was at 890 lbs. This will be much easier to store than my current round bar setup.
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Get all of your materials and we'll GIT-R-DONE at the HTT Rally in August ! ! ! lol..
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Robocop
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You crack me up Mark.
I have NEVER seen anyone lock their hitch head to the trailer. Pretty funny but very practical.
I usually keep the hitch head on the truck on shorter trips as well as short durations between trips (2 week durations). On weekends unless it rains I keep the bars on the tongue. Other times they can go into a storage compartment or in the bed of the truck when the cover is on.
I don't think about someone taking them but it would stink for the return trip (and additional purchase) if that did occur.
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