The double negative in shakespears time was used to "double" the negativity of a statement, not do undo the first negative like now a days. This is a funny artefact that sometimes still shows up in the english language. This can make for some fun statements, where the intention is clear as day but the wording isn´t.
My shop purchased this lock for a trailer, I picked it with a toothpick in less than 15 seconds. I could wrap the hitch in rope and it would take longer for thieves to unwrap the rope than to open this lock!
I bought a love lock for 1 euro. I did not expect much, but I put the tension wrench in to count the pins.... open - zero pins. Sure it is cheap creap, but the poor guy cutting of those locks from bridges, does not know how creap they are and wastes his time.
I really fail to understand why a company like Master Lock, with decades and decades of experience would spend so much time, effort, and money to design such a nice looking, reasonably well thought out device, then skimp on the actual lock to the extent that it can be opened with a cheap letter opener. That failure of logic is totally beyond my understanding. :(
Even something a simple as this, with a GOOD lock of one's choice, would be better than any I've see with a built-in lock: www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e07195-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5&sfb=1
Tom Losh It's because it's about sales and marketing. something thats heavy and shiny looks to most people like a good lock. then they have to keep costs down so they skimp on the locking mechanism that you cant see. its about how many units they can sell not about making thr best lock.
Tom Losh....The accounts, especially the CFO, most likely had their say in the design. I can just hear the accountants now...you spent way to much money on the design, engineering and manufacturing, just use the lock cylinder from the line we discontinued....
Mochyeassc2 Absolutely. The names that people who are in-the-know know and trust usually have a higher price point because they're willing to put the money into materials and design (they'll get it back from the end user), and because their name carries actual weight. May not be a name everyone immediately recognizes, but it's easy to get recognition by plastering TV with ads and cutting deals left and right to have your brand on the shelves of many common stores. You won't find an Abus at a Family Dollar but I'm sure you can find a Master. People want security but they start getting nervous about the price tag of proven security. These cost-cutter companies offer an alternative: security theater. It's less about actual deterrence to attack and more about peace of mind, which people end up buying into because it's a lot cheaper. Master Lock is pretty much the mall security of locks. Sure, they can and do provide basic service (again, security theater and some basic powers to detain criminals etc.) but for the big important stuff you'll need a police officer (or a Bowley or whatever in this case).
Good job Master Lock, honest products as always. I find one of the more fun things about lockpicking is finding silly exploits like that. The other day I was demonstrating to some buddies at work that a piddly little TSA 007 lock could be opened with practically anything.
I didn't see the "Junk" in the title because I click on your videos automatically without reading the title. But when you showed the Master logo towards the beginning, I had the best laugh all week! Really needed that man, thanks.
thats what also makes me sad. Alot of the stuff he has shown by Master recently was really quite clever designed. And then there is like this one thing..... and its junk :(
TheTarrMan Check out his Master Lock playlist, he's used a wooden skewer, the lid from a cat food tin, ketchup... Just putting a high quality lock next to it is enough to scare it open LOL
Hey Bill! I had an experience in the Military with a pretty large MasterLock. The shackle was fairly long (about 6 inches from tip to the lock entrance. I always wondered if a little tension on the shackle with a twisting motion would break it free and sure enough I was able to hold the receiver in my hands and just twist the lock open without a key! I told the person in charge of the space and they put extra chains around the lock. I just shook my head and sighed to myself.
Again, this stuff isn't there to stop a lockpick. It is just on a trailer to stop someone from being able to back up, hook up, and drive away. It is designed as a inconvenience and that is it. As I pointed out in your last post about trailer locks. IF they want your trailer, all they have to do is undo TWO BOLTS that hold the hitch receiver to the tongue and put their own on. With hand tools, all of 120 seconds worth of time max.
Give me a flathead screwdriver and I'll drive away with that trailer in under 20 sec! It takes more time to hook it up to the car/truck than opening that lock.
Someone above suggested removing the wheels if it's parked on your property. A little inconvenient, but as I'd stated in my reply... how many thieves carry spare trailer tires and lug nuts with them? Plus if you leave the wheel-less trailer low enough, they'd have to jack it up to get their wheels on. All of that takes time which the thief doesn't have.
The sad thing about information like this is most of the people that really need to see this probably never will. I'm assuming pretty much anyone subscribed to this channel would never use a master lock.
you're probably right. my mother does the same thing: doesn't inform herself, buys expensive stuff, then asks if the stuff is good. Last time she wanted a new laptop for work, came back with a 3k euro gaming laptop that's better than my tower pc, then procceeds to ask me if it's good. fuck yeah it is, just a little overkill
At 4:49 you can almost make Bills face out in the reflection. Sooner or latter we will get to see what he looks like!! I had one of these about a year ago and for giggles tried to rake it and got the same results!! Took it back and been hunting for a better one ever sense!
im sure there are some really intelligent people working at masterlock, designing locks, and some less intelligent financial controller that want to cut costs to a minimum to maximize profit. it happens all the time in big businesses. but hey, its shiny and heavy, i want one 😉
"the one guy" is most likely a high ranking well payed manager. Harshing his team for not reaching his made up targets, taking the big money home for the "responsibility", but can´t man up to protect his staff when shit hits the fan - then every one but him is responsibly quality. Hey: it´s a cooperation.
Mads Voigt Hingelberg so black list certian bidding codes in the computer that cuts the keys and it should not be hard to eliminate any patterns without a single high or angle low cut 4 pins gives 65,536 different key biddings 8 of them are 4 of the same bidding if you put a statement to eliminate any that 2 or more pins were within 1 or 2 of each other... you would at worst remove another couple hundred combos... keys with shitty bidding should not be on the market...
Hello, can you make a video on your picks of locks that you use. For example what would you use to lock up your house door, Trailer, shed, etc. thanks I love your videos, keep it up.
Wow dude this was great !!!! I lost my key and now can open and close with a dollar store teasers.lmbo it's just a small trailer but will keep my neighbor from borrowing it without asking lol
These things are especially frustrating because we know they can do so much better. They just don't give a toss, for whatever reason. All this thing needed to be a perfectly acceptable device was a non-stupid bitting and a couple security pins. If you have to wail away with a hammer on it to induce failure, well, it works. If someone can do so to your trailer undetected, they could have altered it otherwise to take possession of it undetected as well -say have a welding rig in the truck and just weld another hitch to the thing, or put together a haywire abortion from chain and U-bolts that'll get them to whatever covered place they intend on taking the stolen trailer too and taking the lock off at their leisure, with proper tools. What I'm saying is, that something like a trailer that is fundamentally mobile is really hard to secure by just messing with the point it attaches to the truck with. For mid-level securing of a trailer I'd pair a good hitch lock (say, one of these with non-stupid bitting) with a Denver Boot. If you want to be real serious, I'd build a pad-eye into the parking surface and proceed with normal heavy-duty lock and chain.
I had to pick a rack lock once (looks similar to file cabinet lock) and I used a method similar to this (I only had one pair of long and thin tweezers). It took me 10 minutes. I wish the rack had this lock in it. I'd have saved the 10 minutes.
Bosinbill!! 'Im only 2 weeks new into this lockpicking something on my free, bored time. I have this same hitch lock sitting in my truck with no key. I lost the key a while ago. I decided to attack it and sure enough I can open it in 3 seconds!!
Oh, they have. They don't care because their target customers are the ignorant (m)asses who know nothing of this. Like P. T. Barnum, they make too much money off of ignorant fools to ever change their ways.
Hey Bill, get the trailer lock from Proven Industries! I've been dying to see you get your hands on one. There's a video on RUclips by that company, talking about how tough it is BUT they never address the core, only its construction.
*I still have no idea how that thing is supposed to secured a trailer.* *Is it meant to secure your trailer to your truck?* *Or to secure your trailer when it's not used to your truck?* *It does look shiny and could be a nice paper weight/art piece to have on your desk.*
Come on bill! It may start as junk but I wanna see how it does after you replace that marshmallow core with something of your own. Which is what I would do for a trailer lock. It's a good start, just replace the lock and then let's see how it does. I really hope you'll do this for us. We need a good how to on making yourself a good hitch lock. And ur the man for the job bill!! Anyone agree? Let's get this done.
That's assuming you can replace the core in the first place. On far too many of these Master locks, either the core can't be removed, or no one sells an aftermarket core which will fit.
I understand you haven't found a great trailer lock, yet. I would sure love to find one also. I hate securing my trailer with the lock equivalent of rotten twine and rusted bailing wire.
How many they have sold already? It is all about "A" product and making money as they already have...and nobody cares if it is locked or not...at least as you may see the manufacturer doesn't care...they just need to make money on you (us) and they do. Thanks for this video.
To lock my trailers, I use a lead ball, with a bolt and lock-tite red on the threads. Using a wrench, I wrench the ball into the lead ball in the receiver, it spreads the lead ball open, and the locktite when it drys is damn near impossible to open.. To get it off, I use an 12v impact gun
that looks exactly like the bitting used on the other master hitch lock. the bent pin lock. maybe they use the same pins for speed. It's so easy that i wonder if it even has all the pins installed.
darn that's what I've had on my trailer for years, luckily only used for an empty trailer, if anything was stored in it I park a vehicle awkwardly in front of it, and if it was parked for weeks at a time with a load, I'd flatten or remove a tire or two
Instead of a lock, I use Bulldog adjustable hitches and remove the hitch from the trailer leaving the plate which is useless for towing. This is nice when you have more trailers than hitches since the mounting plates are inexpensive. Most trailer owners don't know how easy a locked trailer is to tow away using chains. Thieves do know but the lazy sort will go after another trailer. If you park a trailer unguarded, an electric impact gun makes it easy to remove the wheels. Trailers that can't roll raise the bar to theft MUCH higher than a hitch lock or no hitch at all. I used to repo vehicles and someone with a tow truck can roll away with any trailer unless its wheels are missing. (If they have a rollback they can snatch most trailers anyway, even without axles!
Never though of that. I have both a utility trailer and small boat with trailer which I have to leave outside due to not having enough space in my building. Seems at first impractical, but how many thieves carry spare trailer tires and lug nuts with them? Makes sense.
My best method to lock a trailer is to drill a hole near the opening just large enough for a shackle on a GOOD pancake lock to fit through and lock it that way. Or use a GOOD lock on the detention to secure the ball in. Either way they would have to destroy the hitch to get the trailer. Even better is to get a swivel hitch (one that unlocks and hinges to the side to store it and wrap it with a good heavy chain and a good lock that goes through the side pin hole to protect the shackle.
I have hated Master lock for years for their poor excuse of a security product. Even as a retail item at best the consumer protection agency groups should go after this company. Hopefully they didn't really try to sue Bill for deformation of a company or what not but good lord when you sell crap like this to the masses they need to be called out! Thanks for the video Bill as soon as I saw MASTER LOCK I knew I was in for a good ride...
I have had one of these on my boat for years. It has a 501 key. Just ordered one for my welder trailer. LMAO when I saw it picked. Hey, you get what you pay for though. Hopefully the people trying to steal my trailer don't see this video
The first lock I ever picked was a master using two bobby pins I made in to a pick and tension wrench. I thought I was really something... then I found this channel lol.
That lock is so reflective you can see your face in it. Not sure if you care or not but from what I've seen you don't want people knowing what you look like for legal reasons but that's just me. Great video by the way
Yes but I believe it was over a joke video he did opening Master Locks in ridiculous fake ways, e.g. scaring them, squirting ketchup etc. They claimed he was fraudulently misrepresenting their product.
it wasn't an honest product review it was a joke video where he showed master locks popping open because they got intimidated when he moved a better branded lock near it and other similar jokes. I think he pretended to piss on the lock at the end and it opened.
Big fan, please show us if it's possible to pick or defeat the master lock speed dial 1500ID. While it's easy to defeat with force. My friends and I are really curious how'd you attack it!
Could you not do those maneuvers with just about any similar lock? Is this one worse than any of those? which similar lock do you endorse? Because now I feel the need to get a new hitch lock.
I half joked about one-pass rake picking this...facepalmed and laughed pretty good when I saw it happen. I feel like master lock is a joke company like "who could make this well designed marshmallow-cored lock company not go bankrupt as a bet" type deal.
We actually use a lot of these locks where I work the older ones we had have more aggressive biting the newer ones we got a few weeks ago are actually all keyed the same and is the same key as yours so I tried and picked it in a few seconds using the end of a cut off wire tie. JUNK . But I went to master locks web site and if you look on the side of the box the full model number is 377ka for keyed alike on their website they also have a 377dat which is cheaper but for a little more money you can get a more aggressive bitting so if your going to get one of the pieces of junk get the 377dat not the 377ka we are actually going to order all our new one matching the key to one of our older ones that had the most aggressive biting . Thanks for your videos
Shadow_of_STLKR Check out Bill's page: lock-lab.com/where-to-buy-stuff If you are in North America the one I would recommend is Sparrows (first link on Bill's page). Superb quality, fast delivery, good prices, nothing to complain about really, just ordered some picks from them and they are awesome. Prices are in Canadian dollars, so if you are in the US it's even cheaper with our piss poor exchange rate right now. Have fun!
Thx... yea.. They do not send to my country :( I choose "PXS-14 - Beginners Lock Pick Set" on Lockpickshop. Wow its so expensive. 30$ for few pice of steel
do you have mutch swedish folower?? just woundering cause need some tips on how to get new locks dont have much money so was woundering where to find new locks here in sweden
If you want a good trailer lock, just get a piece of 3-4" 1/2" thick wall tubing, slide it over the tongue. Have a hole drilled through the side of the tubing at the place where you buy it so you can run a piece of peweg chain through the top of the tube then through either a handle on the side of the tongue or a shackle you weld in that spot and back out the bottom. Then lock that chain with a quality lock. They won't be cutting that.
I am totally blown away that Master have not yet sacked the incompetent fools that continue designing these ridiculously simple to open and bypass locks. It's not the occasional Master series either, you seem to show us Bill that it's just about EVERY Master have ever released! Even their professional range are a joke!
The only Master locks which even come close to being worth buying are their newer anti-shim combination locks, and even those can still be "bypassed" with a crowbar and sledgehammer, as LockPickingLawyer has shown us (not much in that department has changed through the years). However, for the price, they are rather difficult to beat in a non-destructive manner; and might be OK for use on lockers ONLY if you know that the majority of the people in that neighborhood's facility (factory, gym, whatever) are relatively honest.
That is ridiculous. Instead of pouring money into packaging and lawyers threatning with lawsuits, all Master Lock needs to do is only make decent bidings and add one measly spool spin to each lock. It won't make the lock perfect, but at least it will make a lock. That would make a nice primary school project :-)
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You don't need to paranthesize "junk" in the title of the video, it's redundant with the word "MasterLock". In fact, it may even be a double negative.
thechosendude They should rename themselves to Novice Lock
The double negative in shakespears time was used to "double" the negativity of a statement, not do undo the first negative like now a days. This is a funny artefact that sometimes still shows up in the english language. This can make for some fun statements, where the intention is clear as day but the wording isn´t.
Cam Mason or phantom locks...
No, I'd say rename themselves Lox like bagels.
Good to know that they can open it with just a knife. I think most use a screw driver and hammer which would definately open it
My shop purchased this lock for a trailer, I picked it with a toothpick in less than 15 seconds. I could wrap the hitch in rope and it would take longer for thieves to unwrap the rope than to open this lock!
Inexcusable.
I didn't know master lock started including bump keys with their locks....
Jess Hull
Hahah I was waiting for this comment.
Kudos...
Lmao
From my experience I thought they only sold locks with bump keys.
When bill gets sued by masterlock bills lawyer will be the LockPickingLawyer. Lol
A lock I could pick!
Jussi same
Hah Im with you on that one man
a buddy of mine has one similar. picked it by accident just by putting in the tension wrench. laughed my ass off.
I did that once to a fireproof lockbox, turns out it has 1 wafer pin...
I bought a love lock for 1 euro. I did not expect much, but I put the tension wrench in to count the pins.... open - zero pins. Sure it is cheap creap, but the poor guy cutting of those locks from bridges, does not know how creap they are and wastes his time.
J Fett ....They are designed like that cause they wait for you to lock it, leave and then they take them to resell them again.
sarowie loooooool
I really fail to understand why a company like Master Lock, with decades and decades of experience would spend so much time, effort, and money to design such a nice looking, reasonably well thought out device, then skimp on the actual lock to the extent that it can be opened with a cheap letter opener.
That failure of logic is totally beyond my understanding. :(
Even something a simple as this, with a GOOD lock of one's choice, would be better than any I've see with a built-in lock: www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e07195-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5&sfb=1
Tom Losh It's because it's about sales and marketing. something thats heavy and shiny looks to most people like a good lock. then they have to keep costs down so they skimp on the locking mechanism that you cant see. its about how many units they can sell not about making thr best lock.
china Master :)
Tom Losh....The accounts, especially the CFO, most likely had their say in the design. I can just hear the accountants now...you spent way to much money on the design, engineering and manufacturing, just use the lock cylinder from the line we discontinued....
Mochyeassc2 Absolutely. The names that people who are in-the-know know and trust usually have a higher price point because they're willing to put the money into materials and design (they'll get it back from the end user), and because their name carries actual weight. May not be a name everyone immediately recognizes, but it's easy to get recognition by plastering TV with ads and cutting deals left and right to have your brand on the shelves of many common stores. You won't find an Abus at a Family Dollar but I'm sure you can find a Master.
People want security but they start getting nervous about the price tag of proven security. These cost-cutter companies offer an alternative: security theater. It's less about actual deterrence to attack and more about peace of mind, which people end up buying into because it's a lot cheaper.
Master Lock is pretty much the mall security of locks. Sure, they can and do provide basic service (again, security theater and some basic powers to detain criminals etc.) but for the big important stuff you'll need a police officer (or a Bowley or whatever in this case).
Good job Master Lock, honest products as always.
I find one of the more fun things about lockpicking is finding silly exploits like that. The other day I was demonstrating to some buddies at work that a piddly little TSA 007 lock could be opened with practically anything.
I didn't see the "Junk" in the title because I click on your videos automatically without reading the title. But when you showed the Master logo towards the beginning, I had the best laugh all week! Really needed that man, thanks.
It's so sad that Master is so close to having a good product but give up where security is needed the most.
thats what also makes me sad. Alot of the stuff he has shown by Master recently was really quite clever designed. And then there is like this one thing..... and its junk :(
Try it with a zip-tie or just a wiper blade metal thing (tension wrench). . . . . . . . New video idea, "What Wont Open It".
TheTarrMan interesting idea, but I'm pretty sure a wet noodle could open it
DO IT :D
TheTarrMan Check out his Master Lock playlist, he's used a wooden skewer, the lid from a cat food tin, ketchup... Just putting a high quality lock next to it is enough to scare it open LOL
Banana peel may even open it
I bet even a good dirty look will open it.
Hey Bill! I had an experience in the Military with a pretty large MasterLock. The shackle was fairly long (about 6 inches from tip to the lock entrance. I always wondered if a little tension on the shackle with a twisting motion would break it free and sure enough I was able to hold the receiver in my hands and just twist the lock open without a key! I told the person in charge of the space and they put extra chains around the lock. I just shook my head and sighed to myself.
waw that is ridiculously easy to unlock!
I have one of these for my RV. I had no idea. Thank you. Also, thanks to @Bosnianbill I won't be buying anything further from Master.
Again, this stuff isn't there to stop a lockpick. It is just on a trailer to stop someone from being able to back up, hook up, and drive away. It is designed as a inconvenience and that is it. As I pointed out in your last post about trailer locks. IF they want your trailer, all they have to do is undo TWO BOLTS that hold the hitch receiver to the tongue and put their own on. With hand tools, all of 120 seconds worth of time max.
not if it's welded.
Give me a flathead screwdriver and I'll drive away with that trailer in under 20 sec! It takes more time to hook it up to the car/truck than opening that lock.
Someone above suggested removing the wheels if it's parked on your property. A little inconvenient, but as I'd stated in my reply... how many thieves carry spare trailer tires and lug nuts with them? Plus if you leave the wheel-less trailer low enough, they'd have to jack it up to get their wheels on. All of that takes time which the thief doesn't have.
The sad thing about information like this is most of the people that really need to see this probably never will. I'm assuming pretty much anyone subscribed to this channel would never use a master lock.
you're probably right. my mother does the same thing: doesn't inform herself, buys expensive stuff, then asks if the stuff is good. Last time she wanted a new laptop for work, came back with a 3k euro gaming laptop that's better than my tower pc, then procceeds to ask me if it's good. fuck yeah it is, just a little overkill
When you opened it with the knife, I LOL'd.
At 4:49 you can almost make Bills face out in the reflection. Sooner or latter we will get to see what he looks like!! I had one of these about a year ago and for giggles tried to rake it and got the same results!! Took it back and been hunting for a better one ever sense!
I knew I couldn't be the only one who noticed that.
One day somebody will send him a lock for a mirror and then we will know his true form.
Similar reflection at 4:39, also
I saw a comment a while back talking about compiling a composite from all the reflections...I can only hope they're still at it!
check his drone vids there is allegedly a shot where his drone gets a good pic of his face in one. i haven't seen it, don't want to ruin the mystery.
I've seen quite a few lockpicking videos, but this one is truly the best one out there.
don't let any lock company sue you. keep up the videos
im sure there are some really intelligent people working at masterlock, designing locks, and some less intelligent financial controller that want to cut costs to a minimum to maximize profit. it happens all the time in big businesses. but hey, its shiny and heavy, i want one 😉
i think its more like really intelligent people, but there is this ONE GUY who always screws up his part of the design process.
"the one guy" is most likely a high ranking well payed manager. Harshing his team for not reaching his made up targets, taking the big money home for the "responsibility", but can´t man up to protect his staff when shit hits the fan - then every one but him is responsibly quality. Hey: it´s a cooperation.
Mads Voigt Hingelberg so black list certian bidding codes in the computer that cuts the keys and it should not be hard to eliminate any patterns without a single high or angle low cut 4 pins gives 65,536 different key biddings 8 of them are 4 of the same bidding if you put a statement to eliminate any that 2 or more pins were within 1 or 2 of each other... you would at worst remove another couple hundred combos... keys with shitty bidding should not be on the market...
Better yet, have the computer program determine the optimum bitting, then use that for all locks.
Hello, can you make a video on your picks of locks that you use. For example what would you use to lock up your house door, Trailer, shed, etc. thanks I love your videos, keep it up.
Wow dude this was great !!!! I lost my key and now can open and close with a dollar store teasers.lmbo it's just a small trailer but will keep my neighbor from borrowing it without asking lol
Told my Girlfriend Bosnian Bill just uploaded a new video. Her reaction: "I LOVE BOSNIAN BILL!"
I just used an old trailer ball stuck in the receiver and locked. Of course I used a master #3.
Wow, and I almost ordered one of these! Holy smokes, you saved my bacon! Thank you a million. I am back to searching for a good lock smh :(
reminds me of kid days where I use to pick locks with a tiny pair of scissors
Bosnian billy always has a fresh intro!
These things are especially frustrating because we know they can do so much better. They just don't give a toss, for whatever reason. All this thing needed to be a perfectly acceptable device was a non-stupid bitting and a couple security pins. If you have to wail away with a hammer on it to induce failure, well, it works. If someone can do so to your trailer undetected, they could have altered it otherwise to take possession of it undetected as well -say have a welding rig in the truck and just weld another hitch to the thing, or put together a haywire abortion from chain and U-bolts that'll get them to whatever covered place they intend on taking the stolen trailer too and taking the lock off at their leisure, with proper tools.
What I'm saying is, that something like a trailer that is fundamentally mobile is really hard to secure by just messing with the point it attaches to the truck with. For mid-level securing of a trailer I'd pair a good hitch lock (say, one of these with non-stupid bitting) with a Denver Boot. If you want to be real serious, I'd build a pad-eye into the parking surface and proceed with normal heavy-duty lock and chain.
BIG SMILE :-)
So easy .. .. non-purpose 'lock'.
Thanks for sharing, it makes my day!
What is a good option for locking a trailer?
I had to pick a rack lock once (looks similar to file cabinet lock) and I used a method similar to this (I only had one pair of long and thin tweezers). It took me 10 minutes. I wish the rack had this lock in it. I'd have saved the 10 minutes.
I used to have one of those....unbelievable...Thanks for the great videos!
Wow, you can just jam a sharp piece of metal in and it opens. That's some quality craftsmanship.
I really enjoy the way you say locking paw.
Bosinbill!! 'Im only 2 weeks new into this lockpicking something on my free, bored time. I have this same hitch lock sitting in my truck with no key. I lost the key a while ago. I decided to attack it and sure enough I can open it in 3 seconds!!
Nicely done Bill.... And Master should pay attention to this ;o))))
Oh, they have. They don't care because their target customers are the ignorant (m)asses who know nothing of this. Like P. T. Barnum, they make too much money off of ignorant fools to ever change their ways.
Hey Bill, get the trailer lock from Proven Industries! I've been dying to see you get your hands on one. There's a video on RUclips by that company, talking about how tough it is BUT they never address the core, only its construction.
*I still have no idea how that thing is supposed to secured a trailer.*
*Is it meant to secure your trailer to your truck?*
*Or to secure your trailer when it's not used to your truck?*
*It does look shiny and could be a nice paper weight/art piece to have on your desk.*
It probably was tougher to open the card box to get the lock out.
I didn’t want to believe this video as I own this lock. I just picked it in two minutes and I have no clue what I’m doing. Unreal.
Re pick it and you should get 3 seconds flat!
I believe a strong gust of wind could have picked this lock! good job bosnianbill!
Come on bill! It may start as junk but I wanna see how it does after you replace that marshmallow core with something of your own. Which is what I would do for a trailer lock. It's a good start, just replace the lock and then let's see how it does. I really hope you'll do this for us. We need a good how to on making yourself a good hitch lock. And ur the man for the job bill!! Anyone agree? Let's get this done.
That's assuming you can replace the core in the first place. On far too many of these Master locks, either the core can't be removed, or no one sells an aftermarket core which will fit.
I understand you haven't found a great trailer lock, yet. I would sure love to find one also. I hate securing my trailer with the lock equivalent of rotten twine and rusted bailing wire.
Nice video, informativ with all the facts, as always.. But have You really been sued by masterlock? If so, then der is no hope for them.
How many they have sold already? It is all about "A" product and making money as they already have...and nobody cares if it is locked or not...at least as you may see the manufacturer doesn't care...they just need to make money on you (us) and they do. Thanks for this video.
To lock my trailers, I use a lead ball, with a bolt and lock-tite red on the threads. Using a wrench, I wrench the ball into the lead ball in the receiver, it spreads the lead ball open, and the locktite when it drys is damn near impossible to open.. To get it off, I use an 12v impact gun
Might as well hang a sign on the trailer saying 'please steal me!'
Dude...thank you for the laughs!!!! 😂😂
that looks exactly like the bitting used on the other master hitch lock. the bent pin lock. maybe they use the same pins for speed. It's so easy that i wonder if it even has all the pins installed.
Hey Bill is there any way to re pin that lock so it could actually be used
thanks for your video....one came with a trailer i bought...
darn that's what I've had on my trailer for years, luckily only used for an empty trailer, if anything was stored in it I park a vehicle awkwardly in front of it, and if it was parked for weeks at a time with a load, I'd flatten or remove a tire or two
I have a one just like that that you're holding. I lost the key. Is there a way to make a key for that?
Instead of a lock, I use Bulldog adjustable hitches and remove the hitch from the trailer leaving the plate which is useless for towing. This is nice when you have more trailers than hitches since the mounting plates are inexpensive. Most trailer owners don't know how easy a locked trailer is to tow away using chains. Thieves do know but the lazy sort will go after another trailer. If you park a trailer unguarded, an electric impact gun makes it easy to remove the wheels. Trailers that can't roll raise the bar to theft MUCH higher than a hitch lock or no hitch at all.
I used to repo vehicles and someone with a tow truck can roll away with any trailer unless its wheels are missing. (If they have a rollback they can snatch most trailers anyway, even without axles!
Never though of that. I have both a utility trailer and small boat with trailer which I have to leave outside due to not having enough space in my building. Seems at first impractical, but how many thieves carry spare trailer tires and lug nuts with them? Makes sense.
My best method to lock a trailer is to drill a hole near the opening just large enough for a shackle on a GOOD pancake lock to fit through and lock it that way. Or use a GOOD lock on the detention to secure the ball in. Either way they would have to destroy the hitch to get the trailer. Even better is to get a swivel hitch (one that unlocks and hinges to the side to store it and wrap it with a good heavy chain and a good lock that goes through the side pin hole to protect the shackle.
I have hated Master lock for years for their poor excuse of a security product. Even as a retail item at best the consumer protection agency groups should go after this company. Hopefully they didn't really try to sue Bill for deformation of a company or what not but good lord when you sell crap like this to the masses they need to be called out! Thanks for the video Bill as soon as I saw MASTER LOCK I knew I was in for a good ride...
wat about a smith and weston .357. would that do to keep my trailor safe?
I bought a trailer hitch lock that has a tubular key / lock on it. It's the best reviewed one i could find for a moderate price.
erat91
Get Bill to review it..
Haha, i almost don't want to be let down.
If I might have lost my key and I wanted to pick it, what is she tool can I use? I use the m1 M2 doesn't fit
thing is with trailers is that unless you lock up the wheels i can just attach a chain to the hitch area and i can drive on anyway.
What is that dull grey plug on the belly of the housing under the lock?
I would love to see one day,Master lock.. "Stump Master Bill"..It aint gonna happen! You are the man!!
I have had one of these on my boat for years. It has a 501 key. Just ordered one for my welder trailer. LMAO when I saw it picked. Hey, you get what you pay for though. Hopefully the people trying to steal my trailer don't see this video
Wow thanks so much for this!!!
The first lock I ever picked was a master using two bobby pins I made in to a pick and tension wrench. I thought I was really something... then I found this channel lol.
That lock is so reflective you can see your face in it. Not sure if you care or not but from what I've seen you don't want people knowing what you look like for legal reasons but that's just me. Great video by the way
Have they sued before??
Yes but I believe it was over a joke video he did opening Master Locks in ridiculous fake ways, e.g. scaring them, squirting ketchup etc. They claimed he was fraudulently misrepresenting their product.
EvenFlow406 I can't believe it's not butter!
Sam Tranter nice Dara O'Briain reference
it wasn't an honest product review it was a joke video where he showed master locks popping open because they got intimidated when he moved a better branded lock near it and other similar jokes. I think he pretended to piss on the lock at the end and it opened.
Any mirrors for that? I mean... I don't see the vid on the channel but it cannot be forever gone from the internet, can it now.
I have one and broke the key off inside it. any advice on getting it unlocked?
Thanks for the info that's crazy...😎
you make it look so easy
new company slogan.....
Master(s) of securing your cash and not your valuables.
Big fan, please show us if it's possible to pick or defeat the master lock speed dial 1500ID. While it's easy to defeat with force. My friends and I are really curious how'd you attack it!
Could you not do those maneuvers with just about any similar lock? Is this one worse than any of those? which similar lock do you endorse? Because now I feel the need to get a new hitch lock.
I half joked about one-pass rake picking this...facepalmed and laughed pretty good when I saw it happen. I feel like master lock is a joke company like "who could make this well designed marshmallow-cored lock company not go bankrupt as a bet" type deal.
that is crazy its like you can put anything as long as it fits in the hole and you can use it like a key
Should get this to impress people with my lockpick skills.
Also: Can you pick this is a bent paperclip or two?
so what kind of trailer lock would you recommend?
We actually use a lot of these locks where I work the older ones we had have more aggressive biting the newer ones we got a few weeks ago are actually all keyed the same and is the same key as yours so I tried and picked it in a few seconds using the end of a cut off wire tie. JUNK . But I went to master locks web site and if you look on the side of the box the full model number is 377ka for keyed alike on their website they also have a 377dat which is cheaper but for a little more money you can get a more aggressive bitting so if your going to get one of the pieces of junk get the 377dat not the 377ka we are actually going to order all our new one matching the key to one of our older ones that had the most aggressive biting . Thanks for your videos
How/where can i get the most necessary tools/picks to pick locks?
knife, tension somthing and others?
Shadow_of_STLKR Check out Bill's page:
lock-lab.com/where-to-buy-stuff
If you are in North America the one I would recommend is Sparrows (first link on Bill's page). Superb quality, fast delivery, good prices, nothing to complain about really, just ordered some picks from them and they are awesome. Prices are in Canadian dollars, so if you are in the US it's even cheaper with our piss poor exchange rate right now.
Have fun!
Thx... yea.. They do not send to my country :(
I choose "PXS-14 - Beginners Lock Pick Set" on Lockpickshop.
Wow its so expensive. 30$ for few pice of steel
I need a boat anchor ! Now I know what kind ! Thanks !
William Goble
The fish will open it up.
1:06 Hey, I can see your face kinda.
LockpickingLawyer wore a mask to counter the reflective nature of the lock; surprised you didn't do that too.
At 4:49 for 1 frame most of your head is visible. Just thought I'd let you know if you wanted to re-edit the video.
lol shhhhhh...
A master lock is a lot like owning a castle but always leaving the drawbridge down
do you have mutch swedish folower?? just woundering cause need some tips on how to get new locks dont have much money so was woundering where to find new locks here in sweden
You just saved me 30$, Thanks
i love seeing master lock pad locks, takes me longer to set up than to pick.
Hey Bill I don't know if you noticed just how reflective this lock is in camera...lol
If you want a good trailer lock, just get a piece of 3-4" 1/2" thick wall tubing, slide it over the tongue. Have a hole drilled through the side of the tubing at the place where you buy it so you can run a piece of peweg chain through the top of the tube then through either a handle on the side of the tongue or a shackle you weld in that spot and back out the bottom. Then lock that chain with a quality lock. They won't be cutting that.
This could be a good lock if you replace the core with an actual good lock. Body's pretty nice, worth trying to repurpose it.
I am totally blown away that Master have not yet sacked the incompetent fools that continue designing these ridiculously simple to open and bypass locks. It's not the occasional Master series either, you seem to show us Bill that it's just about EVERY Master have ever released! Even their professional range are a joke!
The only Master locks which even come close to being worth buying are their newer anti-shim combination locks, and even those can still be "bypassed" with a crowbar and sledgehammer, as LockPickingLawyer has shown us (not much in that department has changed through the years). However, for the price, they are rather difficult to beat in a non-destructive manner; and might be OK for use on lockers ONLY if you know that the majority of the people in that neighborhood's facility (factory, gym, whatever) are relatively honest.
Great video, just subscribed :)
That is ridiculous. Instead of pouring money into packaging and lawyers threatning with lawsuits, all Master Lock needs to do is only make decent bidings and add one measly spool spin to each lock. It won't make the lock perfect, but at least it will make a lock. That would make a nice primary school project :-)
That's not fair! You looked at the key and then chose a similar rake! 😊
Maybe try this company called Krok Lock for trailer locks? They have a system that looks pretty beefy
Can you please make a tutorial on putting together challenge locks?
Like these?:
1. ruclips.net/user/edit?o=U&video_id=zv71Xyjqwps
2. ruclips.net/user/edit?o=U&video_id=DXINbgP31QM
I unlocked one with a bobby pin as a pick and a screwdriver as a tension wrench because we forgot the key an hour away
Lmao. Too good. This is why the masterlock videos are some of my favorites.
Swap the core and weld a Barr in bottom part might be worth it
Wow
That was amazing