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troutless
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 Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Last week or so I went into the hospital for heart rehab which last just an hour and came out to find someone stole by old Igloo cooler, and it must have been ten years or older. |
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rickg
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Location: Round Rock,TX
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| Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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Here is how i have mine secured.
I work in a machine shop so i made a hasp that fills in the whole slot which is .5 x 1.375. I had no faith in that little hasp they sell for these coolers. |
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BamaRed54
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:31 am Post subject: |
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LMAO!!! Bob is probably refreshing this post waiting to see if someone will say it so I will....... Maybe you should have known your ice chest would get stolen out of the back of your truck! You are partially to blame! 
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Fish2drink
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Joined: 06 Feb 2009
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Location: Texas Surf
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | 2 CCPD officers in the parking lot |
Please.... they couldn't catch a short girl running with her buddies flying everywhere.....AND WEARING BOOTS!!!!! What makes you think they will stop a crack head on a mission taking a hot ticket item!
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mansfieldjetties
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:23 am Post subject: |
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rickg I'd sure like to buy a couple of them off of you if you have some extras laying around.
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ironmanstan
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| FIDO wrote: | | ironmanstan wrote: | | You need to use titanium cable, bolt cutters will not cut through them. If you use steel use a thicker zirconium. The steel has to harder than the bolt cutter jaws. There are alot of locks out there that will snap a bolt cutter jaws. There are also alot of manufactured cables that are bolt cutter proof. However they are only as good as the devise that holds them such as a hasp. What good is a high dollar lock if the hasp is cheap steel. On the flipside of that most crooks are idiots and in a hurry and don't think about cutting through the hasp. Also most small bolt cutters open only so wide. Just food for thought. Also add Boron locks to that. |
IMS, where is the best place to get titanium cable? Also, do you know where to get boron locks and the best brand? |
Anywhere they have a good selection of locks and cables. Now remember anything can be cut or sawed/ grinded in half. Chances are thieves won't have a 4 foot set of bolt cutters or the option of setting them on the ground to get leverage for the ultimate snap.  The bigger and thicker the better. Brass locks and small locks are for looks they are just to keep a honest person honest.
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FIDO
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Joined: 19 Feb 2009
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Location: Aransas Pass, TEXAS
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:37 am Post subject: |
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| ironmanstan wrote: | | FIDO wrote: | | ironmanstan wrote: | | You need to use titanium cable, bolt cutters will not cut through them. If you use steel use a thicker zirconium. The steel has to harder than the bolt cutter jaws. There are alot of locks out there that will snap a bolt cutter jaws. There are also alot of manufactured cables that are bolt cutter proof. However they are only as good as the devise that holds them such as a hasp. What good is a high dollar lock if the hasp is cheap steel. On the flipside of that most crooks are idiots and in a hurry and don't think about cutting through the hasp. Also most small bolt cutters open only so wide. Just food for thought. Also add Boron locks to that. |
IMS, where is the best place to get titanium cable? Also, do you know where to get boron locks and the best brand? |
Anywhere they have a good selection of locks and cables. Now remember anything can be cut or sawed/ grinded in half. Chances are thieves won't have a 4 foot set of bolt cutters or the option of setting them on the ground to get leverage for the ultimate snap. The bigger and thicker the better. Brass locks and small locks are for looks they are just to keep a honest person honest. |
Thanks for the advice! I sent rickg a pm for a couple of those bad to the bone hasps too!
I fill mine with water in the garage just in case someone goes for it while I'm in the house. I figure locking the lids shut and locking them together while full of water would make it a bit of a pain in the butt to steal. At least deny them the quick snatch and grab anyway. Of course they could end up hurting their back not expecting the weight. Then I get sued and my wife not only doesn't get her bitchin new minivan next year, but the house fund is forever gone too. Next thing you know she's married to the yard guy and I'm living with the coyotes on PINS with no clothes surviving off the scraps of Towboat's bean cans and forgetting how to speak english. I'd have my own real life Cable One commercial going on. "Don't live off the scraps of Towboat's bean cans." Maybe this YETI fad is a bad thing 
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ironmanstan
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:08 am Post subject: |
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Great reply..... remember the hasp are way softer than the locks. They need to be thick.
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FINS
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Location: San Antonio TX
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| my buddy has the same set up he sells for 25$ if anyone is interested. Heading to Port A thursday til monday and can take some if anyone is interested. Best thing about them is you can open the lid still |
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DFoley
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Location: Aransas Pass
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Yetis are a really hot item here in ap/port a, my friend got his stolen too and talking to the cop he said they raided a drug house that had 25 of them inside. Hell ive had the igloo sittin in the back of my truck for 5 months now and no one has touched it haha. |
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Kingz
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Same thing only different, here in Portland...
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ironmanstan
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The pic posted by Rick now that's what I'm talking about. That's a real hasp. No one is going to cut through that. The other hasp snip snip with a set of bolt cutters. If you could heat treat the steel to an RC 60 that would be the wtg. Maybe I should start fabing hasps for Yeti coolers out of 1/2 inch stainless. 
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rawlbay
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| That hasp costs more than my ice chest. |
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flounder daddy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| ironmanstan wrote: | | The pic posted by Rick now that's what I'm talking about. That's a real hasp. No one is going to cut through that. The other hasp snip snip with a set of bolt cutters. If you could heat treat the steel to an RC 60 that would be the wtg. Maybe I should start fabing hasps for Yeti coolers out of 1/2 inch stainless. |
17-4 in H.T. condition H900 would be pretty tough and rust resistant. |
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Jason Slocum
Flour Bluffian in training
Joined: 22 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| ironmanstan wrote: | | The pic posted by Rick now that's what I'm talking about. That's a real hasp. No one is going to cut through that. The other hasp snip snip with a set of bolt cutters. If you could heat treat the steel to an RC 60 that would be the wtg. Maybe I should start fabing hasps for Yeti coolers out of 1/2 inch stainless. |
Hey IMS would a 3/4" craftsman open end wrench bent at a 90 be strong enough to beat most bolt cutters?
I've seen them used before and was wondering how difficult they would be to cut?
Thanks Jason Slocum |
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