Dirtbag thief

richclover wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:

richclover wrote:
I wound up ordering a pair of these:

http://b-drvbatterylock.com/balocl.html

Fits nicely. Looks like, even with cutting the battery box top off, there's no way to get the battery out of the frame short of cutting the padlock.

For sure if I'd had these earlier my batteries would not have walked away.

Total waste of your money.

You DO realize that even a $19 Harbor Freight battery powered grinder with a cutoff wheel can cut off pretty much any padlock within 60 seconds?

It is done all the time, I have had to do that with a badly rusted padlock once myself..

Cut off wheels make very quick work of hardened steel shanks used in padlocks..

TAKE YOUR BATTERIES WITH YOU when putting it into storage, that will REDUCE greatly the amount of damage and loss you will end up with when a determined thief decides they like your stuff..

Yes, it is a pain, but in the end much less stress about what you might find the next time.

Thanks for your opinion ... But, I maintain that any security is better than none. In my specific case the perp would have simply moved down the line of campers to the next one with unsecured batteries. Mine were chosen because they were new and easy.

The BEST "security" is out of sight, out of mind.. You got lucky this time because it was a "easy pick".. The next "perp" may not be such a "causal" thief.. Locking things down may actually create the opposite affect and the next perp just might take out some aggression on your trailer or even worse, make off with your ENTIRE TRAILER..

Personally, I suspect your storage yard manager is crooked or at least had some part in the theft and is hiding the perp intentionally. They know something and this matter should have been turned into the Police.

I don't think it is the end of your woes.

I wish you good luck..