Chris, This is Chad with Ft. knox Locks, thanks for the mention and demonstration of how the chains can lock up in our system. a side note for those wondering, we have actually began to recommend an alternative solution the chains actually, and that is to cut the first link in each chain and replace that link with a removable chain link so you can take the chains off altogether when you arent using them. Chad Odom

Almost the same thing happened to me, it was about the time he was connecting the chains when I came up from behind him with a bat. I gave the side of his truck a solid hit and scare the crap out of him. My son went into the passenger side and grabbed the keys out of the ignition. He was arrested a day later. I now take the fuse out of my inline fuse holder

Why couldn’t they just wrap their own chain around your lockbox and their ball and do the same thing?

Thanks for showing the internet world on how to steal a trailer. Good job.

I keep my welding trailer up on concrete blocks at the corners. No dragging it off without jacking up each corner and removing blocks. I also took the safety chains off so it cant be towed away using them, The new safety chains have a shackle on each end. Inside the trailer is an old fashioned mercury stitch so that if the angle changes it sets off an old style red fire alarm bell.

Heavy chain, in addition to this tongue lock, run through the wheels would really slow them down, somewhat easy to do and make your rig less desirable, and maybe they'd just go to a less secured rig?! YMMV

No level or degree of security will stop a thief that is determined to get your trailer. But enough security will encourage an opportunist to go elsewhere and find some "low-hanging fruit". I can't keep my trailers at my home, I don't have the space for them. But a friend of mine allows me to park them in his vacant lot that is next to his house. And I do, despite it being a rough neighborhood. When I say that it's a rough neighborhood, I'm saying it's rough. His trailer was stolen a few years back. He normally chained the trailer up to his house, but one day he just forgot and found it gone. Someone from church spotted the trailer and called the police, but the police wouldn't act on it because they couldn't identify the trailer as belonging to my friend (all identifying markers were removed, the VIN plate and the license plate). My friend did get his trailer back by buying it back from the guy who stole it. His neighbor (same neighborhood, obviously), is a retired welder. He had two trailers that were packed with welding equipment. One trailer was secured with a chain, and the other one was not. But the one that was not was blocked in by the one that was chained up, making it "theft proof". Problem was, the chain was tied to a tree that just wasn't quite big enough. One night someone hooked up to the trailer and took off with it, yanking the tree out of the ground and dragging it down the street. The thieves stopped, untied the chain from the tree, and took the trailer. By taking the first trailer, that left the second trailer open to theft, so they came back and got that one too. Before anyone says "the owner should of heard something!", he had a stroke and was in in-patient rehab at the time, he wasn't home. So far my trailers haven't pulled a Houdini, they're there when I need them. For security I installed quick detach coupler and safety chains, chains that lock the wheels on both sides, and another big chain (1/2" grade 70) that ties to a really really big tree. With enough effort, my trailer could be stolen by cutting the locks and/or chains and if the thief were to bring his/her own coupler or safety chains, but I guess there's enough low-hanging fruit out there that they'd rather take an easy score than have to "work for it". Thought I'd mention, to show how determined some thieves can be, in Houston, TX some thieves broke into a storage facility and stole several trailers, despite many of them being equipped with very high-end locks and security. Apparently the thieves brought a portable oxy-acetylene torch (they weigh like 30 lbs, and capable of temperatures well over 6,000F) and just melted the locks off the trailers.

I have disconnected the 12v aux lead so it doesn't power my trailer. I also remove the safety chains. I also have a Proven industries tongue lock. BTW those aluminum puck locks are fairly easily defeated. See the LockPickingLawyer video. I have Proven industries Stainless Steel puck locks. Then lastly I active my Tracki subscription and hide it on the trailer. Those things won't make it Fort Knox, but it will slow a thief down or possibly make him go to an easier target.

Some good information. Some good comments - food for thought. Thank you Chris and the rest of y'all for sharing. I guess I need to see what I can do to slow down a would be thief.

Omg !!! My husband came home early found a dude backed up to our Airstream ! He was told to LEAVE NOW !!! Thank you

I use a Proven Industries tongue lock that also secures the safety chains, no one can use that technique to steal mine. Also, instead of twisting the chains, just loop them behind and around the bottom of the tongue jack which takes all the slack out of the chains.

1. Get quality tongue lock that covers entire coupler , chains 2. Need to get heavy chain and lock the tires up on each side so can't roll and takes long time to cut and get the the lock off. And Or remove offset tires on ground so can't even role. 3. Get GPS trackers, and not apple air pods as those tell people around the pod are being tracked. 4. Disconnect the damn electric jack!

So I believe my house got cased last night. I pull the fuse for my tongue jack, cause it’s connected straight to the battery. I wrapped the chains around the jack and locked them. I also ran a 10” lag bolt into the ground, with my emergency brake cable attached to to. Hopefully if the camper is moved, it will pull the key and activate the emergency brakes. Any other thoughts?

Problem is, a thief can bring their own chains! I have a ball & chain lock box, but I also added a tire grabber and two different lug nut locks in case the thief decides to remove the tire itself and brought a spare trailer tire. It will slow down thieves but not completely prevent. A remote controlled, time - delay, motion sensing alarm may also help. And keep the horn mounted near the roof away from being silenced!.

- Hiding your own chains is not a bad idea but I think a good thief would carry his own chains - just as he would carry an angle grinder for when he finds that vacant lot. In this scenario, maybe disconnect the power jack entirely or disable its switch and remove the hand crank?

Precisely why I REMOVE the chains when the trailer is left unattended.

0:45 clip your positive batt lead to ground. the minute they plug it into the tow vehicle, they'll blow the power fuse.

If a thief wants it bad enough, I guess they will take it. I live far out in the country, but everything is guarded by Mr Smith & Wesson

With the lock box in place. What prevents them bringing tow chains with them from home Depot?

they just bring a chain and hook to the loose chain below. I remove my wheels and tires and put on one spare with no tire and chain it to the suspension with super heavy, very hard to cut chain. Can be defeated of course, but they will have to bring 4 wheels and tires and take a lot of time dealing with all that

Chtis just had our camper stolen which gps tracker do you use? Any other tips you can provide? I didnt see the other video you spoke of. Thanks

What's to stop the thief from bringing their own chains and hooking onto your dangling chains that are locked?

Great Idea, what would stop them from bringing their own chain?

Very interesting , great info

My son showed me how a pickup with air bags is much easier and faster. Won’t detail all, you can figure it out.

What if they bring their own chains?

Someone has tried to take ours. What steps do you take if they tried but failed? Is it the kind of thing where we call the police?

They can just design a parking brake controlled from the inside of the trailer.

This is why I have wheel locks

Somehow rig the electric brakes to be on or come on.

Make the chains removable.

Am I the only one who missed the video "That will be coming up in the next week or so" demonstrating how to make your trailer undesireable?

Easier just to cut the lock off with a bolt cutter.

Locking wheel clamps and tire boots would stop em.

I use t-mobile tracking device. I’d rather catch them myself!!!

Thank you for taking the time to make the video and to educate the public. However, this video is way too long for the information that you shared.

Just carry a power drill and drill the key tumblers out. Quite and VERY QUICK !!!!!!!!!!

Install GPS .

That's a dumb way to steal a Trailer.

So I'm just wondering if you just showed thieves a new way to steal a rig. Just saying.

Do you realize you're showing thief's how to do this.?