Hitch Lock

CMart

Hi Everybody,  I bought an Alco Hitch Lock and read somewhere that it can be left fitted and locked while travelling.  Thats an attractive idea but cannot get confirmation of this.  Any thoughts please?

Colin

sirtom01

No problem with travelling with it fitted. I would recommend it

Nuggy

Bear in mind that in the rare event of an emergency, unhitching your van would take longer. If you stopped at motorway services it wouldn't take many seconds to fit it.

Pippah45

I was told a definite NO to that in event of an accident the fire service will just chop the caravan off leaving a potentially very expensive repair.  In my own experience when the car caught fire I was relieved to be able to unhitched FAST.  I definitely
won't do it.  It's quick enough to fit at a services if you need to leave unattended.

Mitsi Fendt

I agree with Pippah

SteveL

With our first van we always used to travel with it on. However, when we picked up our latest van we were advised not to. As it is then much quicker to unhitch the van in an emergency. We never leave the van unattended when traveling, so it did not really
serve a useful purpose. In the event we did both leave the van it would only take a few minutes to fit.

Wildwood

As you can see opnion is divided on this but the emergency services do not like it as it can cause problems in an emergency.

davehurst

I was contemplating trying it out with the HitchLock on but after reading about the possible problems with the emergency services i have had a change of mind so it's back to putting the hitch on every time we stop. Good post though.

Pippah45

Wise move Dave it isn't worth the risk for a few seconds fitting and how often do you stop?  I only put the lock on if making a slow stop but I do have dogs who create a noise if anyone came close!