Replacement Locks for Under-Coach Storage Compartments

KA4EBU -- of course I appreciate the USEFUL help and advice that people have offered, including that from you, Francesca Knowles, bumpy, D.E.Bishop, Shadow Catcher, and mits22. Thank you all very much. And thanks to billkaufman for his X2 comment.

However, I repeatedly explained what I wanted to do and why. Having people tell me repeatedly that my concern and desire to improve security "makes no sense" is not helpful. I know all about opening things with a big screwdriver. I lived on a boat for several years in a "secured" marina, and periodically someone would come through picking up everything that wasn't tied down. It's not that I "don't trust my fellow campers" and should "stay home." How insulting can you get? I won't be camping, I will be living there alone with three dogs while in transition to a new home out of state - a process way too complicated to bore everyone with. I never mentioned keeping "treasures" in the storage compartments, just things that I don't want to have to go to the store and replace - I have better things to do during this period of being uprooted.

I usually just sort through all this kind of bulls*** to find the good information, but this time I just got fed up.

PomPom. I actually did not understand your last post. I hope you are not appreciating the help and advice people were offering. Hope it all works out for your locks, though.

fj12ryder wrote:
And that "ragamuffin" just happens to be carrying a 751 key, because he knows that all compartments are locked with them? :)f)

any good thief would know that.
bumpy

And that "ragamuffin" just happens to be carrying a 751 key, because he knows that all compartments are locked with them? :)

The S&B's front door is very much like the 751 compartment locks: it keeps the honest person honest. Why mess with a front door when you can tap on the glass and have a window open in a flash? But a locked front door will keep out the casual passer-by who just tries the front door on impulse, and will walk in if it's unlocked. He's not going to break-and-enter, but he might just do it if the door is open or unlocked.

"And that's all I'm gonna say about that." :)

I assume that somebody with that attitude doesn't lock their S&Bs front door when they go on the road?
I think that a ragamuffin strolling thru the campground looking for an easy mark would first spot compartments locked with the old 751 special and ignore a harder target. Or better yet compartments with no lock at all.
now if you are talking about parking out in the boonies a zillion miles from nowhere, then chain saws, plasma cutters, and pry bars come into play.
bumpy

Francesca Knowles wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
It makes no sense to spend $20 on a lock that can be opened with a $2 screwdriver. Find the cheapest locks that have different keys than what you have now.

:B

Didja miss the earlier pic or was it just too small for ya to see that since it uses no keys at all there's no place for a screwdriver in the "$20.00 lock"?

If so, here's the pic again, only bigger!:)

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Hmmmmm - *YOU* missed the BIG picture, LOL!

C'mon, FK -
a flat head screwdriver *ANYWHERE* along the edge of the compt is the "combination"!..:R

Same for keys - *NO* key necessary. (thieves don't bother with keys)

Soooo you spend the bucks for the locks - which *ADVERTISE* there's something in there more valuable than your sewer hose.....and you get to spend *WAY* more bucks repairing/replacing the compt doors.

BTW - all my compt doors have non-locking, "thumb-turn" latches.
RVs since 1970 - nothing stolen yet.

Sure there's always a first time!..:(
Yikes! -
I'll have to replace a bunch of odds & ends - but *NOT* the compt doors..:R

Unsubscribing "pompomgirl" - if you're worried about the folks with keys - your fellow campers - you should stay home!

Worry about the "passing yahoos" *without* keys - their screwdriver works for ignition locks too..:S

However, if you really must carry some treasure in there, get a metal box, even a slide-out type, bolt it to the floor (bolts inside the box) & secure *it* with a serious padlock (like an "Abus" - can't get bolt cutters on it).

Otherwise, don't store anything expensive in storage compts..;)


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pompomgirl wrote:
OK, I'm unsubscribing from this topic now that people are reduced to telling me what obviously I already know because I've posted responses, and that I have no sense.

If something is worth carrying at all, it's valuable to me. Why have storage compartments that can easily be opened by any passing yahoo with a key that apparently 10% of the U.S. population has on their key ring (now I know the 751 is even used for the average toolbox and just about anything else that requires a key), and not make some effort to secure them better?

I will be in a location where a neighbor would likely notice someone prying a door open with a screw driver or crowbar, but might not notice someone opening a door with a key. "It's stupid" or "it makes no sense" is a matter of opinion. Thanks to bumpy, I'm getting the round ones. I'm by no means stupid, and it makes sense to me, and apparently to several other people who have responded with helpful information.

This is starting to sound like the "Attitude" thread.

X2

OK, I'm unsubscribing from this topic now that people are reduced to telling me what obviously I already know because I've posted responses, and that I have no sense.

If something is worth carrying at all, it's valuable to me. Why have storage compartments that can easily be opened by any passing yahoo with a key that apparently 10% of the U.S. population has on their key ring (now I know the 751 is even used for the average toolbox and just about anything else that requires a key), and not make some effort to secure them better?

I will be in a location where a neighbor would likely notice someone prying a door open with a screw driver or crowbar, but might not notice someone opening a door with a key. "It's stupid" or "it makes no sense" is a matter of opinion. Thanks to bumpy, I'm getting the round ones. I'm by no means stupid, and it makes sense to me, and apparently to several other people who have responded with helpful information.

This is starting to sound like the "Attitude" thread.

In most cases, you can spend all the money you want on the type key that operates the locking mechanism and unless you change the normal cam lock, you will lose if the thugs want in.
Most are single point locks, some do have bars that connect in the sides. In most cases they are all on fiberglass or thin aluminum panels that are easily flexed or broken.
To store valuables in the bottom bays is a big mistake.

locks with circular keys shown at http://www.ch751.com/.
bumpy