securing your cooler

[jeeptj99]

So other guys with fancy coolers that use them every day at work, how do you keep people from stealing them? I've been using my Orca for work and my biggest worry about it is someone jacking out of the back of the truck. I thought about locking it with a bike cable, but then every time I want a drink I have to unlock it. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[The Luke]

Problem solved.

 

[yankster]

Bike cables are common on the pipelines.

 

[jeff150]

Buy one of these or bend a piece of metal to do the same thing. Then you run the cable through it and don't have to unlock it to open.

 

[SHELBS44]

Yeah I'll have to take a picture of mine. A buddy made me one out of stainless that drops down the slot in the side and then run a cable in it

 

[jeeptj99]

Buy one of these or bend a piece of metal to do the same thing. Then you run the cable through it and don't have to unlock it to open.

am I missing something? what stops them from just lifting the metal tab out?

 

[TBItoy]

am I missing something? what stops them from just lifting the metal tab out?

you lock it on the back side, not the bottle opener side.

 

[poolman]

Google yeti cooler lock

 

[money_pit_yj]

Google yeti cooler lock

Money well spent!!! I have seen where folks have tried to steal the cooler without damaging it and............

 

[SHELBS44]

Yeah it drops down the slot and locks underneath. So even if you open the lid the cable won't allow the bracket to slide out

 

[jeff150]

But they can still steal your beer...

 

[DallasBlade]

I drink room temperature beer, never had to worry about a cooler or people stealing my beer

 

[Jacksonwolf39]

I've got a pretty thick cable lock for my yeti. I took a a 9/16th wrench, put it in a vice and heated it up and beat the open end to a 90 then the boxed end to a 45 and sold it through the side and ran the cable through the boxed end.

 

[Jacksonwolf39]

I've got a pretty thick cable lock for my yeti. I took a long 9/16th wrench, put it in a vice and heated it up and beat the open end to a 90 then the boxed end to a 45 and slid it through the side and ran the cable through the boxed end.

 

[jeeptj99]

But they can still steal your beer...

Beer is easily replaceable, probably not going to score another free Orca cooler in my life though :****:

 

[SHELBS44]

But they can still steal your beer...

I have a lock I can hook into the lid if I'm worried about them stealing my beer. Only used it twice. I love in tuscaloosa and have yet to have beer stolen. Except by the occasional coworker who grabs one out

 

[tonybolton]

My cooler is just a 10 dollar jobby from the Big Lots......has crystal light drink mix in it. Check that....GREAT VALUE powder drink mix. I go hard or I don't go at all..... lol

 

[jeeptj99]

My cooler is just a 10 dollar jobby from the Big Lots......has crystal light drink mix in it. Check that....GREAT VALUE powder drink mix. I go hard or I don't go at all..... lol

If mine wasn't free, that's what I would be rocking.

 

[SHELBS44]

Here's mine

 

[BIG_Country]

Friend mine made a bracket like this and uses a bike lock. I use a longer cable gunlock on mine, but mine is a off brand yeti with a built in cable lock spot

Here's mine