[660] Ramset vs. Reese Trailer Coupler Lock

[nobandfan]

Zinc, when you’re classy enough to avoid plastic, but too cheap to make an actual effort.

[fieldrequired]

"This lock is slightly too strong for me to break with my bare hands. Fortunately, I have this gun Bosnian Bill and I made."

[meowtarcia]

This is probably the best ramset advertisement.

[Helladamnleet]

Normal thief: "I must be stealthy so I don't draw attention"
LPL: *gunshots*

[rcgusto]

From experience, this takes only two modest blows from an ordinary hammer to break.

[lostonlongisland]

I remember the saying, locks are for honest people. but I have realized the people making the locks are as crooked at the people they claim to keep out

[Belenor]

"how much brute force does it take to open this lock?"
*opens the lock with a tiny piece of flat metal in 2 seconds*

[svtirefire]

How could you not call this video "Reese's Pieces"?

[AveragePicker]

Crazy small world of things. Yesterday my neighbor asked me to pick his. He said, “I don’t care if it takes you all week.” ...and then he noticed I was handing it back to him open.

[robdajuiceman]

Peter would like to thank you for showing everyone how to steal his boat 😁

[therealdontclickme]

"hey boss, the LPL is testing our lock!"

"Oh sweet, lets see how it
....
Is that a gun?"

[nparker]

I used to work at a nationwide outdoor retailer that also sold boats and we used these locks on everything that wasn't in our shop area. There were a few times a lock would freeze up and the key wouldn't turn so we broke the lock by taking a drill with a 1/2" bit to the core and in less than 30 seconds the lock would be open. That along with how every store across the country uses the same key for this lock makes me amazed that we never had a boat stolen.

[renegade]

I couldn't get this brand of lock off of my trailer after it sat for several months. After using lubricates, etc still no luck. After watching this video, I gave it a couple whacks with my hammer and it just broke right off. Cheap lock. Priceless video.

[BobBobson]

I have a feeling a 3lb weld breaker sledge would make extremely short work of the core as well. Easy to carry and hide, and probably quieter than the ramset.

[Anton-cvti]

"Today we are going to try this advanced tool on this lock. Oh, by the way, here are ten other ways you can easily open the lock. So let's start the testing by..." 😂

[magiclocks]

I wish you had don'e a hammer attack which probably be the most common type of attack.

[dhawthorne]

The fact that it is such a soft metal is why the ramset was less effective. It was able to take the compression by deforming the lock body instead of shattering. The core is embedded so shallowly a simple sledge hammer would probably have been more effective.
But, as shown, why call that much attention when you can just rake it or shim it in seconds? To any passer-by not actively looking at what you are doing, it would simply look like you were unlocking it by key.

[davidwpinkston]

this one rates up there with the best 11foot8 bridge videos

[OuroborosChoked]

LPL: You could probably break it with a hammer.

Also LPL: I'm gonna use the Ramset instead.

[Milosz_Ostrow]

I use one of these to secure a utility trailer, but from the start I figured it was mostly a visual deterrent. The second deterrent is a chain that secures the trailer tongue to the concrete slab on which it is parked. I also use a better-quality lock to secure the locking lever on the hitch, with an armored hasp that makes it hard to access with an hacksaw. Even if someone were to pick or destroy the Reese trailer coupler lock, the ball portion would remain locked in the coupler, making it difficult to tow the trailer away. The idea is to make it hard enough that a prospective thief would have to spend a long time trying to get through the layers of security, in plain view of traffic on the street, making the risk/reward ratio unattractive.