Shipping container high security lock assembly...who does em?

[WYRD]

@BUDMAN

Looking to have a couple of my containers retrofitted with a high security lock assembly. Currently it just has the standard door flip hasp. Is there anybody in the SoCal area Inland Empire that does this kind of work?

 

[yz450mm]

I would talk to @Deckin Around about how to secure a shipping container, he came up with a very non-conventional locking system that is almost foolproof.

 

[SoCalDave]

I recently installed these on a couple of outdoor fridges that beer is stored in at the Garden Amp in Garden Grove. Homeless were cutting the other ones off. Through bolted them then welded them on. They've beat the shit out of them a few times and have since given up.
Not sure if they'll work for your application.

Master Lock Heavy Duty Padlock with Key, Hidden Shackle (Hasp Included) M736XKADCCSEN - The Home Depot

Master Lock Magnum Security Lock and Guarded Hasp offer maximum strength, weather protection and versatility. Constructed of durable steel.

www.homedepot.com

 

[Deckin Around]

I would talk to @Deckin Around about how to secure a shipping container, he came up with a very non-conventional locking system that is almost foolproof.

Here’s the diagram

 

[WYRD]

This is the culprit I'm looking to secure.

 

[Deckin Around]

I recently installed these on a couple of outdoor fridges that beer is stored in at the Garden Amp in Garden Grove. Homeless were cutting the other ones off. Through bolted them then welded them on. They've beat the shit out of them a few times and have since given up.
Not sure if they'll work for your application.

Master Lock Heavy Duty Padlock with Key, Hidden Shackle (Hasp Included) M736XKADCCSEN - The Home Depot

Master Lock Magnum Security Lock and Guarded Hasp offer maximum strength, weather protection and versatility. Constructed of durable steel.

www.homedepot.com

Just a tip:

Welds and bolts in the green area do not matter at all. You need the edges of those latches welded to the doors under the lock where the blue lines are. Otherwise they can just use a grinder to cut where either of the red lines is on each side and the whole latch assembly both sides with the lock on it can be knocked off with a hammer.

Also, when you weld those onto the doors, you will need 3/16-inch flat bar plate to space one side of the latch out to meet the other because of the way the doors close one over the other. I recommend putting the lock on both pieces and tack welding into place all together so it isnt binding.



Anything you do is really just to slow thieves down. Any Tweaker with enough gas in his torch will get in eventually.

My other methods cost roughly $1000 per container material and fab.

 

[HALLETT BOY]

There’s probably nothing you can do could do that a portable cheap harbor freight cut - off wheel could defeat in minutes , maybe seconds .

 

[NicPaus]

When I shopping for containers. Most offered a weld on box. Company I bought from did not. I bought 1 of these red ones. They can be cut off I have seen the pics. But there is 20 other containers next to mine that only have padlocks.

If I had power by it so I could weld on the lock box I would use both.

 

[WYRD]

I know all too well that any tweaker with some power tools can easily get into these things. I usually get hit at least once on every job we do. Guys know not to leave valuables in the container if at all possible. For those that do not have the security boxes with just a padlock it takes a battery grinder in about 30 seconds to make two cuts on the blue lines then the door just opens right up. The pot metal that the door closing bars are made out of are super easy to cut.

Just looking to see if there was a way to slow them down for a reasonable cost and like Nick said maybe have the move on to the next container that is easier to get into.

 

[DLC]

On my 2 - 40 footers

I welded 2 if these type of lock systems on the doors weld like Decking around posted above

the lock cyclinder can be drilled out so I welded a 1/2” thick flat plate in order to slow down the break in process. See black hash mark

you can get all your locks keyed alike - I had 6 locks on each container with one key

 

[Roosky01]

90% or more of the battle is to eliminate bolt cutters from being used.

 

[adam909]

maybe some kind of lock box down low where it would be a pain to drill or fuck with. unfortunately everyone has portable grinders with cut off wheels so if some one wants to get in it they can.

 

[Deckin Around]

If you weld one box over the lock like Nic posted above, weld another one 2” bigger over the first and fill the void with concrete between the boxes. That Concrete will kill Sawsall blades and cutting wheels.
Again, just slowing them down

 

[Orange Juice]

I would weld it closed. Grind them off when you return.

The more money you spend on a system, more attention you’ll receive.

 

[Guest06]

When I shopping for containers. Most offered a weld on box. Company I bought from did not. I bought 1 of these red ones. They can be cut off I have seen the pics. But there is 20 other containers next to mine that only have padlocks.

If I had power by it so I could weld on the lock box I would use both. View attachment 1495220
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Those red ones come off in a few seconds, i see them everywhere along the tracks. To be honest though nothing will keep people out of a container only idea would be to make them slow a little.

 

[propcheck]

All you can do is make it harder to break into than the other boxes on the site so they go for the other one.

 

[whiteworks]

The bastards just cut the sides of them open with a battery powered cutoff wheel or just steal the whole container. Best of luck

 

[monkeyswrench]

What I've seen work with some decent success, is a combination of the "lock box" like @Deckin Around posted, covering a puck lock setup like the Masterlock. It's a bitch to get your hand in, but slows the tweakers. Really, slowing them down is all you can do. Make them want to hit the next target...leave another 20ft with just a padlock and the Claymore

 

[Deckin Around]

I forgot when a San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputy responded to a neighbor's container break-in about 5 years ago, the lock was gone and no real signs of damage. The deputy said some thieves were using liquid nitrogen to freeze and shatter locks.

 

[lbhsbz]

Anyone can torch anything off and it's silent. Just make it about twice as hard to get into as your neighbors container and it'll buy you some time.

Mount a crane to the top of it and set a K-rail in front when you're not there....That's a pretty good deterrent.