Who Makes The Best King Pin Lock?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by plentygood, Jun 15, 2013.

  1. plentygood

    plentygood Road Train Member

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    I'm looking to buy one, so for the price and ease of use who has the best?
     
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  3. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    the best one is your fifth wheel
     
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  4. slim shady

    slim shady Road Train Member

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    glad hand lock is much a cleaner way to secure you trailer
     
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    x#1 Road Train Member

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    a more true post i can't imagine.i rent a spot to drop my end dump and am currently using a pin lock out of necessity.own several actually but my fav is the one w/the yellow(now very greasy) tab hanging off it.most any t/s carries some form of pin lock and they all seem to be comparable.i have compared too.ocd and can't help myself.

    anyhoo,i now will begin the comparison search for a glad hand lock simply because i am tired of the grease on the pin lock and i wasn't even in the market until now-
     
  6. Dna Mach

    Dna Mach Road Train Member

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    A cresent wrench and a spare glad hand is all they need to steal your trailer with a glad hand lock. Might as well make them earn it if they want it that bad.
     
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  7. Richter

    Richter Road Train Member

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    All you need to do is pull the king pin release and drag the trailer back. With a kingpin lock you need to break something to get it off. With a glad hand lock you just need to replace the airline. None are 100%. I'd recommend GPS. Or atleast a sticker that says it has GPS
     
  8. Boka

    Boka Light Load Member

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    ''With a kingpin lock you need to break something to get it off''

    Well you would need a torch or a key to get it off... GPS is too expensive and with a glad handle lock you could just release brakes and drive off to a secure location to get it off...
     
  9. Hanadarko

    Hanadarko Independent Owner/Operator

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    The search button actually DOES work around here....Security was discussed less than a week ago.
    Here is a snippet of a list of what I offered:


    TKP-10 King Pin lock: ($75-100)
    http://www.war-lok.com/Products/Trac...er/kingpin.php

    WAR-LOK remains undefeated.....


    The $20 truck stop kin pin locks can be beat with a hammer.....

    True that, that if someone wants your rig bad enough - they will likely get it.
    But slow them down or make them think twice...All we can do with these products is buy time.
    Thieves hate time.

    If you OWN the equipment - the cost of something like this shouldn't really be an issue.
    One time charge! - I use it but put a Wal Mart bag over the kingpin prior to securing it.
    This keeps the lock 99% grease free...
     
    Last edited: Jun 15, 2013
  10. morr2fab

    morr2fab Medium Load Member

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    You can buy a king pin lock at most any truck stop for about $30. But get the steel one. Thats what I did.
     
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