meledward23
Gold Member
Eddie and the above method are the type of techniques my office has employed. Of course in the end, the truth is you can only slow a truly determined theif down. But if you make it hard enough you eliminate 99% of the theives as most are opportunity and not truly grit and determined.
My office sank two 8" diameter posts 6 feet down and four feet out of the ground. They are surrounded with concrete inside and out. On the outside of each post they welded U-shaped box over the reciving U bolt for the chain, so that when locked you can only get to the bottom of the pad lock the rest of the lock is encased in 1/2" plate steel. On the outside of the U box is a small slit to recieve the 1/2" Cable to pass through and get into the locking chamber. Now to keep the cable from being cut. They bought a straight piece of steel tubing and run the cable through it. Basically the cable is protected all but a 1/4". and even then you need about 1" reach to get to it. It takes a 200# muscle man to get everything in place and lock it, but once it's lock, I have my money on it's easier to mow down the trees, move the boulders and drive over the lawn than go through this gate.
Which incidentaly is our First (or last) line of defense on the property. So far so good. Every other thing we tried was succesfully defeated by the crooks. Over five years we had $220K in trucks and small engine equipment stolen. Determined band of thieves. So far so good on this lock setup. I am sure a cutting torch would go through it, but that is an entirely different class of theif.
My office sank two 8" diameter posts 6 feet down and four feet out of the ground. They are surrounded with concrete inside and out. On the outside of each post they welded U-shaped box over the reciving U bolt for the chain, so that when locked you can only get to the bottom of the pad lock the rest of the lock is encased in 1/2" plate steel. On the outside of the U box is a small slit to recieve the 1/2" Cable to pass through and get into the locking chamber. Now to keep the cable from being cut. They bought a straight piece of steel tubing and run the cable through it. Basically the cable is protected all but a 1/4". and even then you need about 1" reach to get to it. It takes a 200# muscle man to get everything in place and lock it, but once it's lock, I have my money on it's easier to mow down the trees, move the boulders and drive over the lawn than go through this gate.
Which incidentaly is our First (or last) line of defense on the property. So far so good. Every other thing we tried was succesfully defeated by the crooks. Over five years we had $220K in trucks and small engine equipment stolen. Determined band of thieves. So far so good on this lock setup. I am sure a cutting torch would go through it, but that is an entirely different class of theif.