07-23-2016, 05:26 AM
"How theft proof are they".
We locked ours with one of these: http://equipmentlock.com/hdcdl_home.asp thinking it would be better than a padlock.
The thieves used bolt cutters to snip the four corners which weakened the geometry enough that they were able to attach a chain to a vehicle and the lock and pull it, bending enough they were able to get it off.
The neighbors also had their container broken into. They had a similar lock, though slightly less heavy duty. They also had the doors secured with fancy expensive padlocks made with a special hardened steel that resists bolt cutters, so the thieves just snipped the container hardware the locks were affixed to.
Our container was mostly full of junk, because we had already moved here to a different property and removed everything we wanted to keep. The most valuable things they made off with were a $15 machete and a case of water. The most expensive thing we lost was the lock on the container.
In order to get to our container they had to cut a snip-resistant lock on our gate.
I spoke to the neighbor who was trying to find "a better way to secure" their container and I warned them against it, if you make it TOO hard to get inside they will just cut through the side of the container with a grinder. They decided to have somebody live on their property instead and haven't had any problems since.
Oddly enough the only lock the thieves couldn't circumvent was a bicycle cable style lock that was securing the neighbor's gate, so they pushed the set-in-concrete post over with their vehicle.
In container yards with 8' chain link fence topped with razor wire, security lights, and roving security patrols they park the containers with the doors facing each other so at the minimum a forklift has to be operated to access the contents... and stuff still gets stolen.
ETA: I saw a video of The Worlds Strongest Padlock, quite the theft deterrent beast and at several hundred dollars no small investment... being snipped with a battery-powered (was Makita style coloring but not sure of manufacturer) rebar cutter.
Explosives bunkers and your finer vehicle gates have the locks up inside of hardened steel tubes that make it really hard to install or remove the lock, but also you can't get to the lock with any type of cutter or blow torch. They have retro kits for shipping containers that can be installed but then you're back to square one with them making their own door with a grinder.
We locked ours with one of these: http://equipmentlock.com/hdcdl_home.asp thinking it would be better than a padlock.
The thieves used bolt cutters to snip the four corners which weakened the geometry enough that they were able to attach a chain to a vehicle and the lock and pull it, bending enough they were able to get it off.
The neighbors also had their container broken into. They had a similar lock, though slightly less heavy duty. They also had the doors secured with fancy expensive padlocks made with a special hardened steel that resists bolt cutters, so the thieves just snipped the container hardware the locks were affixed to.
Our container was mostly full of junk, because we had already moved here to a different property and removed everything we wanted to keep. The most valuable things they made off with were a $15 machete and a case of water. The most expensive thing we lost was the lock on the container.
In order to get to our container they had to cut a snip-resistant lock on our gate.
I spoke to the neighbor who was trying to find "a better way to secure" their container and I warned them against it, if you make it TOO hard to get inside they will just cut through the side of the container with a grinder. They decided to have somebody live on their property instead and haven't had any problems since.
Oddly enough the only lock the thieves couldn't circumvent was a bicycle cable style lock that was securing the neighbor's gate, so they pushed the set-in-concrete post over with their vehicle.
In container yards with 8' chain link fence topped with razor wire, security lights, and roving security patrols they park the containers with the doors facing each other so at the minimum a forklift has to be operated to access the contents... and stuff still gets stolen.
ETA: I saw a video of The Worlds Strongest Padlock, quite the theft deterrent beast and at several hundred dollars no small investment... being snipped with a battery-powered (was Makita style coloring but not sure of manufacturer) rebar cutter.
Explosives bunkers and your finer vehicle gates have the locks up inside of hardened steel tubes that make it really hard to install or remove the lock, but also you can't get to the lock with any type of cutter or blow torch. They have retro kits for shipping containers that can be installed but then you're back to square one with them making their own door with a grinder.