because things can disappear very quickly. One guy on here dropped his right in front of his house, on a busy street, came home and it was gone! The first thing I do when hooking up, or unhooking, is to put the lock on that coupler, even though my trailer sets well off the road, through two gates, and behind the barn, not visible from the road. In addition to this, when I raise the jack, I wrap each safety chain around the handle in opposite directions and around under the tongue and lock the chains together there. (haha, right after I built it I'd also lug a big old mule plow under there, and wrap the chains around it too lol) Takes about 2 minutes to lock, but makes the chances of anyone readily removing it almost zero. Anything you can do to add to the time it would take someone to drive away with it will increase the chances of it staying in your possession ; )
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