Kingpin lock storage

I made a fake king pin out of pvc pipe with a cap on the end. Drilled a hole in the end cap for a bolt to go thru and bolted the thing to the landing gear flanges. The lock is always there on the trailer.

 

If you cover the king pin first with a plastic bag the chances of getting greased are narrowed down to one not checking for wholes in the bag. It keeps the king pun lock clean.. I keep mine in the box it came in under the bunk.. it's not greased up..

 

I take an old pair of jeans and cut off a chunk of the leg. Stitch one end shut with heavy nylon thread to make a denim bag; enough slack at the top to roll over and make a handle. Same thing to store a grease gun, except you use a longer chunk of the leg. They last a couple years 'til they get good and grubby and then you make a new one.

 

all these ideas work
but the bag over the kingpin gets my vote

 

Another option is to dump out the windshield squeegee water bucket and fill it with diesel while you are filling your truck. Drop in kingpin lock and slosh around then use windshield squeegee to scrub off the grease. Leave squeegee and bucket full of greasy diesel there for the next driver who may need to clean his kingpin lock lol.

 

Someone will do this now. It's bad enough they wash their whole truck but now diesel & grease in the bucket. Lol.

 

Wipe it off on your wife/girlfriends cat.


I am not responsible for anything that happens to you if you follow my advice.
Just sayin'.

 

with 6 cats that be a clean kingpin