103 Comments

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Crazy Cody
Wichita Falls, TX · 3 months ago

Dude these have been around for a long time.

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Sam Coenen
Appleton, WI · 2 months ago

most people just lock it in the latched position. Can't hook it up if its latched 🤔

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Eli4
Thomasville, NC · a month ago

Go ahead and post it on SM so someone else can make money off it 👍👍 Good Job

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Gerold Atkins
Overland Park, KS · a month ago

nice 👍

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fidnah- idiotz idiotz, baby...
Mount Pocono, PA · 3 hours ago

Quit lyin'on grampz dude... juz StopiT!!!

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Aaroniousthegrey
DeLand, FL · 14 days ago

If you just put a lock on it they can't steal it. The ball won't fit into the receiver if the latch is locked down. It's probably a ball broken off a bumper or something else.

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Mitchell Elliott
St. Helens, OR · 10 days ago

till you get the one person that shows up with a trailer and winch.

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Lee Horrell
Newport News, VA · a month ago

if you are somewhere where you really have to worry about it your better off to do this but also chain and lock the shells and axles. Yeah, you can cut that too but most "self aware" people wouldn't leave a trailer somewhere without taking precautions. Atleast I never have.Of course I was the problem at an earlier point in my life.Crime doesent pay.

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Terry McDonald
Dewey-Humboldt, AZ · a month ago

Couldn't you just put the lock in the same place? 👍

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Scott Vogt
Evansville, IN · a month ago

Been doin that for years. Congrats gpba may have been the first. Ever sounds like a smart man! Either way I certainly appreciated figuring it out wish these comments were around back then.

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jb
Wilsonville, OR · 2 months ago

Locks take about 8 seconds to cut with a battery powered tool…

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💀Lyndon Spees💀
Plain, WI · a month ago

why spend money on something when you can DIY

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Donald Squires
El Prado, NM · a month ago

lol. take a wrench remove the nut, align it with yo I r bumper, easier steal.

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1st amendment only
Bakersfield, CA · a month ago

if that comes off on the freeway someone could die. take it off

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Calvin Gimple
Nevada, MO · 2 months ago

Kewl

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Sean Jones
Milwaukee, WI · 2 months ago

that's a garage , not a Barn . Young folks 🤨💯😆

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Fire and sky
Tacoma, WA · 2 months ago

That’s awesome dude

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Jaime Mendez
Houston, TX · 2 months ago

Much love to the grandparents , yo much love to them

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SuburbanAngler
Kernersville, NC · 2 months ago

He bought a locking hitch pin, lost the key and had to cut the bumper to get the trailer off, then later found the key. 🤔

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Mike Honcho
Gore, OK · 2 months ago

yes idiots, there are still ways to steal it. the idea is to make it as difficult as possible. if u need a whole bunch of tools and work, they're gonna go get someone else's trailer

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Bot Pie
Tampa, FL · 2 months ago

I can’t believe not a single person has caught it…

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MooSnuckle
New York City, NY · 2 months ago

I can’t tell if Grandpa was in fact a genius or just a tweaker 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Back_The_Blue
Gurnee, IL · 2 months ago

So what

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Brinnen Murray
McKenzie, TN · 2 months ago

Yep, just remove the nut and reattach it to your own hitch. That's handy! 🤦‍♂️

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Fred Torres
Harrisburg, PA · 2 months ago

😉😄😁 Grandpa was genius 👏 👏👏

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Notkidnu
Broken Arrow, OK · 3 months ago

My dad was always making stuff like that. Those guys didn’t believe in wasting money!👍🏼

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Jefro
Dravosburg, PA · 3 months ago

they make them now to lock hitches too could have been a millionaire just like my dad made tree stands and tree climbers before they had all this hunting stuff

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Bo Sullivan
Des Moines, IA · 2 months ago

I would have no problem hooking that up to my truck

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brandon crumbley
Freehold, NJ · 3 months ago

If there is a lock, theres no need for the ball. They cant connect without lifting the lever, thats locked.

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Kasey Carroll
Anaheim, CA · 3 months ago

take the Nut off the bottom drop it right down into the hole on your bumper put the nut back on

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Peter Plaunter
Cherokee, KS · 3 months ago

Why even put the ball inside the hitch. If you lock the top, it would be the same thing wouldn't it? You wouldn't be able to hook it up unless you got the lock off and if you got the lock off, that would pop right off anyway.

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nogood aa
Toledo, OH · 3 months ago

is that a b u t pl g

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Corey
Newark, OH · 2 months ago

good idea, but the lock on the actual tongue is the weakest link

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Robert Bagley
Cartersville, GA · 2 months ago

a lock would keep people from realities trailer anyway

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Timothy Whitt
Plano, TX · 3 months ago

not that genius you can take the nut off lower it in a bumper hole put the nut back on and steal the trailer. real einstein🥺

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Alex Biddle
Belleview, FL · 3 months ago

you showing that video of how to unlock. You made it easier for the thief 😂

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Gebi T
2 months ago

or maybe it's a piece of mangled steele

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Emily Erickson
Grand Rapids, MI · 3 months ago

Grandpa is smart

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Lisa Scott
Amarillo, TX · 2 months ago

physics youngster 😁🤨

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Jay Simons
Newaygo, MI · 3 months ago

I was thinking the same thing. you don't need the ball in there if the thing is locked.

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noneya
Danville, VA · 3 months ago

My daddy had stuff made like that in his garage some of it I never figured out what it was for

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Paul Leach
Ruther Glen, VA · 2 months ago

so then you get a pry bar and a wrench and now you apply force to the bent metal and unscrew the nut from the bottom and then attach the all to your truck and put the nut back on and drive away with new ball and trailer 😁

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nogood aa
Toledo, OH · 3 months ago

that's a 🍑 plug

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nogood aa
Toledo, OH · 3 months ago

issa but plug

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Jacob Barnes
China Grove, NC · 3 months ago

That’s for a lawn mower gng but good stuff you figured out how to keep your trailer safe for free

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violentwedgy
3 months ago

I could steal that trailer in 5 minutes

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Wild Boi
Los Angeles, CA · 3 months ago

damn you should have made me one

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Noah Brown
Lewiston, NY · 3 months ago

or it's a messed up door knob

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nogood aa
Toledo, OH · 3 months ago

that gose in a girl's