Best way to cut a big lock???

A friend had a car hire business with his storage yard and workshop in a rough part of Sydney. He had some US made padlocks on the gates that left nice round indentations in the jaws of bolt cutters. I believe they were quite expensive locks but did succeed in keeping the gates closed against the depredations of the youths from the local community. A couple of man eating dogs inside ensured against fence hoppers.

or get your hands on one of these :D
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Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

So...Numpty is not the only one to do this sort of thing then :D Things lost from being left on vehicles over the years range from watches and beer tankards to tools :(

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I lost a Staun Deflator about 40 minutes after buying a set. Left it on the bonnet while I put the other valve caps on. Now I only have three - VERY aggravating.

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Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

So...Numpty is not the only one to do this sort of thing then :D Things lost from being left on vehicles over the years range from watches and beer tankards to tools :(

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Guilty!:(

I think that my most embarrassing example was with my D1. I swapped the spare for one of the road tyres & then took it for a drive to make sure everything was OK. The only trouble was that I didn't fit the removed tyre on the spare wheel carrier. Three wheelnuts are now distributed around Sydney.:eek:

as another method for opening a padlock, look up a lockpicking tool known as a "shim"

basically it can be made from a beer can, and is used to slide the locking pin in the padlock out of the way so you can open it

personally, i've allways used the 2 hammer trick

Well that was easy...

Angle grinder, cutting disc and 5 seconds per cut:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...008/05/340.jpg

Yale! Those, Lockwood and Papaiz were the 3 that used to stop me/us in our young lockpicking days.

Everything else including combination locks were easy.

I always buy Lockwood these days if its anything I care about, but a lot will have changed since I was in Yr7.

It was a good thing it wasn't a shrouded lock like I use:

http://www.drillspot.com/pimages/321/32151_300.jpg

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Originally Posted by Slunnie

Yale! Those, Lockwood and Papaiz were the 3 that used to stop me/us in our young lockpicking days.

Everything else including combination locks were easy.

I always buy Lockwood these days if its anything I care about, but a lot will have changed since I was in Yr7.

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You obviously didn't have an angle grinder and a portable generator back then :p

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Originally Posted by stirlsilver

You obviously didn't have an angle grinder and a portable generator back then :p

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Or bolt cutters. :( We called them the master key at my old work.

Nah, we just picked for the challenge of picking. None of us were interested in theft.