GBB
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Been reading pros and cons about locking hitch pin versus grade 8 bolt With nyloc or double nutted. Some say a locking pin can be snapped off with a short piece of pipe (have seen videos showing this) while a bolt cannot. Thieves don’t usually carry around a 15/16 socket and end wrench Or spend the time to unscrew it. On the other hand some are saying the grade 8 bolt doesn’t have the shear strength a locking pin has. They are based on tensile strength. I have to agree on tensile strength of locking pin as I got rear ended last year and hitch took the brunt of it and pin was fine. I was going to switch to a grade 8 bolt, but after reading couple articles on pros and cons I don’t know. What are your thoughts?