Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to a slight noise. You silently make your way to your front door, and just hear the words muttered "nice click out of three, small click out of three, four is binding..."

Pro tip: Flip the trailer over for easier picking.

When he is picking a lock he sounds like a dentist examining your teeth.

"The lock is only as good as the door, then its only as good as the walls and windows." I am glad he talked about the hitch that can be swapped without much of work or noise.

Lock-maker marketing: "It actually took LockPickingLawyer 150 seconds to pick our lock. We're the best lock by 30 seconds!"

I'm simply amazed he's actually recommending a lock.

I feel like Lockpickinglawyer would be the guy to break into my house and demonstrate each flaw in my home locking system right after.

Proven Industries also updated the lock design recently to secure it further against drilling attacks. I just bought one of these kits with the upgraded medico core in it to secure my pop up camper after my previous camper was stolen with the yellow Reese/Stanley coupler lock installed. LPL, Thank you for this sort of content. A true community service!

when your trailer costs $60000, a few hundred to discourage easy thefts is nothing.

took 90s for LPL to pick it open. I would trust the lock with my life

I was watching a Wranglerstar video, where he got and installed one of these locks on his trailer. He asked "us" to convey his gratitude and appreciation for the effort you put in.

As a professional mechanic, the only part I find hard to believe is that he was able to find the right size punch and it wasn't bent...

At this point its easiest to assume the fortitude of a lock based on the length of LPL's video on it.

LPL: "But it doesn't seem to want to move." Pin: "Oshi-- Sorry! *click*"

"A trailer Lock I would use" _that must be a pretty good luck_ "Picked" *_of course_*

LPL: recommends a lock Me: :D It costs 300$ Me: :| Its only for trailers Me: :/

WOAH! At that price they are going to "pick my trailer" to steal my lock!

LPL: *Recommends a lock* Lock Company: All of you get a 1 month vacation bonus! All of you! Even if you don't want it. We are gonna be focken rich! RICH I TELL YOU!!!

Wow, I think that's the longest lock picking I've seen from LPL Starts at 3:08 Finishes at 4:34 86 seconds, nearly a minute and a half, impressive lock!

Almost a minute and a half to pick open...goddamn, that's impressive! Especially once you factor in the fact that in it's proper place, you'd have to be on your back under the tow hitch to pick it, probably with sub-par lighting...for a normal lockpicker, this would probably take at least ten minutes! Assuming they didn't just give up.

Jesse... thank you for this gift to LPL. I had asked him about this lock about six months ago in response to a customer inquiry in my line of work, and had not had the resources to send it to him for his review. I sincerely appreciate it.

An 8 minute video? What a time to be alive!

I love these videos, and I think a lot of the time people tend to forget a few things. 1: he's an experienced picker and is most likely far more skilled than anyone trying to break into your things would be 2: Locks not only provide (limited) practical safety, but also social safety, meaning that someone trying to pick open a lock is inherently suspicious no matter how fast they can crack it

I’ve never followed a channel for so long and not had a clue what’s going on.. Like, Ever..

Long video. I think it needs a trailer.

This is the kind of lock that says [Expert] when you try to lockpick it

I love the fact he recommends spot welding the nuts or bolts. Locks only keep honest people out.

Imagine being at Walmart and his voice comes on the intercom saying “no mess in aisle two... clean up in aisle three”

Pac Lock is a good company that listens to the lock sport community. I wouldn't be surprised if they show up in these comments, with technical info about this core.

3:42 LITTLE CLICK OUT OF FIVE? I think even my neighborhood heard that and I am watching this with headphones!.

I've always enjoyed this channel's videos. I don't know much about locks, and the videos are always fascinating. But now we're veering into territory I have some experience with: trailer security. Whenever you think about security, it's a really good idea to have a threat model. In other words, understand who you think your attacker is. I don't think that the threat model for trailer theft is a lock picker. Rather, it's someone with a pickup truck, and a handful of tools, particularly an angle grinder, a plasma cutter, and a MIG welder. In the real world, the pick resistance of this lock matters a lot less than the tool resistance. On the plus side, this lock is going to be tougher to get through with an angle grinder than most of the minimalist trailer hitch locks one sees. But on the negative side, there are some regions of the country (Florida boat thefts come to mind), where it's not that uncommon for trailer hitches to be cut off the trailer, a new hitch quickly welded on, and the trailer driven away. Many people are amazed at how quickly that operation can be performed by an experienced thief. In that circumstance, this lock will do you absolutely no good. If I really didn't want my trailer to be stolen, I'd put a minimalist hitch lock on it to deter the amateurs, but my main security would come from a wheel lock. Can wheel locks also be defeated? Sure. But it has the virtue of being way less common, and "security through obscurity" does have some benefit. There are professional trailer thieves that are prepared to deal with any hitch lock they encounter, but won't be carrying the gear needed for a wheel lock. Just one a**h*le's opinion: free advice that's worth what you paid for it.

1:49 I live where they love to salt the roads in winter rust is the only spot weld i need lol

Its 5:45 am and im watching a vid on trailer locks but i dont even have a trailer edit: after a year later i fix my spelling mistake lol

There's also room to put your Safety Chain Hooks inside the lock. This way, they can't just hook up with the chains.

Always layer your security. Never rely on just one type of lock. Use a hitch, wheel, lift, etc. The more difficult and time consuming it takes, the greater the deterrence.

My late father used to say: "Locks are intended for honest people" and that is so true. If you want in, you get in, and the professionals just do it faster..

I just bought this lock for our airstream because it looked like the strongest available. When I saw you posted a video I immediately thought, oh great I just waisted a lot of money. However it was nice to see it gave a slight bit of challenge to you. I suspect the local thief won’t have your skill or the patience. Thanks

Wranglerstar, a KZfaqr who likes your channel, thank's you for this video and lock recommendation. I was just on his channel and he bought this trailer lock and was super impressed with it. Heavy, good quality steel, excellent welds and good design. The cut out fits perfectly over the hitch arms and guard too.

when the god of lock picking has to spend a whole 90 seconds to open your lock you know you did a good job

This cannot surely be! A lock that gets the nod from the LPL

I don't even care about lockpickin' but i still watch your videos. Guess that says something about this guys videos huh!

5:23 “Let’s get this all out onto a tray. Nice. “

the coupler for most low weight trailers is bolted, but the couplers for heavy trailers like big campers and tow behinds are welded as well.

My jetski trailer stolen with a lock on the coupler. I was told the thieves just connect the chains and drive away. Now I put a small gps tracker on the trailer. Would love to see the look on the thieves face when I show up to their house to pick up my trailer next time.

I'd weld some extensions to the black pipe section to cover the fasteners. That way you add some protection against the described attack when the lock is in place without compromising your trailer's serviceability in case of damage.

this is the only man who can say, "I have a particular set of skills...." and actually mean it. if he decided to use his skills for evil, he easily could, and would be great at it.

We’ve had a fully built work/ tool trailer worth 10-20k$ stolen from my family years ago and insurance didn’t do anything. We now have another fully built trailer and we use this lock. Kicks butt. All glory to God. God bless

When you mentioned how this would be harder to pick if it was under a trailer on the ground... It really made me wish you had some videos of you picking locks in super awkward positions! How about a video of you picking this lock under a trailer? =D

The precision required to make these parts is insane, as a student of Mech Eng this feels so good to see for the mechanism part lol

I wish you would do a breakdown of the features you expect in a high quality lock, a sort of checklist that you can run down. Also a video on serrated pins (and what they’re for) would be nice.

So I bought one of these for my new travel trailer. I got the one with the aluminum puck lock. It appears Proven Industries have changed the core to a different type. The key looks completely different than the one in this video. I spent the extra money reluctantly. I wanted a hitch lock, but did not want to buy complete garbage after watching so many of LPL's videos. This thing is massive and fits my 2-5/16" ball hitch (you have to make sure you buy the correct version for the type of hitch you have. My trailer has a solid hitch that cannot be unbolted. I'm sure it can be defeated somehow, but if anyone wants the trailer that bad I'm sure they will figure out a way to get it.

Paclock seems to be really trying to get things right. Good for them!

LPL: A trailer lock that I would use Everyone: Buy that shit

I can just imagine him sitting around millions of tools just at the ready.

I was traveling through Europe some years ago and saw similar locks but they used a triangle key. The lock had a center pin that would enter the center of the key when it was inserted into the lock. Each edge/corner of the triangle had pins so you would have to pick the lock three ways at the same time to get it open.

over 2 minutes to pick. Must be good lock

Thanks for the outstanding review. With the enormous amount of people RVing nowadays, I'm really happy to see any new reviews in category. This is also a great video for contractors. I know people will scoff at the price, but all they have to do is watch that video you did on the Yellow $20 Reese and it'll make sense.

We have some sheds around town. Sheds for baseball equipment. Sheds for soccer equipment. Sheds for Scout equipment. There is a danger to putting too nice a lock on your shed. "Wow, that is a really nice lock, they must have something cool inside.". Sheds made of wood are not impervious. Having a lock is useful. It keeps opportunistic mayhem at bay. Having too good a lock can mean making repairs because someone was curious. Some of our sheds have been broken into multiple times. We haven't every found anything missing. A 15 year old tent you would be useful to a homeless person, but it is useless as a means of getting money. We have been grateful that the damage was reduced significantly. We leave our trailer unlocked and unloaded. It is locked to a post, so the trailer doesn't wander away. If someone wants to steal what is in the trailer, they just have to open the door. Nothing there to steal and no damage to the trailer, which is much harder to repair than the shed.

I’m a boilermaker by trade and I find myself going into LPL mode during the day. Electrode sticking on one, chipping hammer dropping off the ladder On two!! Respirator Battery flat on three! Boom lift binding on five! Got a click out of my shoulder on four!! You sir have a gift! I just melt stuff that gets in my way!!!

Criminals are creatures of ease and opportunity. They're not gonna pick a lock to steal your hitch or your trailer. They'll just steal one that isnt locked or connected

It seems to me that to prevent picking via common tools you just have to weld a short piece of pipe to the lock and make your key's handle longer. That prevents access to the lock by a standard tensioner and, while you can get a longer one, picking such a lock with a normal pick would be way harder due simply to the awkward way you have to hold it

As a welder I get higher strength couplers, reinforce them, and directly weld them to the frame. To take them off if damaged, I just cut it off the frame and weld a new one on. I mean I would, I haven't broken my reinforced one yet so idk why I welded it to be easily cut off with metalshop tools.

I'm so glad one of the first things you mentioned was the hitch is bolted to the trailer and can be easily removed... lol. even spot welding it wouldn't really be that secure given the heft of that lock.

Thanks Jessie for allowing LPL to make this interesting video.

2 minutes 30 seconds for an expert to pick the lock. Not the worst, but not the best. A pretty good lock. I think the ways they could improve it all go into using a higher security key design with more pins, and possibly opposing pins.

I shake my head every time I see one of those US style pressed steel trailer hitches. Ours are cast steel, I can't see myself trusting one like you guys use. LPL: Let me get a pinning tray Pulls out custom plastic tray, one of many he appears to own. Me: You have a 3D printer, don't you Harry?

Fantastic tilt bed utility trailer my father and I built as he is a master welder. 5‘ x 9‘ total cost for all parts to include axle and eight ply tires $950. Two 5200 series locks with logging chain and a steel cable to the axle hidden underneath. Suspect cuts both locks cuts the steel cable takes the trailer to a pawn shop less than 2 miles from my house. I recovered the trailer within two weeks and he goes to jail. All of that effort for $250 and he could not even leave the local Community to sell stolen property what a rocket scientist. Gonna try one of these locks.

"Absolutely Amazing Lock" *Picks in 20 seconds* "Simply Excellent Design"

Your content is variable in materials and lock types and functions. Thank you sir and thank you for shortening down your videos keeping them to the point =)

I had a pop up camper stolen years ago. There was a tongue lock, but a witness said they hooked up the safety chains, and drove off. Never even bothered with the lock! Since then, I make sure to lock the wheels. Harder to steal if it can’t roll. At least they’ll have to work for it.

Took my trailers to a local trailer builder and had them cut the coupler off and weld in a new coupler setup. Bought a Fort Knox Lock. Pretty good setup, but still have infrared cameras and two dogs 😁

Imagine lying on your back looking up, in a dark parking lot, trying to tension the lock, while trying to pick it. You would have to be a very, very good picker, with a lot of patience and a lot of nerve. Also remember that the key way is deep inside the steel housing. It is no knock on LPL to say, that in the real world situ, he would have probably taken a lot longer than 90 seconds to pick the lock. If one spot welds the connecting bolts, I think this would encourage a thief to pick another target in the same lot.

LPL recommended a lock, should have assumed a huge price tag. Can argue with the results though, thank you for the video.

I love how organized your page is. If you want dimple, there it is... If you want sidebars, there it is. I appreciate your organization, brother. You are on another level with the picking but I learn something with every video. Thanks.

That is the basic same lock I got for my trailer. My coupler however is welded to the frame, no bolts. Different body on mine (square as opposed to round) but the puck is the same. I've always thought that "what one person can design for security, another can bypass it!" At least you'd have to pick it upside down and backwards.

Receiving LPLs approval, truly a career defining achievement for any lock company

Could you do a vid explaining the different types of pins and what benefits/vulnerabilities they have?

Even if you weld the bolt ,all you have to have is a pair of strong arms and just twist the bolts off (break them) now that being said weld the entire coupler on ,the locking parts in there can still be replaced ,44 years in the RV business ✌don't forget about the chains ,stuff them inside the coupler lock

Every time I watch what you do, it amazes me , can't believe how easy you make it looks.let me take that back how good you are ! Its watching an artist at his best.

LPL: Let’s take this apart and see what’s inside Lock’s face: :0

Man, I just want to say that you do a heck of a job. You got the voice and the skills. I'm not into picking locks but the information is just great.

For many years I have used a length of 4 inch thick walled pipe w1th a tab welded internally and a puck lock (American brand I believe). My arm barely fits down the pipe and I split the pipe to cover the coupler bolts. Not pretty but I lost the key a few years ago. It took a cutting torch to get at it and find the key stuck in the puck lock.

I have no interest in lock picking, but truly enjoy your skill .... So will subscribe and keep watching...truly impressive 👏 Thank you

I think, I would just weld the coupler shut if I was really paranoid about it.

I'm Glad to see a lock that gets LPL approval, it's just that the price is a little steep, but with that much steel it is to be expected, I guess. Nice pick. At least it's beefy enough to deter the vast majority of thieves, even angle grinder carriers would know it won't be a quick getaway

My dad has a removable tongue on his small utility trailer, so he just takes the whole tongue in his truck, to prevent theft. You can get or make another tongue, but that's a little more specific than just replacing the hitch section, and might be enough to make a thief look for an easier trailer.

I bought the the PROVEN INDUSTRIES "lock" that you show... that HEAVY steel tube that slides over the hitch coupler. I think it's the best way to secure your trailer, but just as LPL stated, it won't secure a trailer that has a BOLTED ON coupler. Mine is WELDED to the trailer tongue as it should be. What I DIDN'T get was the stainless puck lock "option" as I could not see the value in that puck. Instead, I went with the WARLOCK puck like the LPL reviewed in another of his videos. That lock has a disc detent type cylinder and I regard it as having better pick resistance. The WARLOCK puck can also get upgraded to a TUBAR(?) type cylinder I think it was.

"A trailer lock that I would use. " proceeds to pick with standard tools, disassemble and dissect with ease and does a compete assessment of the mechanics and specs. I would be very intimidated if I were a lock engineer or designer, knowing that if I thought I created a high security lock, this guy might feature it on his channel.

The Apple pricing model. Charge 4 times what the upgrade is worth.

Every time I see one of these demonstrations, I think, “My dentist would be great at this.”

LockPicking Lawyer eases my OCD...the way you arrange the pins and parts reminds me of when I would organize my LEGO pieces making sure they were all accounted for...

Listening to this guy talk while he picks locks reminds me of like every eye doctor appt ever

CEO’s of lock manufacturers all have the same reoccurring nightmare of being forcibly undressed after seeing LPL bring out pinning tray.

Just this week a friends RV was stolen from a winter storage facility. His was the only RV parked there with a lock and it was stolen. Thieves never touched the others. They also took a hidden trail camera that few people knew was there. Unfortunately the technology in cordless tools (grinder) makes short work of most locks even without a lock picking lawyer.

It's 4 am and I've been up all night but I'm watching a video on trailer locks when I'll never even have a trailer. I love it here.

Based on your review on this and the resistance to theft, Cody from the channel Wranglerstar has purchased this lock for a new fully fitted Snow Bike Trailer. He thanks you and gave your channel glowing credits as he always comes here when he wants to buy locks 😉

The sheath should be extended to cover the coupler bolts

Thanks for helping me choose a better trailer lock than the yellow master lock everyone uses. Been watching you for years! Keep up the great content!

I bought this a couple of years ago because of this video. I use it on my trailer, which I store outdoors. I didn't care much for the aluminum puck lock that came with it, so I measured it up and machined my own out of stainless steel. I thought one of the few things LPL recommends is a sure thing. $250 to secure a $20k trailer is a no-brainer for me.

Man, you're so well-spoken LPL. You should be a lawy... Oh yeah, that's right.