Hitch Lock

CMart
CMart Forum Participant Posts: 26
edited April 2016 in New to Caravanning & Touring #1

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

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  • sirtom01
    sirtom01 Forum Participant Posts: 22
    edited April 2016 #2

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

  • Nuggy
    Nuggy Forum Participant Posts: 512
    edited April 2016 #3

    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
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    edited April 2016 #4

    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
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    edited April 2016 #5

    I agree with Pippah

  • SteveL
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    edited April 2016 #6

    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
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    edited April 2016 #7

    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
    davehurst Forum Participant Posts: 48
    edited April 2016 #8

    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
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    edited April 2016 #9

    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!

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