A little tip: when you fit the safety plates over the lock and behind, stuff a rag tightly around it as when they try to drill to the mechanism, the rag will rap around their drill bit making it extremely difficult. Cheap and easy. I’ve seen a few of these going around with a small drill hole in the back, if a piece of rag was stuffed in there it would make the whole process a ball ache.
I’ve got a hooked deadlock on the side door and the back, and locking mechanism protection on both. I did it myself and bought the parts from this company. It was a bit fiddly but it came with instructions so not too bad a task if you’re quite practical. I certainly feel a lot safer knowing I have these bits on.
I live in a very quiet town in the cotswolds, crime and type is very rare. Last month we had five vans broken into in one night mine included, all but one were Transits. All the owners were self employed and couldn’t make a living without the tools that were stolen. Can’t emphasise how important van security is for guys like us. I was one of those broken into and it costs me on replacement tools only £2.5k, let alone loss of earnings.
Again, I don’t understand why more people aren’t installing simple kill switches for their starters and the fuel pumps, if you do that that vehicle has to be towed away. These are cheap simple circuits and you put them in with however secret way you want to activate them, And that vehicle will never start yes it may get broken into but it will not be driven off
After all the talk about older Sprinter vans. I Wouldn't mind seeing an upgrade being done on one in relation to security. Hope everyone is staying safe and busy as can be in this strange times we live in.
Police do nothing. They follow the law. Government should decided asap to be prohibited selling tools an eBay or markets without receipts. Arrest and jail them who sells them. Problem solved. So if you know any MP - let them knows .
Re van gietting taken, get your own gps tracker, not one from a traker company. Because if the van gets nicked, you tell the old bill your tracking company and then the company stops telling you where the van is. Happend to my old boss.
Don’t leave your tools in your van at night. Nothing you can do in the day time whilst st work. Other than take everything inside the job. But not always possible. But if you leave your tools in a van at night, your lazy and it will cost you. If you live in a flat, that is not practical for a tradesman. Say what you want but it’s right. You need a room in the house for your tools or a garage. Reverse the car or can up to the door.
I do a bit of locksmith work in my area and keep getting asked if I do van security, unfortunately I don’t, and I am very interested in learning the installation process to expand my business, could you point me in the correct direction to learn? 👍
BigMac 3008 I think you’ve just got to get on with it. I did them on my trafic and worked out great. You need to be pretty precise with the drilling though and ideally need the correct tools to make the process much easier.
Just had my van done, gutted. All my tools gone, everything I’d been building up for the last few years. I’m gutted, it’s done me up before Christmas 😢
There is another aspect to this, and that is the nasty individuals who buy and sell second hand tools and parts on the “cheap”. Dob these scumbags in whenever you bump into one. Another thing to do is to inform the tax man about jobs they are on. It’s called karma.
My old boss had a van safe, they bent the lid up, must of been a big bastard. Thing is, it was right under his bedroom window and they done the van vault full of electric tools and took 40 steel tool cases full of parts. he must of been on the vino that night.
Roger and Robin, I do lots of odd handyman jobs in Finchley, but I also work in the funeral trade as a body remover. Tip! get a black van and have "Private Ambulance" sign written on the side. Nobody ever breaks in!
Carpet gripper glued to the top of the inside of the door is a good one if they try to bend the door back. You’ll even get their dna from the blood if the cops give a shit in your area
Do not leave any tools in your "secure" garage ..even for 1 night...cost me over 3k and no insurance..clutter your spare room or where ever at least you can work next day! !
Paul Of course there are ways in but there are also sensible precautions. It is up to you to decided where that line is. With a load space alarm they would barely get started before setting it off
Would be nice is Ford offered a security package on their E-250 cargo vans, ive had my work vehicle robbed twice and it was devastating. Id be willing to pay a lot of money to know my tools are secure and theft resistant.
Makes you wonder when a new decent van is not small change why the manufacturer doesn’t fit some of this stuff as standard. Surely a van that’s tough to break into or steal would be a good seller. How about changing the law so that if you steel a mans tools/living it’s 5 yrs in nick, if it’s aggravated theft minimum 10yrs.
That dead lock hook looks solid....the amount of damage thieves cause to your van is usually worse than what they actual take...stop buying moody tools and they will stop stealing them!
This advice is for Dan and all tradesmen. I am retired now, but not so long ago like many others my van was badly damaged and I lost all my Makita power tools. After weeks of trying to find an insurance company with a van plan, I gave up. The nearest I got was Public and Private Liability insurance, but beware that is a bureaucratic nightmare. Final it occured to me that I would have to create my own Insurance Bond. I phoned my bank and instructed them to transfer £40 a month into my own Bond. Fortunately I never had to use it. When I retired I closed the DD and put £6,000 toward my pension. Furthermore, it may help if you tried to do a deal with your bank. If you set up a DD long term, they may, if you ask, cover you for tool theft by granting a low interest loan until your bond matches their loan? Regards to you all.
The scurge of us in Ireland and yous in the UK , we all know who's doing it and we are the one's who are paying the price , and no one cares ,and we all know who's doing the majority of it
Them locks are useless all they do is make the thief cause more damage to get in, the more locks they see the more they think there’s expensive stuff inside
A little tip: when you fit the safety plates over the lock and behind, stuff a rag tightly around it as when they try to drill to the mechanism, the rag will rap around their drill bit making it extremely difficult. Cheap and easy. I’ve seen a few of these going around with a small drill hole in the back, if a piece of rag was stuffed in there it would make the whole process a ball ache.
I am a locksmith and have a lot of experience with drilling locks and I can comfortably say that this is a brilliant Idea.
@@jonnyb9916 it's like when you try and drill plasterboard with 'loosely' packed rockwoll in there, pain in the ass.
That is a huge tip. I am going to pass it on to Sussex Installations. It is such a good idea. Thank you.
@@SkillBuilder lots of rag tightly packed but obviously not too much to foul the mechanism. Stuff it right in there.
Knickers.
I’ve got a hooked deadlock on the side door and the back, and locking mechanism protection on both. I did it myself and bought the parts from this company. It was a bit fiddly but it came with instructions so not too bad a task if you’re quite practical. I certainly feel a lot safer knowing I have these bits on.
Would be so nice if the van manufacturers fitted them as standard I think would be a good selling point?
Gregs Mowing 🙈 I get it lol but do you know what I mean if your spending 25-30000 on a van the least they could do is make it secure 👍🏻
Definitely.. All most seems like a conspiracy.. Should come as standard.
Remove your " No tools left in the van " sticker and replace with " All these tools have been sneezed on "
JRS UK my mates sticker says please don’t nick my tools I need them to earn your benefits lol
@@bradleythechippychandler9228 😂 i want 1
I had my locks done by these guys. Really good job
Used this company to install locks to my van, great service and excellent installation. Highly recommend 👏👏👍🏼
Dead locks , alarms , site boxes , peddle boxes , use all of them , pain in the arse but use them all
yeah ive got a job box in the back of my truck to help secure my tools.
I live in a very quiet town in the cotswolds, crime and type is very rare. Last month we had five vans broken into in one night mine included, all but one were Transits. All the owners were self employed and couldn’t make a living without the tools that were stolen. Can’t emphasise how important van security is for guys like us. I was one of those broken into and it costs me on replacement tools only £2.5k, let alone loss of earnings.
Again, I don’t understand why more people aren’t installing simple kill switches for their starters and the fuel pumps, if you do that that vehicle has to be towed away.
These are cheap simple circuits and you put them in with however secret way you want to activate them, And that vehicle will never start yes it may get broken into but it will not be driven off
Before people moan about social distancing this was probably recorded before the new rules
yea the Christmas decorations in the street are a give-away 😂
It's still very worrying that after only, what 3 weeks, this looks so odd!
Not at all, this was made tomorrow.
Another super cheap idea is to have door contacts of your wireless house alarm in the back of your van
Justin Addison how about a wireless pir sensor linked to your house alarm?
@@gdfggggg thats a good idea
After all the talk about older Sprinter vans. I Wouldn't mind seeing an upgrade being done on one in relation to security. Hope everyone is staying safe and busy as can be in this strange times we live in.
Powetools in the garage at night, then power tool insurance for during the day £100 covers 5k. Covers loading and unloading!
Jim Doherty per year mate, bought as an extra on my van insurance you just need the receipts and your covered.
Police do nothing. They follow the law.
Government should decided asap to be prohibited selling tools an eBay or markets without receipts. Arrest and jail them who sells them.
Problem solved.
So if you know any MP - let them knows .
You could run a current through the van or mine it!
Like it. It might bump the insurance a bit but that would soon level out because all of the thriving scum would be wiped out or hospitalised.
Re van gietting taken, get your own gps tracker, not one from a traker company. Because if the van gets nicked, you tell the old bill your tracking company and then the company stops telling you where the van is. Happend to my old boss.
Don’t leave your tools in your van at night. Nothing you can do in the day time whilst st work. Other than take everything inside the job. But not always possible. But if you leave your tools in a van at night, your lazy and it will cost you. If you live in a flat, that is not practical for a tradesman. Say what you want but it’s right. You need a room in the house for your tools or a garage. Reverse the car or can up to the door.
I do a bit of locksmith work in my area and keep getting asked if I do van security, unfortunately I don’t, and I am very interested in learning the installation process to expand my business, could you point me in the correct direction to learn? 👍
BigMac 3008 I think you’ve just got to get on with it. I did them on my trafic and worked out great. You need to be pretty precise with the drilling though and ideally need the correct tools to make the process much easier.
Probably want to re visit van security with the current theft epidemic we’re all facing
It has been going on for years, it is just your turn. It moves in waves across the country
Nice touch on the motion sensor
Is it coincidence that the ad to the side of this on TH-cam was about a trick on how to open a can lol
Lovely job 👌🏼💪🏼🧱👍🏽
Just had my van done, gutted. All my tools gone, everything I’d been building up for the last few years. I’m gutted, it’s done me up before Christmas 😢
There is another aspect to this, and that is the nasty individuals who buy and sell second hand tools and parts on the “cheap”. Dob these scumbags in whenever you bump into one. Another thing to do is to inform the tax man about jobs they are on. It’s called karma.
What mechanical security measures are available for side slide doors please?
The same locks as the back but you need one at high level to prevent the peel down.
Skill Builder thanks 😊
@@SkillBuilder Would ye recommend two dead locks on a side door lads? Thanks, 👍 🔨 🇮🇪
how much is it for the full works, have all the gear installed?
Sorry rog no matter what we do they will find a way. Best thing to do is van safes .
Van safe is no use when they take your whole van away
@@paulmcfadyen689 putting locks on the back isn't going to stop that.is it. Its so hard ro still a car or van now unless u have the key.
My old boss had a van safe, they bent the lid up, must of been a big bastard. Thing is, it was right under his bedroom window and they done the van vault full of electric tools and took 40 steel tool cases full of parts. he must of been on the vino that night.
How much for a system like that?
is that a battery backed up siren?
Yes the battery is internal and it keeps going so even when you take it out and put it in a vice to try and open it up the thing is still going./
An alarm demo would have been nice.
Roger and Robin, I do lots of odd handyman jobs in Finchley, but I also work in the funeral trade as a body remover.
Tip! get a black van and have "Private Ambulance" sign written on the side.
Nobody ever breaks in!
I bet you are busy
What about the side door? Was that mentioned?
Crew cab nothing left in the front. If you have windows the locks don't do much
Carpet gripper glued to the top of the inside of the door is a good one if they try to bend the door back. You’ll even get their dna from the blood if the cops give a shit in your area
isyt all good until you hit your head on it when your forget it’s there 🤕
2.30 'They seem to be travelling'. Wonder who he means?
We have those travelers in Norway too,,, its wolf time☺️
Do not leave any tools in your "secure" garage ..even for 1 night...cost me over 3k and no insurance..clutter your spare room or where ever at least you can work next day! !
your work van was robbed inside your garrage? damn
And how does this stop holes being cut in the panels? Everyone forgets the easiest panel...the roof....
Paul
Of course there are ways in but there are also sensible precautions. It is up to you to decided where that line is.
With a load space alarm they would barely get started before setting it off
Nice. There is nothing worse than a thief.
Would be nice is Ford offered a security package on their E-250 cargo vans, ive had my work vehicle robbed twice and it was devastating. Id be willing to pay a lot of money to know my tools are secure and theft resistant.
It will happen very soon. We have some news coming up on van manufacturers
@@SkillBuilder thats good to hear!
Makes you wonder when a new decent van is not small change why the manufacturer doesn’t fit some of this stuff as standard. Surely a van that’s tough to break into or steal would be a good seller. How about changing the law so that if you steel a mans tools/living it’s 5 yrs in nick, if it’s aggravated theft minimum 10yrs.
Funnily enough, I don’t want them doing the van next door either.
Fuel theft is the one no days
A friend of a friend had his van and tools stolen. The following night received a call..3K for them both back. Disgraceful..
All that and he’s got a window side door? 😂
There is a bulk head.
That dead lock hook looks solid....the amount of damage thieves cause to your van is usually worse than what they actual take...stop buying moody tools and they will stop stealing them!
And there it is, if scumbags didn't buy stolen tools then the scumbag thieves would stop busting open van doors.
"locks only keep honest people out"
Lovely
Sad indictment on society that we have to dedicate a utube video to this .
That is true and we all wish it wasn't so but the world is full of scum. There are people right now scamming the elderly with Covid 19 scares.
Skill Builder And on and on it goes , Roger . Heinous people .
This sort of thing has gone on long before the internet!
gbwildlife uk .Yes we’ve never had a shortage of selfish , thoughtless thieves . No thieves without buyers , also
@@neilrafferty2097 spot on 👍
Can anyone recommend decent tool insurance that will actually pay out ?
Theres only one thing to remember - insurance companies take premiums, but they dont take risks!
This advice is for Dan and all tradesmen. I am retired now, but not so long ago like many others my van was badly damaged and I lost all my Makita power tools.
After weeks of trying to find an insurance company with a van plan, I gave up. The nearest I got was Public and Private Liability insurance, but beware that is a bureaucratic nightmare. Final it occured to me that I would have to create my own Insurance Bond. I phoned my bank and instructed them to transfer £40 a month into my own Bond. Fortunately I never had to use it. When I retired I closed the DD and put £6,000 toward my pension. Furthermore, it may help if you tried to do a deal with your bank. If you set up a DD long term, they may, if you ask, cover you for tool theft by granting a low interest loan until your bond matches their loan? Regards to you all.
The worst thing is that they’re taking your livelihood!
Disgraceful why anybody steals a mans tools are low life scum
The scurge of us in Ireland and yous in the UK , we all know who's doing it and we are the one's who are paying the price , and no one cares ,and we all know who's doing the majority of it
I dunno, who is doing it?
Slashley gibbins it's them gobsheens on telly
@@darrenroche9225 I still don't know. I don't watch telly.
Slashley gibbins I reakons it's the little people
@@darrenroche9225 I dunno, dwarfs?
Them locks are useless all they do is make the thief cause more damage to get in, the more locks they see the more they think there’s expensive stuff inside
Oh dear what a defeatist attitude, just leave your front door open then.
@@SkillBuilder I do and keep tools in the house
Vivaro on Steroids but needed ...
Just buy an old police van with a prisoner cage simple
He sound like he is promoting theft Raaj he is on about how people easily get away with theft….
👍
Pointless, they use an angle grinder!
Simple remove all the tools problem solved
Second viewer
3rd
A bit sad though, but what else to do in these times..