You depend on those "Master" padlocks?

[Auggie56]

 

[Don Frelier]

So don't be a slave to master locks?

 

[OneWheelPeel]

They seem to be the easiest to pick, the run of the mill standard master lock everyone sells. I have a basic pick and when I’m bored on a zoom meeting I pick a couple of them, then it got too easy so I try to do it one handed now which I usually can.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Back in the 70's I use to open the keyed locks with a pair of wire cutters, just cut the four rivets and remove the plates......... And the combination locks are so clunky you can feel the the notches as you rotate the knob...

 

[Mopar Hunter]

No picking or destroying lock necessary, I use bolt cutters.

 

[Don Frelier]

No picking or destroying lock necessary, I use bolt cutters.

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Professional thief?

 

[fesser]

Since the invention of the cordless grinder and cutoff wheel, very few padlocks are worth anything. At least if used in an area where there is no one around to hear the grinder.

 

[Sixpactogo]

Car door locks, Pad locks, combination locks, safes...........All made to keep the honest people out. Thieves will always find a way to defeat em.

 

[YY1]

Yep. Cut off wheel WAY easier than bolt cutters.
Funny though, the general population still hasn't realized that.

A few years ago, as I approached an intersection, I noticed something shiny in the road.
I said to my wife- "is that pad lock......with a key?"
I slowed down as I went by, opened the door and reached down and grabbed it.

Turned out it was a Medeco Abloy brand.
The most difficult lock in the world to pick.
There is ONE guy that claims he can do it.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

No picking or destroying lock necessary, I use bolt cutters.

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Welllll that's kind of destroying it too