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Quote: Originally posted by corpogreen on 25/10/2010

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Say you had your van stolen and the bar stewards took the bits of the wheel clamp they had broken with them ,how could you prove to the insurance company that your van had had one fitted? Something similar happened to my neighbours sons bicycle,he was unable to prove a lock was on the bike The insurance wouldn't pay up ,even though he showed them the key,because he couldn't show them the broken lock

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Quote: Originally posted by Chowey007 on 27/10/2010

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I like the look of that hub lock. But how easy is it to fit in between trips? We go away most weekends just for a few nights, Having to take the wheel off constantly and put it back puts me off slightly?

Has anyone experience of cossoa storage sites? My worry is that they pack em in tight and that my van might get damaged?

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'Why should you need to cut or burn the locks , if you go onto utube and type in tubular locks, the type fitted to most wheel clamps and locks they will show you a video of how to get the locks open , and they will also show you the tools that you need , which can be carried in your trouser pocket '

It seems this is one of these urban myths that are doing the rounds.  It may work with some of the cheapest chimese locks, but milenco in another post have challenged people to do it to their locks.  As far as I know they are still waiting.

When we lost the keys to our folding camper once in scotland the locksmith undid traditional lock with a vibrating tool thing.  It took him a while.  He said the ones for tubular locks were £200+ then.  Even with those it would take a while with quality locks.

The JSB hublocks look impregnable but with our sloping drive are not really an option. 

He didn't make it look harder with the tubular lock as he didn't attempt to unlock the hitchlock with the tubular lock.  He managed to remove the hitchlock another way, which I won't describe as there is obviously a flaw that he found with that particular type.  His charge was reasonable and I don't believe he was stalling as we were getting hassled by the warden who wanted our pitch.

If you buy cheap then you might be able to open a tubular lock with a biro or whatever, but I doubt if a thief will have any joy with good quality locks.

Quote: Originally posted by brianconwy on 27/11/2010

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'Why should you need to cut or burn the locks , if you go onto utube and type in tubular locks, the type fitted to most wheel clamps and locks they will show you a video of how to get the locks open , and they will also show you the tools that you need , which can be carried in your trouser pocket '

It seems this is one of these urban myths that are doing the rounds.  It may work with some of the cheapest chimese locks, but milenco in another post have challenged people to do it to their locks.  As far as I know they are still waiting.

When we lost the keys to our folding camper once in scotland the locksmith undid traditional lock with a vibrating tool thing.  It took him a while.  He said the ones for tubular locks were £200+ then.  Even with those it would take a while with quality locks.

The JSB hublocks look impregnable but with our sloping drive are not really an option. <!-- Signature -->

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