How To Secure And Lock Tanks In Your Garage? Rack?

[admikar]

Get a rottweiler/german shepherd/pit bull, keep it in a garage and feed it as minimal as possible?
Credit goes to a poster on a car window smashed thread!

 

[walkonmars]

Thanks. It looks like if I want to secure the tanks it will just be a brute force construction of a rack against a wall or plate. I would insure them but the deductible wouldn't cover the loss since my reason for insurance was against fire and a total loss. I can think about the ring around the neck and cable idea but my garage is full of tools. A not so bright thief will likely see tools laying around to cut the cable ("You are welcome. Please take the tanks.'').

 

[pasley]

Regarding securing the garage to secure the tanks, I recently replaced my garage door and opener. Things have changed. My new door came with a electric deadbolt (see photo). The motor is also mounted on the end of the spring rod so that the opener turns the spring rod directly and pulls the door open on both sides so it is both very quiet and does not tweak the door as much as the one did. Liftmaster with rolling digital code for the thieves out there they are not going to put a I'm in and reah in and open it up by pulling evergency release with a wire.

 

[Compressor]

I purchased a Pelican rack and store my tanks in the garage. In a place away from the main field of view.
Works well. Take the precautions others have mentioned above.

 

[Couv]

Whats with the brass ring?

 

[captain]

Are tanks really a high theft item, I think not.

 

[rhwestfall]

Are tanks really a high theft item, I think not.

but it really sucks should it happen..... simple and inexpensive to mitigate....

 

[sealark]

A big German Shepard, Problem solved

 

[Aqua-Andy]

Wow I'm really glad I live where I live, I have no worries about theft. A Lot of times when we do beach dives we leave our spare tanks on the beach with our other gear. I was nervous at first but after eight years of diving I don't worry about it any more. As for securing at home? I bet 99% of the homes in town are heavily armed and people know it, we have a very low crime rate even though we have no police department.

 

[walkonmars]

Yeah, that is the problem living in a large city. People less-than-honest know they can disappear in to the population if they commit a crime and pawn/sell stolen stuff right away. I visited a remote location in Alaska and nobody locked their cars and motorcycles because there was no place to go even if you did steal and car or major item.

My near term solution is to put a neck ring on the tank and cable lock it with a padlock. Since these are steel tanks, I will insulate the ring so it doesn't bounce around and wear the protective paint off the neck area. Maybe wrap the ring with a spiral cable protector you find at an electronics store?

'It's just a hassle trying to keep the honest people honest.
(If you ask the worst criminals on the planet if they like the beach, I'll bet they all say "yes". Just remember that the next time you visit the beach and think everything is OK.)