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photobug
Oct 21, 2017Explorer
Researching trailer security, there are a couple of interesting videos out that show just how easy it is to defeat a lot of the "cost effective" solutions. pretty much anything that uses a padlock that you can get a set of bolt cutters on is about worthless. The round locks they sell at storage places, some guy picked it in less that 20 sec. The puck type locks seem to be the best for the doors, if they're the right size to fit over your hasp, they tend to be a bit shallow. Cheep hitch locks cant seem to stand up to a good crowbar and usually break and pop off within 30 sec. If all else fails they can just grab the safety chains and haul it off with them. My thoughts are unless I want to spend $300 for an armored hitch lock, it would be better to make it so the trailer doesn't roll if you don't want it to. I ended up buying what looks like the club for your steering wheel. It runs through one of the holes in the wheel and hooks onto the leaf spring, then locks on the outside. won't allow for the wheel to turn. As far as pulling it with the safety chains, why not just make them so they come off easily. Gated s hook or some type of caribeaner you just take the things off when you're not using them. I know nothing will make it completely theft proof, Sawzall with a metal blade through the side will defeat the door lock. Tow truck with a lift will pick the whole thing up and move it, but at least won't be easy to just walk off with without someone noticing. Someone said making the trailer distinctive will make it less liable to be taken since you can identify it driving down the road. maybe I should paint it to match the MH
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