Highlift jack
#191
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Re: Highlift jack
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> Even better is the old fashioned way: Stick a bolt or big-a$$
>> screwdriver through the hole just below the head. That's truly a
>> positive stop.
The image of that reminds me of a security trick I learned from a
former employer and utilize myself at home to this day. Although not
actually vehicle related, it is a wise idea in a related way.
To securely lock overhead garage doors, we placed and locked padlocks
through the holes in the track that the door guide wheels rode in.
By placing the locks through the track immediately above a wheel, no
one would be able to force open the door from the outside, and even if
they got inside the garage by other means, they'd have to go through a
lot of effort, time, and undoubtedly noise, to remove the lock to open
the overhead door.
Placing the lock several wheels above the bottom one prevents easy
removal of a single wheel's axle mounting plate and freeing the door.
It may not protect smaller items going out the service door or broken
windows, but anything bigger that won't fit through those is
considerably safer from theft.
>> Even better is the old fashioned way: Stick a bolt or big-a$$
>> screwdriver through the hole just below the head. That's truly a
>> positive stop.
The image of that reminds me of a security trick I learned from a
former employer and utilize myself at home to this day. Although not
actually vehicle related, it is a wise idea in a related way.
To securely lock overhead garage doors, we placed and locked padlocks
through the holes in the track that the door guide wheels rode in.
By placing the locks through the track immediately above a wheel, no
one would be able to force open the door from the outside, and even if
they got inside the garage by other means, they'd have to go through a
lot of effort, time, and undoubtedly noise, to remove the lock to open
the overhead door.
Placing the lock several wheels above the bottom one prevents easy
removal of a single wheel's axle mounting plate and freeing the door.
It may not protect smaller items going out the service door or broken
windows, but anything bigger that won't fit through those is
considerably safer from theft.
#192
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Re: Highlift jack
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> Even better is the old fashioned way: Stick a bolt or big-a$$
>> screwdriver through the hole just below the head. That's truly a
>> positive stop.
The image of that reminds me of a security trick I learned from a
former employer and utilize myself at home to this day. Although not
actually vehicle related, it is a wise idea in a related way.
To securely lock overhead garage doors, we placed and locked padlocks
through the holes in the track that the door guide wheels rode in.
By placing the locks through the track immediately above a wheel, no
one would be able to force open the door from the outside, and even if
they got inside the garage by other means, they'd have to go through a
lot of effort, time, and undoubtedly noise, to remove the lock to open
the overhead door.
Placing the lock several wheels above the bottom one prevents easy
removal of a single wheel's axle mounting plate and freeing the door.
It may not protect smaller items going out the service door or broken
windows, but anything bigger that won't fit through those is
considerably safer from theft.
>> Even better is the old fashioned way: Stick a bolt or big-a$$
>> screwdriver through the hole just below the head. That's truly a
>> positive stop.
The image of that reminds me of a security trick I learned from a
former employer and utilize myself at home to this day. Although not
actually vehicle related, it is a wise idea in a related way.
To securely lock overhead garage doors, we placed and locked padlocks
through the holes in the track that the door guide wheels rode in.
By placing the locks through the track immediately above a wheel, no
one would be able to force open the door from the outside, and even if
they got inside the garage by other means, they'd have to go through a
lot of effort, time, and undoubtedly noise, to remove the lock to open
the overhead door.
Placing the lock several wheels above the bottom one prevents easy
removal of a single wheel's axle mounting plate and freeing the door.
It may not protect smaller items going out the service door or broken
windows, but anything bigger that won't fit through those is
considerably safer from theft.
#193
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Re: Highlift jack
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> Even better is the old fashioned way: Stick a bolt or big-a$$
>> screwdriver through the hole just below the head. That's truly a
>> positive stop.
The image of that reminds me of a security trick I learned from a
former employer and utilize myself at home to this day. Although not
actually vehicle related, it is a wise idea in a related way.
To securely lock overhead garage doors, we placed and locked padlocks
through the holes in the track that the door guide wheels rode in.
By placing the locks through the track immediately above a wheel, no
one would be able to force open the door from the outside, and even if
they got inside the garage by other means, they'd have to go through a
lot of effort, time, and undoubtedly noise, to remove the lock to open
the overhead door.
Placing the lock several wheels above the bottom one prevents easy
removal of a single wheel's axle mounting plate and freeing the door.
It may not protect smaller items going out the service door or broken
windows, but anything bigger that won't fit through those is
considerably safer from theft.
>> Even better is the old fashioned way: Stick a bolt or big-a$$
>> screwdriver through the hole just below the head. That's truly a
>> positive stop.
The image of that reminds me of a security trick I learned from a
former employer and utilize myself at home to this day. Although not
actually vehicle related, it is a wise idea in a related way.
To securely lock overhead garage doors, we placed and locked padlocks
through the holes in the track that the door guide wheels rode in.
By placing the locks through the track immediately above a wheel, no
one would be able to force open the door from the outside, and even if
they got inside the garage by other means, they'd have to go through a
lot of effort, time, and undoubtedly noise, to remove the lock to open
the overhead door.
Placing the lock several wheels above the bottom one prevents easy
removal of a single wheel's axle mounting plate and freeing the door.
It may not protect smaller items going out the service door or broken
windows, but anything bigger that won't fit through those is
considerably safer from theft.
#194
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Re: Highlift jack
Hoodoo did pass the time by typing:
> To securely lock overhead garage doors, we placed and locked padlocks
> through the holes in the track that the door guide wheels rode in.
Yep.. and on that subject.
Put an extra deadbolt lock (key both sides) on the doors.
Then drill and sink a lag bolt through the upper and
lower door hinges. Cut off the top of the bolt about 1/4"
from the hinge and mark/drill the other side.
Now your doors are bolted on one side and pinned on the other.
Any thief is forced to either break the door down (hard to do
with steel doors) or get every thing through a window.
Of course the thief may just break everything in a fit of anger
but on one level that's worth it. :)
Just don't lock yourself into a fire trap. Use the normal locks
except when you will be out.
--
DougW
> To securely lock overhead garage doors, we placed and locked padlocks
> through the holes in the track that the door guide wheels rode in.
Yep.. and on that subject.
Put an extra deadbolt lock (key both sides) on the doors.
Then drill and sink a lag bolt through the upper and
lower door hinges. Cut off the top of the bolt about 1/4"
from the hinge and mark/drill the other side.
Now your doors are bolted on one side and pinned on the other.
Any thief is forced to either break the door down (hard to do
with steel doors) or get every thing through a window.
Of course the thief may just break everything in a fit of anger
but on one level that's worth it. :)
Just don't lock yourself into a fire trap. Use the normal locks
except when you will be out.
--
DougW
#195
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Re: Highlift jack
Hoodoo did pass the time by typing:
> To securely lock overhead garage doors, we placed and locked padlocks
> through the holes in the track that the door guide wheels rode in.
Yep.. and on that subject.
Put an extra deadbolt lock (key both sides) on the doors.
Then drill and sink a lag bolt through the upper and
lower door hinges. Cut off the top of the bolt about 1/4"
from the hinge and mark/drill the other side.
Now your doors are bolted on one side and pinned on the other.
Any thief is forced to either break the door down (hard to do
with steel doors) or get every thing through a window.
Of course the thief may just break everything in a fit of anger
but on one level that's worth it. :)
Just don't lock yourself into a fire trap. Use the normal locks
except when you will be out.
--
DougW
> To securely lock overhead garage doors, we placed and locked padlocks
> through the holes in the track that the door guide wheels rode in.
Yep.. and on that subject.
Put an extra deadbolt lock (key both sides) on the doors.
Then drill and sink a lag bolt through the upper and
lower door hinges. Cut off the top of the bolt about 1/4"
from the hinge and mark/drill the other side.
Now your doors are bolted on one side and pinned on the other.
Any thief is forced to either break the door down (hard to do
with steel doors) or get every thing through a window.
Of course the thief may just break everything in a fit of anger
but on one level that's worth it. :)
Just don't lock yourself into a fire trap. Use the normal locks
except when you will be out.
--
DougW
#196
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Re: Highlift jack
Hoodoo did pass the time by typing:
> To securely lock overhead garage doors, we placed and locked padlocks
> through the holes in the track that the door guide wheels rode in.
Yep.. and on that subject.
Put an extra deadbolt lock (key both sides) on the doors.
Then drill and sink a lag bolt through the upper and
lower door hinges. Cut off the top of the bolt about 1/4"
from the hinge and mark/drill the other side.
Now your doors are bolted on one side and pinned on the other.
Any thief is forced to either break the door down (hard to do
with steel doors) or get every thing through a window.
Of course the thief may just break everything in a fit of anger
but on one level that's worth it. :)
Just don't lock yourself into a fire trap. Use the normal locks
except when you will be out.
--
DougW
> To securely lock overhead garage doors, we placed and locked padlocks
> through the holes in the track that the door guide wheels rode in.
Yep.. and on that subject.
Put an extra deadbolt lock (key both sides) on the doors.
Then drill and sink a lag bolt through the upper and
lower door hinges. Cut off the top of the bolt about 1/4"
from the hinge and mark/drill the other side.
Now your doors are bolted on one side and pinned on the other.
Any thief is forced to either break the door down (hard to do
with steel doors) or get every thing through a window.
Of course the thief may just break everything in a fit of anger
but on one level that's worth it. :)
Just don't lock yourself into a fire trap. Use the normal locks
except when you will be out.
--
DougW
#197
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Re: Highlift jack
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:14:53 -0600, "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
>Put an extra deadbolt lock (key both sides) on the doors.
>Then drill and sink a lag bolt through the upper and
>lower door hinges. Cut off the top of the bolt about 1/4"
>from the hinge and mark/drill the other side.
>Now your doors are bolted on one side and pinned on the other.
>Any thief is forced to either break the door down (hard to do
>with steel doors) or get every thing through a window.
Gee, that surely would make it impossible to destroy the hinge side of
a door to break in. I used to work at a place that pre-hung steel
doors and we merely supplied extra a few long hinge screws to be sure
the installer anchored them in the rough opening instead of just the
jamb.
>Of course the thief may just break everything in a fit of anger
>but on one level that's worth it. :)
Just like making it difficult to steal a car stereo from the dash. The
extra damage incurred by the methods of amateur thieves is more than
the ill-formed safety intent.
>Just don't lock yourself into a fire trap. Use the normal locks
>except when you will be out.
Yep, gotta be cautious regarding liability of other, possibly
inadvertent non-thief, occupants.
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
>Put an extra deadbolt lock (key both sides) on the doors.
>Then drill and sink a lag bolt through the upper and
>lower door hinges. Cut off the top of the bolt about 1/4"
>from the hinge and mark/drill the other side.
>Now your doors are bolted on one side and pinned on the other.
>Any thief is forced to either break the door down (hard to do
>with steel doors) or get every thing through a window.
Gee, that surely would make it impossible to destroy the hinge side of
a door to break in. I used to work at a place that pre-hung steel
doors and we merely supplied extra a few long hinge screws to be sure
the installer anchored them in the rough opening instead of just the
jamb.
>Of course the thief may just break everything in a fit of anger
>but on one level that's worth it. :)
Just like making it difficult to steal a car stereo from the dash. The
extra damage incurred by the methods of amateur thieves is more than
the ill-formed safety intent.
>Just don't lock yourself into a fire trap. Use the normal locks
>except when you will be out.
Yep, gotta be cautious regarding liability of other, possibly
inadvertent non-thief, occupants.
#198
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Re: Highlift jack
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:14:53 -0600, "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
>Put an extra deadbolt lock (key both sides) on the doors.
>Then drill and sink a lag bolt through the upper and
>lower door hinges. Cut off the top of the bolt about 1/4"
>from the hinge and mark/drill the other side.
>Now your doors are bolted on one side and pinned on the other.
>Any thief is forced to either break the door down (hard to do
>with steel doors) or get every thing through a window.
Gee, that surely would make it impossible to destroy the hinge side of
a door to break in. I used to work at a place that pre-hung steel
doors and we merely supplied extra a few long hinge screws to be sure
the installer anchored them in the rough opening instead of just the
jamb.
>Of course the thief may just break everything in a fit of anger
>but on one level that's worth it. :)
Just like making it difficult to steal a car stereo from the dash. The
extra damage incurred by the methods of amateur thieves is more than
the ill-formed safety intent.
>Just don't lock yourself into a fire trap. Use the normal locks
>except when you will be out.
Yep, gotta be cautious regarding liability of other, possibly
inadvertent non-thief, occupants.
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
>Put an extra deadbolt lock (key both sides) on the doors.
>Then drill and sink a lag bolt through the upper and
>lower door hinges. Cut off the top of the bolt about 1/4"
>from the hinge and mark/drill the other side.
>Now your doors are bolted on one side and pinned on the other.
>Any thief is forced to either break the door down (hard to do
>with steel doors) or get every thing through a window.
Gee, that surely would make it impossible to destroy the hinge side of
a door to break in. I used to work at a place that pre-hung steel
doors and we merely supplied extra a few long hinge screws to be sure
the installer anchored them in the rough opening instead of just the
jamb.
>Of course the thief may just break everything in a fit of anger
>but on one level that's worth it. :)
Just like making it difficult to steal a car stereo from the dash. The
extra damage incurred by the methods of amateur thieves is more than
the ill-formed safety intent.
>Just don't lock yourself into a fire trap. Use the normal locks
>except when you will be out.
Yep, gotta be cautious regarding liability of other, possibly
inadvertent non-thief, occupants.
#199
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Re: Highlift jack
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:14:53 -0600, "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
>Put an extra deadbolt lock (key both sides) on the doors.
>Then drill and sink a lag bolt through the upper and
>lower door hinges. Cut off the top of the bolt about 1/4"
>from the hinge and mark/drill the other side.
>Now your doors are bolted on one side and pinned on the other.
>Any thief is forced to either break the door down (hard to do
>with steel doors) or get every thing through a window.
Gee, that surely would make it impossible to destroy the hinge side of
a door to break in. I used to work at a place that pre-hung steel
doors and we merely supplied extra a few long hinge screws to be sure
the installer anchored them in the rough opening instead of just the
jamb.
>Of course the thief may just break everything in a fit of anger
>but on one level that's worth it. :)
Just like making it difficult to steal a car stereo from the dash. The
extra damage incurred by the methods of amateur thieves is more than
the ill-formed safety intent.
>Just don't lock yourself into a fire trap. Use the normal locks
>except when you will be out.
Yep, gotta be cautious regarding liability of other, possibly
inadvertent non-thief, occupants.
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
>Put an extra deadbolt lock (key both sides) on the doors.
>Then drill and sink a lag bolt through the upper and
>lower door hinges. Cut off the top of the bolt about 1/4"
>from the hinge and mark/drill the other side.
>Now your doors are bolted on one side and pinned on the other.
>Any thief is forced to either break the door down (hard to do
>with steel doors) or get every thing through a window.
Gee, that surely would make it impossible to destroy the hinge side of
a door to break in. I used to work at a place that pre-hung steel
doors and we merely supplied extra a few long hinge screws to be sure
the installer anchored them in the rough opening instead of just the
jamb.
>Of course the thief may just break everything in a fit of anger
>but on one level that's worth it. :)
Just like making it difficult to steal a car stereo from the dash. The
extra damage incurred by the methods of amateur thieves is more than
the ill-formed safety intent.
>Just don't lock yourself into a fire trap. Use the normal locks
>except when you will be out.
Yep, gotta be cautious regarding liability of other, possibly
inadvertent non-thief, occupants.
#200
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Re: Highlift jack
What a story. Poor guy.
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