7300 series American Lock

[criminalhate]

cost of the dremel disc's are really exspensive compared to a 4 1/2" cut off wheel. Plus the makita is cordless =)

I don't own a cordless but I do own a couple different ones for cutting down bar stock and I would love to get a cordless one to take to the junk yards with me.

[Tyler J. Thomas]

cost of the dremel disc's are really exspensive compared to a 4 1/2" cut off wheel. Plus the makita is cordless =)

I don't own a cordless but I do own a couple different ones for cutting down bar stock and I would love to get a cordless one to take to the junk yards with me.

One Dremel wheel can get me through multiple shackles. I run a cord from the inverter in my truck if need be. And besides, my Dremel can do more than just cut, sand, or buff. Let's not turn this into a pissing contest, haha.

[Ortin468]

Ummm the weakest link is the lawnmower, not the chain or the lock...

If one runs the chain through the handle, what good is it? If you want a lawnmower secure, get something welded onto the deck or something with some beef to it. (assuming you have a push type mower).

Also what you chain them to matters, Dig a nice hole, pour some concrete in it with a nice chunk of chain inside it. Easy, cheap, and out of the way.

[WolfSpring]

That was kind my point, meant hasp not shackle, you can cut hasp shackle quite quickly but most lawn mowers have take apart handles with thumb screws just undo them and they are gone

[jas]

Whos coming to get your mowers, they should be safe from thieves at least until spring. remember some things don't interest thieves, a crowbar they can use, but a shovel they will not pick up. its only good for working.

We're having a rash of thefts in the area, 4-wheelers and Z-machines. I'd like to keep mine.

No push mower here. Just a $11K Kubota Z

[jas]

Is the 7300 padlock w/tubular cylinder a good choice for general lockup? I need a secure padlock that won't bankrupt me. I intend to lockup a couple of mowers and have a couple lengths of 1/2" GR80 chain. Any advice is welcomed.

Well I've decided to go with 1/2" Security-Maxx chain and a Granite 37/70. That should slow any POS thief.

[raimundo]

I was looking at wired magazine yesterday at barns ig noble yesterday, and there was on page 50 I think a bunch of bike locks and cables, tested for resistance to bolt cutters and to a dremel cuttoff wheel, the time were listed for each method

what I think of as a dremel tool has littel inch and a quarter cuttoff wheels, and Im completely surprised that anyone would even concieve of using such a thing on these cobalt steel shackles, but as buckminster fuller told us, its the experts that know all the reasons why some thing won't work, and the outsider/outlaw who dosen't know that tries something new and succeeds.

perhaps they put the article online too. but they are trying to sell paper copies so maybe not.

[Tyler J. Thomas]

I was looking at wired magazine yesterday at barns ig noble yesterday, and there was on page 50 I think a bunch of bike locks and cables, tested for resistance to bolt cutters and to a dremel cuttoff wheel, the time were listed for each method

what I think of as a dremel tool has littel inch and a quarter cuttoff wheels, and Im completely surprised that anyone would even concieve of using such a thing on these cobalt steel shackles, but as buckminster fuller told us, its the experts that know all the reasons why some thing won't work, and the outsider/outlaw who dosen't know that tries something new and succeeds.

perhaps they put the article online too. but they are trying to sell paper copies so maybe not.

So Wired found that they worked well? The Dremel cut off wheels that is. Anecdotally, I've used them on Mul-T-Lock's boron alloy shackle with great success.

[jas]

Is the 7300 padlock w/tubular cylinder a good choice for general lockup? I need a secure padlock that won't bankrupt me. I intend to lockup a couple of mowers and have a couple lengths of 1/2" GR80 chain. Any advice is welcomed.

How does the Granit 37/70 fare with the "plus" cylinder? Hard to pick??

[Squelchtone]

jas: I use an ABUS cable to lock up my Ariens snowblower to an eyelet I have mounted on the side of my house. I'm sure someone could saw through the eyelet which is 1/2 inch steel, or through the cable, but it is very flexible guy wire coated in rubber, so not easy to get positioned for cutting by hand saw, and I doubt they would want to cut through the auger axle I have the cable going through. The cable runs through the eyelet (secured inside house using nuts and a metal plate), and the 2 ends of the cable are loops which I lock together with a Medeco 54-5 shrouded padlock.

I'll post a photo later today.

Squelchtone