A lock to test any lockpickers patience....

by **nzleagle** » 14 Oct 2007 17:02

Just had a customer bring in his car, where he had padlocked his spare tyre onto the car (SUV type car)

but the way he had padlocked it made it next to impossible to pick or bump it without alot of time and patience...

Probably not surprising we decied to cut it off instead...

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by **nzleagle** » 14 Oct 2007 17:08

On a side note....

Once It was cut off, I picked it just to see how pickable it would of been, took less than 10 sec, but then that was with a lockade gun.....

by **BrownLeopard** » 14 Oct 2007 17:11

So I guess this begs asking...
...why didn't he use commercially available wheel locking lugnuts?

by **Eyes_Only** » 14 Oct 2007 17:15

Maybe he wanted to get on a show like "Pimp My Ride" or something.

by **nzleagle** » 14 Oct 2007 17:16

It was an older guy, he put the padlock on about 4 or 5 years ago, and now he is selling the car, and he realised he threw away the key because he didnt know what the key was used for

by **josh0094** » 14 Oct 2007 19:19

nzleagle wrote:It was an older guy, he put the padlock on about 4 or 5 years ago, and now he is selling the car, and he realised he threw away the key because he didnt know what the key was used for

heh sounds like my grandpa. makes good sence to padlock that tho. what kind of lock was it?

by **nzleagle** » 14 Oct 2007 20:05

just a lockwood 234/45 LW4 profile keyway, 50mm shackle,

by **josh0094** » 14 Oct 2007 21:35

nzleagle wrote:just a lockwood 234/45 LW4 profile keyway, 50mm shackle,

i have no clue what you just said but sounds easy.

by **mercurial** » 15 Oct 2007 0:14

josh0094 wrote:
nzleagle wrote:just a lockwood 234/45 LW4 profile keyway, 50mm shackle,

i have no clue what you just said but sounds easy.

Probably only members from Australia and New Zealand (or those who know our locks) will know what he meant. The brand "Lockwood" mentioned here is Australian(well was until bought by ASSA-ABLOY) not the same Lockwood brand as existed in America.

The 234/45 padlock is pretty heavy duty, even to cut - it has a boron alloy shackle - and it has a changable core. With the LW4 profile described, yes it is likely to be quite an easy pick. By switching to a differenct core, the 234/45 can be quite a formidable padlock!

When I eventually get my camera back, I'll post breakdowns of a few Australian Lockwood padlocks. The Lockwood 310/72 is quite a beast.

...Mark

by **nzleagle** » 15 Oct 2007 1:10

Thanks for explaining, mercurial, I forget that locks are diffrent in diffrent countries.

by **josh0094** » 15 Oct 2007 22:41

yeah thanks. its somwhat clear now

by **mash** » 17 Oct 2007 2:38

yea i got one of those around my house

by **josh0094** » 17 Oct 2007 23:13

my friend has one of those. i havent been able to pick it yet... but im new..

by **RockInBlack** » 21 Nov 2007 22:24

Maybe he wanted to get on a show like "Pimp My Ride" or something.

hahaha seriously.

by **Gordon Airporte** » 22 Nov 2007 2:30

Barry Wells had a post on his blog a while back about the hubcaps on Rolls Royces. It seems they're a frequent target of theft just because they make a nice trophy, so they have locks built in. It sounded like they aren't trivial locks either... possible a disc mechanism.

A lock to test any lockpickers patience....

A lock to test any lockpickers patience....

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