Safety Sentry: Our Story

Safety Sentry is a safety trailer hitch lock system designed to prevent trailer detachment in any form whether it be by theft or accident while driving. Safety Sentry inc. is a premier supplier of the new Safety Sentry hitch lock that is currently required in some states due to state-mandated trailer hitch laws. Safety Sentry provides trailer lock safety for all types of towing hitches used for towing trailers on state and local highways. They specialize in safeguarding against accidents through the Safety Sentry Hitch Lock. This trailer lock works on horse trailers, camping trailers, used trailers, RV trailers, cargo trailers and more.

Safety Sentry was founded in 2009, but owner Karl Pratt invented the product back in the summer of 1994. Mr. Pratt had owned a manufacturing company for quite some time and had experience in metal, machining and applications. He created a product that would provide security while a truck and trailer was left unattended. It wasn’t until much later, after coming across www.dangeroustrailers.org, that he realized that his product could also be used to prevent trailer detachment while driving (a problem that is widespread, but little known). After several modifications, and a U.S. patent, he had a product that would have a dual purpose, safety while in transport, and security when it was parked.

With the help of the Dangerous Trailers website, Mr. Pratt did some research on the facts about accidents due to disengagement of trailers, the injuries and fatalities as a result, and the number of reported thefts. What he found was shocking.

The Department of Transportation, or Federal Highway Administration, published a report in 1994 detailing the statistics of trailer-related accidents. With a cost of fatality per incident of $2,600,000; United States statistics shows that for the previous 30 years the cost involving fatalities directly related from trailers towed by passenger vehicles to be $39,554,060,000. Using the lowest cost of injury ($5000) with 461,726 incidents reported from 1988 to 1994 totals $2,308,630,000. Using the lowest cost of property damage ($2000) with 814,165 incidents during the same period totals 1,628,300,000. Keep in mind that this report was published in 1994; if you factor in inflation and another 16 years the numbers are much, much higher.

This is where Safety Sentry can help. Safety Sentry, Inc. is working with Departments of Transportation in many states to push for legislation for state-mandated trailer hitch safety laws to prevent these kinds of accidents on our nation’s highways. This product does not require any modification of towing vehicle or coupler. It will work on most horse trailers, camping trailers, used trailers, RV trailers, cargo trailers and more. While most couplers already have a locking point built in, all a criminal would have to do is remove the nut that keeps the ball of the coupler in place to steal your trailer. The Safety Sentry trailer hitch lock includes a locking nut to prevent theft in this way.

So if you pull a trailer, please contact Safety Sentry to purchase your Safety Sentry trailer lock, today! Safety Sentry works on all standard trailers including horse trailers, camping trailers, used trailers, RV trailers, cargo trailers and more. The Texas Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Safety, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are aware of the potential for saving lives and protecting property on the highways through the use of the Safety Sentry. Efforts are underway to elicit vehicle insurance reductions if safety trailer hitch lock is used for trailer safety. Several states already have state-mandated trailer hitch safety laws, and many more are currently working on them.

Save the lives of people and animals and protect your property with the complete safety and security package in Safety Sentry. This safety trailer hitch lock is an affordable safety product that is made in the USA, helping to provide employment opportunities during this time of economic uncertainty. You work hard to provide for your family and to protect the things you acquire. Think of Safety Sentry as added insurance for life and property, for you and everyone with whom you share the road.