Boat Security for Home Storage

[Splash]

I was looking into these, and battery life varies as to how much of the sky it can "see" . can it "see" the sky through sheet metal? - I would have thought not. Or a fibreglass hardtop/deck? ? I would think that there will be a conflict between mounting it to conceal as much as possible, and actually have it communicating reliably with the satellite constellation? Are the satellites it uses geostationary, or in orbit?

Moose - are you able to advise on each query raised by Ranmar850 above?

[Lovey80]

I am looking at 1 locking pin, similar to a locking hitch pin that will lock the bollard and the safety helmet.
The trailer hitch mounts to the top of the bollard, then a hitch locking cap covers the hitch making it impossible to remove the trailer from the bollard.
The locking pin will be enclosed inside collars.

I’m certainly keen to see something like this.

[NAGG]

Re any type of hitch lock - if they are keen enough ..... they can just undo the 4 bolts on the hitch / brake piston & replace it with their own as most are a common size .

Chris

[Noelm]

I guess with the advent of good battery operated tools, nearly anything is "removable" grinders, drills, saws, impact wrenches all carried in a single bag can make short work of almost any deterrent device, especially if you don't care how much damage you do.

[chris69]

Yer the worst thing tool makers did was to make a battery angle grinder,that made big bolt cutters obsolete,when its all said and done if someone wants something they will get it one way or another.

[stevej]

who needs brakes when your stealing something especially on smaller trailers or cable braked ones as the brakes will still work


just wrap the safety chains around your towball and drive off

[tunaticer]

I’m certainly keen to see something like this.

Something like this.

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[Lovey80]

Thanks Tuna. Can’t wait to see the finished product. This could be a serious deterrent.

[Dignity]

Something like this.

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Interesting concept Jack, once the big boat goes I would be keen for my next smaller boat. Only issue I have is how to install the lower pin into an existing driveway. Additionally is there a commercially available cap to put on the hole in the ground to stop debris etc accumulating while out, if longer than a day then replace the bollard but for a day trip worth covering.

[Noelm]

A core drill will make a hole in an existing driveway easy enough, there is lots of commercially available inserts and bollards ready to go, (with covers) or you could manufacture your own custom size and bolt/chemset it into the concrete..

[billfisher]

A core drill will make a hole in an existing driveway easy enough, there is lots of commercially available inserts and bollards ready to go, (with covers) or you could manufacture your own custom size and bolt/chemset it into the concrete..

I wouldn't mind getting a bollard as my boat is parked out the front and I don't have a gate. Only problem is the ground is not concreted. I suppose i could just put in a big enough slab or go the whole hog and make a concreted driveway for it.

[Dignity]

A core drill will make a hole in an existing driveway easy enough, there is lots of commercially available inserts and bollards ready to go, (with covers) or you could manufacture your own custom size and bolt/chemset it into the concrete..

I can core drill easily, its the horizontal pin that's 300+mm below ground level that needs some finer tuning, ok while pouring a slab but afterwards ???

Or is that vovered in Jack's design, I can't make it out on the phone.

[tunaticer]

The pin at the bottom hanging outside of the pipe is to lock the base into the concrete.
Without some sort of protrusion the base could be lifted out of the concrete.
You would need to bore about 200mm diameter x 400 deep and set the base into the concrete.

[Dignity]

The pin at the bottom hanging outside of the pipe is to lock the base into the concrete.
Without some sort of protrusion the base could be lifted out of the concrete.
You would need to bore about 200mm diameter x 400 deep and set the base into the concrete.

I kind of figured it would need to be around 200mm wide. I might wait till I sell this rig and buy my new one as it will determine where it goes, also looking at some gates as the current rig protrudes past the car port.


Sam

[Splash]

A person from another forum gave me these options below - 1) combined keyed Trailer & Hitch Lock and 2) Trailer lock by 'Australian Lock Company'.





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