Washboy
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Mr Brew-Ski,
When you replace that tailgate, secure it a little tighter with a hose clamp installed over the right pivot/hinge. The combination of the tailgate lock and the hose clamp will at least slow them down...should they ever return for a second helping.
I even filled the screwdriver slot with expoxy...requiring a nut driver or socket wrench to remove it. I figured that most thieves would have some simple tools...but probably not a socket set???
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Kajtek1 wrote:I live in area with minimal crime. On my new construction whenever I want to finish the job for the day, I drop the tools where I stand, turn off the compressor and go.
Haven't locked my cars for 20 years and it would be sad to start now.
Pushing the gate close helps, although deers are constantly finding their way in. Those thieves prefer expensive rose plants to grass.
You would never do that around my neck of the woods> NOT one contracter will leave anything at a job site anymore. THey all have a trailers that they haul evrything too and from everyday. And NO they can't even leave the trailer as the THIEVES will steal taht too. My Brother has built 2 houses in the last 6 years and until the house was built and the doors locekabel and they were "ready" to wire,plumb install Nothing was left on site. It's a real shame when you can't build a house and leave the site and come back to everything where you letf it. Unfornately the world has a few honest people and alot more dishonest people it seems anymore.
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KansasBill
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Washboy wrote:Mr Brew-Ski,
When you replace that tailgate, secure it a little tighter with a hose clamp installed over the right pivot/hinge. The combination of the tailgate lock and the hose clamp will at least slow them down...should they ever return for a second helping.
I even filled the screwdriver slot with expoxy...requiring a nut driver or socket wrench to remove it. I figured that most thieves would have some simple tools...but probably not a socket set???
Another great idea from Washboy!
Thks,
Bill
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Washboy
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KansasBill wrote:Another great idea from Washboy!
Thanks for the credit...but, except for the epoxy thing, I learned about it from someone else on this forum.
As "Mrs. Me" would have attested, I rarely have an original idea! 
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My tailgate has a torsion bar that reduces the effective weight of the tailgate when trying to lift it up. I wonder if that makes it a little harder to steal? It certainly makes it more expensive to replace.
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I had the tailgate stolen off my Ranger many years ago... parked in my driveway, backed up against the garage door when we were gone for the weekend. I couldn't believe how much it cost the insurance company to replace it... along with the huge hassle. Someone suggested the hose clamp idea - definitely makes it much more difficult to get the tailgate off. I'm sorry for your loss... definitely brings back memories.
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I'll say it once, and I'll say it again. This is only going to continue until we make it extremely difficult for Joe average citizen to sell scrap metal.
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Rckymtnji
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I tightened a hose clamp around the hinge that detaches on my personal Dodge and all of my fleet trucks. I hope it will just slow the thieves down enough to make them give up and move to the next unfortunate hard working Joe. I think I got this idea in one of the 10-Minute Tech books.
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After I put the hose clamp over the end I tape the thing with a lot of tape that they have to cut thru or removed BEFORE they can get to the clamp. I also pivot the tailgate so the clamp screw is hidden UNDER the pivot when the tailgate is partially opened. They HAVE to crawl UNDER the bumper to get at the clamp to even see the screw. When the gate it opened the screw is down. When closed it is UP. They have to figure that out before they can take it off.
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