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Assuming the chain is long enough, you can just eliminate those three extra links and padlock as before. This isn’t a case of “fixing” a broken link, so much as cutting your losses. I mean, I’m no Superman, but the day I can’t break a zip-tie with my bare hands, I’ll quit my job.
Zip ties come in larger sizes & are actualy very strong. I suggest you quit your job now.
Ofcours a knife/fingernail against the release tab dosn’t count a breaking it, thats cheating!
I wonder how the link got broken in the first place, thats no pissy chain there. Well… it never used to be a pissy chain, but is now, as we all know a chain is only as strong as its weakest link :/.
Zip ties come in larger sizes & are actualy very strong. I suggest you quit your job now.
Ofcours a knife/fingernail against the release tab dosn’t count a breaking it, thats cheating!
I wonder how the link got broken in the first place, thats no pissy chain there. Well… it never used to be a pissy chain, but is now, as we all know a chain is only as strong as its weakest link :/.
Might be from some place that has several members like a shooting range and everyone has their own padlock.
Or just someone that thinks a zip tie is a security device
They have a “release” tab?!
Next time you use a zip tie, i suggest you look a little closer.
Whilst not specificaly a “release tab”, it can easily be manipulated with a decent fingernail (or knife), and will save you a lot of $ if you use zip ties often.
Most crims have a penknife in their pocket, that is all it would take.
It’s a trick. Theres a gang waiting inside the compound, ready to throw you in their dungeon.
That’s my take on it…a diabolical trap. Somebody’s going to find themselves in the middle of a B-movie.
you are looking at the lock from inside the fence. from the outside it would appear to be locked and secure. it is unlikely that a trespasser would actually bother to go beyond a visual inspection. remember when dealing with criminals you are dealing with lazy stupid people
doesnt that make the victims more lazy and stupid?
“Okay, the chain is cut, we’re in, and we’ve got the power lines fixed temporary – Hey Charlie, toss me a Power Company padlock!”
…”Whaddya mean we don’t have any more padlocks?! Okay, guess we’ll have to bring one when we come back tomorrow. Just jimmy it for the night.”
This looks to me like the inverse of that idea. Say you’re one of those wild and crazy teenager types that likes to party in abandoned warehouses and the like. You see a good prospect, but there’s a security guard that does a drive past every so often to make sure the gate is shut and secure. What to do, what to do….. AHA! Cut the chain so you can get in whenever you want, and make it look as though it’s secured by hooking it together with a zip tie. A cheap one can even be pulled apart and put together multiple times because the rachet hooks are poorly made. As an added bonus, if you get caught inside when someone comes in through another entrance, you have a quick getaway route.
Not that I have any personal experience with this sort of thing, of course.
I’m sure you don’t, and neither do I *wink* *wink*
This seems likely, since it took me looking at it twice to notice the zip tie. In the dark, it would be pretty much invisible.
I’d use a twist tie for that though.
Would it kill him to go find a second pad lock?
You are the weakest link.
We’re as strong as our weakest fragment
So much fail.
That chain is obviously long enough. You can see it is from how much it’s sagging. They could have just thrown away the three extra links, padlocked the gate shut, and forgot about using the zip tie.
its easier to pop that #5 master than searching ur pockets for a knife
It’d be terribly hilarious if someone picked the lock and left it open.
If they want serious security, they should have gone with an American lock that uses ball bearings. This way, someone couldn’t shim it open, but either have to pick it open (American locks are surprisingly tough), or break it open.
Losing the zip-tie part helps too.
Ideally, they should have used a hexagonal security chain that can’t be cut with the cutters at the local X-Mart, and a padlock to match. But in those cases, I’ve seen people go out of their way to steal the security chain.
I would bet good money the key to that lock was lost and that was how the chain got cut. Explains why they used the zip tie, no key needed.
Is this the entrance to Anne Robinson’s driveway? ( Only the Brits will understand this , sorry )
P.S. If you look carefully at the link on the left hand side of the cable tie, it looks as if someone has had a go at it with an angle grinder anyway!.
I have useful input! see how much bigger the links on the chain that go around are than those three others? I could be wrong, but I bet the clasp on that lock is not big enough to fit two of the large links at the same time.
a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
You never think about this sort of thing until someone points it out like this. brilliant ideas are floating around out there; all you need is someone to grab ‘em. Great stuff!