my new tool box..

[freestang]

I know its an old post but it still may help someone. If you make the wheels so they don't turn, like a lock through a spoke. The thief would have to literally drag all the weight of the box. This along with the box being chained down may just deture him cause of all the work involved.

 

[MD11]

thanks for that great idea Free.... I wonder if there is a way to do that w/o ruining the caster though? SO should make a (key) locking caster which would provide this.. The pics I have attached to my last post show my more expensive and intrusive solution that I think should keep that "crime of opportunity" thief from pulling this off again!

btw, while this thread is back to life, "my tool box" is now fully stocked for the most part and the updated pics are on my website!

http://web.mac.com/sjsamaha/Site/Tools.html

 

[neverenoughtools]

Great pics of your new toolbox security setup. You are absolutely correct that it will not deter a determined thief only the opportunistic one.

 

[gorilla]

The hardened u-bolt you welded to the steel pipe will no longer be hard adjacent to the weld. You can cut it with a hack saw.

 

[MD11]

The hardened u-bolt you welded to the steel pipe will no longer be hard adjacent to the weld. You can cut it with a hack saw.

solution? suggestions? That never occurred to me.

More over, do we think a typical neighborhood roaming thief will know that? or will he just move on to the next opportunity?

I'm quite sure a determined thief need only bring a small hand tool to get thru the chain... the question is, with this being in my home, will he be brave enough?

 

[twostory]

solution? suggestions? That never occurred to me.

Weld a cover plate over the entire assemble (U bolt & locks). Make it 1/4 steel. That will prevent the thief from cutting the U bolt easily with a hack saw.

 

[MD11]

Weld a cover plate over the entire assemble (U bolt & locks). Make it 1/4 steel. That will prevent the thief from cutting the U bolt easily with a hack saw.

sounds like a project for my new welding machine when I finally get it! That's a good idea for sure.

 

[freestang]

I dont think drilling one hole for a padlock shaft would ruin the wheel.

Your never going to make it unsteelable. Your best bet it to make it harder than someone elces

 

[Cryptic1911]

Actually, can't you just wrap that chain around the pole and lock the two ends together? that would eliminate having to heat up the metal ont he bracket to weld it to the pole

 

[MD11]

Actually, can't you just wrap that chain around the pole and lock the two ends together? that would eliminate having to heat up the metal ont he bracket to weld it to the pole

the photo doesn't show it, but the pol is only 35" high.... it's there to protect the water heater if a car were to accidentally go forward..

Freestang, I'm also thinking since the casters are attached via four bolts, one could also remove all of those and lay the box ontop a makeshift roller of sorts and go that way... but in the end, the reason the 1st box was stolen was a) it was a good bit smaller and easier to maneuver between my cards at 2am, and (and this is important).. I left my garage open! << idiot

With the new precautions and box being that much larger, it's unlikely to re-occur

 

[Cryptic1911]

ahh, didn't catch that. Well, with theives, if there's a will, there's a way. Honestly, you're more than protected right now.. any kind of lock / chain is just to keep the honest people honest. If they want it, its gonna be gone. My dads shop got robbed and they took 3 rollaways fully loaded out of a fenced in lot, and the fence / gate was locked and untouched.. so they somehow lifted these up and over a 6ft fence

I've also heard of people getting motorcycles stolen out of garages where it was parked sideways at the far end with two cars parked in front of it and no room on the sides to maneuver it, so they had to lift it over the cars... go figure!

 

[MD11]

I've also heard of people getting motorcycles stolen out of garages where it was parked sideways at the far end with two cars parked in front of it and no room on the sides to maneuver it, so they had to lift it over the cars... go figure!

The same night my tools were stolen, a motorcycle was also stolen from our neighborhood. We're a gated (no guard) community in a very safe part of Phoenix, made up of some 180 homes... These guys just troll for opportunities and as my Insurance company and the policeman who did the report both said.. it's a random and not targeted theft.

 

[cyclopsblown34]

It's the slightly smaller version.... the KRL 7022... one less full length drawer than the 1022.. Yeah, it was a hard sell to get insurance to fork up.. but I used to have a no longer made KRA series (forget the number now) and it was less expensive, but they went ahead and gave me full replacement cost of a similar KRA, so I just paid the extra $2K and upgraded to my dream box.... wife wasn't too happy!

Anywho... yeah, I want to "Anchor" the box to the eyebolt and lock it up via either the underbelly drainholes, or maybe the caster.. I think the drainholes might be the best bet (I assume their drain holes, they may also be there to save some weight, but look under, they're there.)

Think my 6855 "mother of all cordless hammer drills" will be strong enough? I hate to mess this up! I do have some good cobolt bits that are made for metal, you don't recommend I use them? It's no biggie to get a masonry bit if I have to I suppose... I want to do it right!

You must have State Farm. We've had one claim (not for theft though)and they did us better than I could ever have hoped. We had a theft claim with American Family 10 years ago and they left us twisting in the wind.

 

[MD11]

Actually it's Farmers.... They were pretty good, I must admit, but I did make some threats to leave if I'm not "taken care of"

 

[raildawg]

hilti would be faster .but you need a concrete bit.sorry to hear about your tools.

 

[wagonmaster]

iniquitous

I must admit, tht's the very first time I've ever seen or heard about a tool box described in this manner!....