Coupler lock recommendation

[gregg]

I have a MASTERLOCK #35 on my 71SLY/2 5/16. If you can get this to fit it's a great solution.

[jaco]

Pahaska are you positive it is Blalock?

I ran a couple searches and came up empty.

Did you buy it in Austin area?

[Pahaska]

Originally posted by jaco
Pahaska are you positive it is Blalock?

I ran a couple searches and came up empty.

Did you buy it in Austin area?

I bought it off the internet. Too long ago to remember from who. Seems that I remember it was shipped from Idaho. I tried a search and apparently it wasn't listed on the internet under "Blalock", but that name is cast into the lock body. I do remember that I found it on one of the sites listed in a post by JPAIRSTREAM, though.

I'll check the name again and get a closer photo when I go out to the trailer this morning. We're to go below 25 tonight and I want to blow out the water lines once more and make sure that the pump has no water in it.

[hohne]

I think it is a Blaylock lock -- I found them with a google search...

Just a spelling thing...

Rob

[Pahaska]

Originally posted by hohne
I think it is a Blaylock lock -- I found them with a google search...

Just a spelling thing...

Rob

You are right. The model I have is TL-33. It fit both my former International and my current Classic couplers very well. I use one of the "discus" shaped padlocks like their TL-45 lock that are almost impossible to get a saw on. It would take a sledgehammer or a whole lot of sawing on that 3/4" steel pin to get it off the coupler.

[mcneon]

If you have a battery and electric brakes on your trailer, here's another theft deterrent to consider. Install a cheap alarm system with a motion detector (tilt switch), and wire one of the alarm's outputs to energize the trailer brakes.

When someone hooks up and tries to drive away, the siren will sound and the brakes will lock up. Then you can follow the two black streaks to where your trailer was left. If your would-be thieves get spooked, you might even get a free tow vehicle out of the deal!

Bob McKeown
Whose race trailer was stolen last summer, but who vows "Never again!"