How to keep a trailer with pintle hitch from being stolen?

[CA-RJ]

I'm going to pick up a Bantam trailer next weekend. Something I've been thinking about is how to keep the trailer secure while parked overnight at the hotel. It's very easy to unhook a trailer with a hitch setup like this. Any suggestions on how to keep it from going anywhere?

 

[SAR_Squid79]

There's nothing that's going to keep a determined thief from stealing it.

BUT - I have a length of HD chain and a really HD lock that I run through the wheels, and around the springs when I'm worried about my trailer. If someone had bolt cutters and wanted it bad enough (and happened to have a Lock 'N Roll) they could steal it. It's more of a deterrent than anything. If anyone just tried to hook up to it and go, it would damage the trailer to the point where it would be un-pullable.

...also - the truck side of the pintle hitch should be lockable by putting a lock in place of the pin.

And then there's THIS:

http://www.universalboot.com/ub/pintle-hitch-lock.php

 

[Borrego60]

I ran a HD chain threw each wheel across and underneath the trailer to the other side then both towards the pintle and in the loop twice. Then pulled it tight and used a HD lock.

 

[kai38]

At a hotel over night I'll try to back into a spot where it cant be moved left or right & keep it hooked to the cruiser, I drilled a hole through the frame where the emg brake handle drops down and place a pad lock through it keeping the handle from coming back up.
At a camp ground I'll take the pintle out place the long end through the loop on the trailer and place the hitch pin lock in place. or you can remove the loop section part.

 

[mrchips]

I use a steel motorcycle cable and run it through the wheel and around the frame. Cable can not be cut with a bolt cutter, need a wheel on a grinder of some kind.

 

[CoastalDefender]

Good thing about lunette rings is that they require a pintle hitch to pull in the first place. Most people don't have that just laying around, so the passerby thief will go on to the next opportunity anyway.

Edit-
This is what I have for my M101CDN. Nice thing is I can lock the pintle closed/open with a 5/8" hitch lock.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200308993_200308993

 

[BigDaveZJ]

When mine's not attached to my Jeep it'll be in my garage so I'm not too concerned there, but I've got an idea for when I have to leave it overnight attached to the Jeep. Use a cable/chain like others have mentioned, but go through the a-frame on my M416 and then through the safety chain loops on my hitch. They'd have to unbolt the hitch from my ZJ to get it then.