What vehicle do you use?

[Rickthepick]

Cleaned my van this morning, its a 1.4i LPG Berlingo. Great little van but slow as....

What vehicle do you use?
I might be looking to trade in and get a bmw estate instead and convert the back into a work station.

[pin_pusher]

straight black honda 500cc motorcycle, a beauty, but i switch to a peddle bike when the snow starts coming 'round.

[Boberto]

Renault Kangoo, basically what you have except different manufacturer and model. Cept I did Electircs out of mine, not fun being self employed... Especially as an Electrician, I dont suppose this is much different from your trade at this time. No money, no customers and no employment!

[Evan]

Renault Kangoo, basically what you have except different manufacturer and model. Cept I did Electircs out of mine, not fun being self employed... Especially as an Electrician, I dont suppose this is much different from your trade at this time. No money, no customers and no employment!

@Boberto:

Always customers for locksmiths... When homeowners stop calling, the banks doing the foreclosing start calling, gotta keep those pesky former owners out so they can't squat illegally...

~~ Evan

[Boberto]

Interesting... I never thought of it that way.

I still dont "dream of being a locksmith" though. Took me more than 3 years to become a spark and a whole lot of money and taking S&^%.... I really can imagine how hard it it is to set up on your own having done it as a spark - and "retreated"... I suppose doing only a specialised part of the property which HAS to be done is more lucratif than something which nobody understands or cares about as long as its working... I really can see your point.

Im not judging and allot of the properties you then work on are the "people " who got us in this, (but actually it was the bankers and investors greed...) helps you sleep at night? How do you ffel about that?

Regards,
Rob.

[Evan]

Interesting... I never thought of it that way.

I still dont "dream of being a locksmith" though. Took me more than 3 years to become a spark and a whole lot of money and taking S&^%.... I really can imagine how hard it it is to set up on your own having done it as a spark - and "retreated"... I suppose doing only a specialised part of the property which HAS to be done is more lucratif than something which nobody understands or cares about as long as its working... I really can see your point.

Im not judging and allot of the properties you then work on are the "people " who got us in this, (but actually it was the bankers and investors greed...) helps you sleep at night? How do you ffel about that?

Regards,
Rob.

@Boberto:

I am not a practicing "free range" commercial locksmith... All of my work on locks was done "in-house" for a former employer...

From my discussions with practicing commercial locksmiths they sleep just fine at night but some do have certain qualms about some forms of the drama involved in doing foreclosure work -- the kind where constables or sheriffs are removing the former resident of the property by court order above and beyond their personal objection... Most of the problems seem to stem from landlords who send a locksmith to a property they have not verified as being vacated yet and whom don't have proper eviction paperwork which can be served upon any tenants the locksmith encounters by a constable or sheriff, who try to lock their tenants out extra-judicially by calling a locksmith in to change the locks on the tenant illegally...

As long as you know the principles of the law involved and how the process is supposed to legally work and always have whomever thinks that they are "authorized" to have the locks changed meet you at the location while you do the work, and pay attention to your instincts about which stories smell funny and turn down some of the people with weak legal claims to be able to change locks on a tenant then you won't have many problems...

It all boils down to you having to work to put food on your own table and pay your own rent/mortgage...

~~ Evan

[Boberto]

I see, thanks for the insight.

[amlwchlocksmiths]

vw lt 25.like a sprinter,land rover,subaru impressza.and a izusu trooper

[Boberto]

looks like a gypo wagon

[stjohn]

vw caddy maxi..

great van but not a great locksmith van - the space in the back is all wrong

think i am going to try a nissan note next

[Moren]

Mercedes Vaneo 2002. Also nice car.

[WayneC]

Nice Van

Though I am not a locksmith but its always The best bet to Follow the Laws of Your Nation .As for Landlords ,If they don't have that piece of legal Parchment than just Turn around and Walk off. It's always best to only do Lock picking for a Landlord Who Has been Through the Proper Channels Of the Legal System

Those who haven’t are either are doing underhanded illegal tactics or are working for a underground organization.

[RockLockSafe]

Iveco Daily SWB (wanted a LWB but won't fit on the drive)

[Rickthepick]

My above van is now for sale as iv got a fresh one

£1200 call me

[I Pik U]

For work:
Dodge Caravans.
Remove the back seats, put in your drawers and storage compartments, work bench, key machine and vice.



For pleasure:
1978 KZ650C