for those who have trucks: question about bed extender

anonymouschris

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just bought one used, but not sure how i lock it so ppl won't be able to steal it from my truck. cuz it seems so easy for ppl to just pop it off the hinges and take off with it...
 

radioouman

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Truck beds are pretty insecure IMO. I have a tonneau but it isn't locking. No one has taken my tonneau yet :)

 

DrPizza

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I would think that you could get a rubber coated steel cable and attach it somehow with that. While it won't be completely burglar proof, it would at least slow a burglar down and require him to use a couple of tools to remove it.
 

Mutilator

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Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
You'd be suprized how easily someone can walk off with your tailgate too :)
Hell if somebody wanted it bad enough they could take anything they wanted off the truck. One day you could go in for some lunch and an hour later come out and find a frame on 4 blocks. ;)


 

Nyical

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Originally posted by: Mutilator
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
You'd be suprized how easily someone can walk off with your tailgate too :)
Hell if somebody wanted it bad enough they could take anything they wanted off the truck. One day you could go in for some lunch and an hour later come out and find a frame on 4 blocks. ;)



Too late, someone walked off with my tailgate already, so I just put an airgate on it.
 

Sluggo

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Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
You'd be suprized how easily someone can walk off with your tailgate too :)


That is amazing how easily tailgates come up missing. A friend of mines Mom popped into the grocery store for 10 minutes, came back out and....no tailgate.
 

grillmasterP

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Basically you can run a bike/cable & lock through it for piece of mind, or you could install one of those tailgate Pop locks