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True.

Quote: Originally posted by DaveCoaches on 20/9/2011

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I just got mine removed as I didn't have the tool to remove them. Different vehicles have different length studs, so I am sure there will be a set out there that will fit a caravan. At a pinch, you could get studs that are too long and cut them down with an angle grinder.

Whether there is any point to them is another matter. I got mine off as quickly as the standard wheel nuts once I hammered a 14mm socket over the end of the stud. I would have thought a wheel clamp would be of far more benefit.

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'Locking wheel nuts are very easy to remove even without the adaptor key, so mutch so that i think they are a waste of money. once you have seen then removed without the key adaptor i thinl you would decide to spend your money on something else.

if you doubt this have a look on you tube.'

Again some may be easy to remove woithout a tool but not all - autoexpress got an expert to try in tests on various types The best type were very secure and a simple socket would get you nowhere. See test. 

It makes more sense to research a little than to make sweeping statements. Don't believe everything you see on youtube.

Quote: Originally posted by Vic Wildish on 23/9/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by DaveCoaches on 20/9/2011

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I just got mine removed as I didn't have the tool to remove them. Different vehicles have different length studs, so I am sure there will be a set out there that will fit a caravan. At a pinch, you could get studs that are too long and cut them down with an angle grinder.

Whether there is any point to them is another matter. I got mine off as quickly as the standard wheel nuts once I hammered a 14mm socket over the end of the stud. I would have thought a wheel clamp would be of far more benefit.

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I know someone who had their alloy wheels stolen from their caravan while they were in a service area. They came back to find their caravan resting on its axles.

Frankly in this day and age, I don't think you can have too much security. I've got the old fashioned sort which have and elongated hexagonal top to them which is hollowed out, a locking barrel then slides into the bolt and a stainless steel cap slides over the bolt which locks the whole thing into place when the key is removed.

It fits snugly in the bolt hole and if you try to cut through the cap, it just revolves making it nye on impossible to remove.

I've had them for years and they're still serving me well.

Brilliant!!!!!!!

Vic

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I was gonna write "who has to worry about having their wheels nicked from their van?" but this quote says we all should. Sickening that people will nick these off your holiday home from home, may bad things happen to these types!