Increasingly, trailers are being stolen from ramps while their owners are out boating, and boat-and-trailer theft has always been a problem, but now this little device might be the answer. Trailer accessory manufacturer Purple Line has launched a new high-security hitch lock which secures Australian 50mm ball hitches both when hitched and unhitched.
The Saracen Ultra anti-theft hitch lock offers heavy-duty protection for trailers that spend all day hitched to the tow vehicle at a ramp, and all winter with the boat on them, unhitched, at home.
Made from high-strength composite metals, it has an anti-pick seven-pin cylinder lock with a tubular, anti-copy key.
Saracen Ultra is also ideal for tradies’ work trailers which can sit for hours on site and at home, often with thousands of dollars worth of tools on board.
But it is really for any trailer with a 50mm ball hitch – caravans and camper trailers, horse floats, box trailers and even car and motorcycle trailers.
Saracen Ultra joins the Purple Line range of anti-theft products including the regular Saracen for unhitched trailers and super-tough Nemesis wheel clamp, all made of high-strength steel to resist cutting, picking, drilling and gas freezing.
Purple Line anti-theft products are available online at www.purpleline.com.au and selected marine equipment retailers nationally. RRP for Saracen Ultra is $149 (Saracen $89, Nemesis $249).