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how to lock up a 4 wheeler #1614096 08/22/10 04:45 PM
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What is the best way to lock up a 4 wheeler left at the lease?


Re: how to lock up a 4 wheeler [Re: rowlettmp] #1614111 08/22/10 04:57 PM
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If somebody wants to steel it they can, I have seen people go to great lengths to steal stuff...such as driving a tractor through a barn wall to steel four wheelers.

I wouldnt leave it


Re: how to lock up a 4 wheeler [Re: deewayne2003] #1614210 08/22/10 06:09 PM
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Master makes a lock similar to a bicycle chain, but it's really thick cable and the lock is a thick piece of steel w/a keyhole in the middle instead of a padlock. They cost about $30. I have mine insured and lock it up with one of these, but I only leave it at the lease from about this time of year when I start filling my feeders until after deer season, not all year. And there is a lot of older retired people on our lease so there is almost always somebody there from the 1st part of August until after deer season, and it's only a few minutes from home so I go by every day. If it were further away I wouldn't leave it at all, but if you have to leave it ATV insurance is cheap compared to a new 4 wheeler....


Re: how to lock up a 4 wheeler [Re: twice70] #1614312 08/22/10 06:58 PM
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true....also help if for some reason it goes down the road after coming off a trailer or the back end of a truck. I've never seen something that could be locked up that couldn't be stolen.


Re: how to lock up a 4 wheeler [Re: rifleman] #1615484 08/23/10 03:07 AM
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Get a metal cargo container - 4 hockey puck locks, square chain links with 7/16 lock on doors and solid steel cargo door locks. You can still get in but it would take a cutting torch and hopefully it will be too much trouble so they will go somewhere else.


Re: how to lock up a 4 wheeler [Re: Letsgo] #1616881 08/23/10 08:40 PM
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Locks dont work anymore - the thieves now are using some kind of liquid that super freezes the lock and then hit it with a hammer - lock falls apart. At least that is what the sheriff said.



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Re: how to lock up a 4 wheeler [Re: Halfadozen] #1617032 08/23/10 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted By: gljshh
Locks dont work anymore - the thieves now are using some kind of liquid that super freezes the lock and then hit it with a hammer - lock falls apart. At least that is what the sheriff said.


Liquid nitrogen will do that just fine, and almost every welding store sells it


Re: how to lock up a 4 wheeler [Re: massn8v] #1618222 08/24/10 02:56 AM
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Locks dont work anymore - the thieves now are using some kind of liquid that super freezes the lock and then hit it with a hammer - lock falls apart. At least that is what the sheriff said.


Liquid nitrogen will do that just fine, and almost every welding store sells it

Yep - that's it!



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Re: how to lock up a 4 wheeler [Re: Halfadozen] #1621121 08/25/10 03:13 AM
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Best thing is to insure them, I have a policy with Liberty Mutual cost me $50/yr. You can't stop someone from stealing them and you will never see it again.


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