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Old 08-16-2015, 04:52 AM   #4
SteveC7010
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Originally Posted by bill-e View Post
I would agree that there is no way the hitch pin is going to move and sheer off the cotter pin. Either the fit was loose, the pin just happened to break and fall out on its own, you actually did forget to install it (I have) or someone sabotaged you.
Yup, that's the sum of it.

In addition to using a locking hitch pin in the receiver, I've always used a long shank padlock for the coupler latch on any trailer I tow, and I now use a medium shank padlock on the latch for the fifth wheel jaws. Securing these devices with locks or padlocks is not so much a matter of preventing theft as it is ensuring that they are properly and safely secured for travel and can not be accidentally or intentionally disconnected.
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