Lost trailer wheel lock key

[[59668]]

Went to hitch up tonight and realised the trailer wheel lock key is not where I keep it in my truck. No idea where it's gone. I don't have a spare.
I'm furious at myself for apparently losing it.
Has anyone got any idea how I get it off? Husband has an angle grinder but I guess the point is you can't grind them off?
It's a Bulldog one which makes it worse as they are supposedly the best.

 

[Equi]

If you can read the number on the lock you should be able to get a replacement key.

 

[iknowmyvalue]

I don’t know specifically about bulldog ones, but I had this and just used an angle grinder to get it off ??

 

[[59668]]

If you can read the number on the lock you should be able to get a replacement key.

Hmm I don't think they put the number on the lock....its only on the key. Otherwise would be very easy to steal trailers!

 

[Tiddlypom]

It was worryingly easy to take my old wheelclamp off with an angle grinder, but a Titan would be a much sterner test.

Do try the Titan peeps, this must have happened before. They may have some good advice. Do you have the original reciept?

 

[pixie27]

I did this and my old YM used his angle grinder to get it off. Wasn’t a particularly tough job, but the lock wasn’t an expensive one!

 

[[59668]]

So it's off. Worryingly easy to get off to be honest.
It was a Bulldog one, high spec, insurance company and police rated so very concerning. It literally took 3 mins to grind off!
Is it even worth replacing?!

 

[COldNag]

I think they won't stop a theft but are a deterrent 3 minutes is 3 minutes extra of risk for a thief. Maybe it is enough to deter them?

My locks are not fantastic but having a Bulldog-like lock and hitch lock on will cause a delay for a thief. I also have postcode in big letters on the roof and a sticker like this on the back ..

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk...cker-used-police-fight-farm-machinery-thefts/

I think though, that atthe end of the day, if they are really determined them they will nick it.

 

[Tiddlypom]

That's a bit worrying that it was so easy to get off .

It's still worth having a good wheel clamp, though. It's all about adding layers of deterrence so that the sticky fingered ones pass yours by and move off to easier pickings, without an angle grinder being required.

 

[[59668]]

That's a bit worrying that it was so easy to get off .

It's still worth having a good wheel clamp, though. It's all about adding layers of deterrence so that the sticky fingered ones pass yours by and move off to easier pickings, without an angle grinder being required.

Yeah I'm thinking I might just get a cheaper one as a deterrent.

 

[Dasher66]

I once forgot to take the wheel lock off before taking the trailer out.
it just flew off causing no damage and was no impediment at all. I was horrified.
perhaps H&H could do some practical tests to find out which of these anti theft devices actually work.

 

[mini_b]

I once forgot to take the wheel lock off before taking the trailer out.
it just flew off causing no damage and was no impediment at all. I was horrified.
perhaps H&H could do some practical tests to find out which of these anti theft devices actually work.

very good idea! Not sure how much stuff they would want to risk breaking should they work as intended ?