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Francesca_Knowl
May 10, 2013Explorer
This one?

I made something that works exactly the same way it does- a steel bracket that fits over the tightening handle on the threaded holddown rod. A padlock goes through two holes in the bottom of the bracket.
Both my and Torklift's "solutions" have the same obvious flaw: All a thief need do is unthread the nuts holding the tank rod at the bottom to walk away with the whole shootin' match.
It's a stopgap deterrent, but a piece of stout chain through the tank collar to the rig frame is a better one- at least they'd have to use bolt cutters!

I made something that works exactly the same way it does- a steel bracket that fits over the tightening handle on the threaded holddown rod. A padlock goes through two holes in the bottom of the bracket.
Both my and Torklift's "solutions" have the same obvious flaw: All a thief need do is unthread the nuts holding the tank rod at the bottom to walk away with the whole shootin' match.
It's a stopgap deterrent, but a piece of stout chain through the tank collar to the rig frame is a better one- at least they'd have to use bolt cutters!
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