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I've a relatively knackered old dinghy on a trailer and a sperate ifor Williams style trailer for trip runs and wood pick up and the like. Both spruced up a bit over the summer but neither would get your average thief too moist. Parked on my drive/yard in a relatively safe part of the world.
What wheel or towbar lock are you using to secure your? Conscious nothing at all is a bit ballsy but anything triple figure in value is going to be worth a sizable percentage of the value of the object.
I guess pouring concrete and ground anchors might be a solution but I've not really worked out a layout of what lives where yet.
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rubber tyre filled with concrete will alow you to move the tyre to a suitable location, then pass a chain round it and through the trailer wheel to stop that turning. means you can try different locations
If its for insurance - cheapest they'll accept (in my case no special requirement - so its got cheapest that fitted). Its a visual deterrent that no self respecting thief would be stopped by.
For actual security when its anywhere I feel a bit more apprehensive about, I use a length of wire rope (with spliced eyes = think long bike cable lock) through the holes in the wheels, around the axel and padlocked together underneath. Not very conspicuous, stops the wheels turning and probably slows someone down and makes a lot of noise. Anyone who really wants it will bring bolt cutters, or a hiab!
A simple hitch lock (£15 from Screwfix) on our small camping trailer. At home it lives in the garage, it's more of a deterrent when pitched up to prevent someone making off with an empty trailer. You'd have to destroy the hitch to get it off therefore rendering the trailer pretty useless to an opportunist.
the Milenco Heavy duty ones are insurance approved and not that expensive secondhand.
they do some cheaper ones too, but its not much more to give you some extra comfort.
You’d have to destroy the hitch to get it off therefore rendering the trailer pretty useless to an opportunist.
Unfortunately that’s wishful thinking. That would be off in 2 mins, the only thing damaged would be the lock as it’s dumped on the floor/nearest bush. But also they don’t bother removing hitch locks, they have a hitch with a bracket thingy on it that just hooks under/over the hitch lock and off they go. Hitch lock to be removed at leisure.
Lash any hitch lock on to deter an opportunist, but don’t expect it to stop a ‘proper thief’
A secondhand bulldog QD range wheelclamp would be my first choice if you are using the trailer regularly.
Benefits are it's very easy to fit under close fitting mudguards, doesn't need ratcheting shut, acts as a wheel chock, and doesn't look like it's falling off.
Negatives is it's size specific so I'm on my third as I had to replace it each time i bought a trailer with a different wheel size. With our last trailer we were unprepared and I ended up buying a Y style wheel clamp from Halfords. Couldn't fit it under the mudguards in any orientation so it ended up going straight back. Explains why you see so many Ifor twin axle horse boxes with the wheel clamp just lying on the floor between the axles!
Better than a hitch lock as you can just chain the A frame to the getaway vehicle.
The other option could be to chain the trailers A frames together.
If they aren't used that frequently, just take a wheel off. Added bonus of making them look in a poor state of repair and worthless.
They come with spare couplings if they really want them, it's what happens with plant and farm trailers.
Can you turn it around so it faces inward, rather than towards the road which would make the removal so much easier. Then maybe secure it to a ground anchor of some sort.
Or if its not going to be moved for a fair while, prop it up and take off the wheels, and store the wheels in the house.
just a thought.