How to keep your cart from being stolen

[Bajrang]

Originally Posted by Golf cart guy

all these ideas are great, the problem is anyone that knows about golf cars would care less and still get your cart. Everyone of the above ways to stop thieves is in use where I'm at. Carts are still stolen. I'm sure it will slow down most or make them just move on to the next one, so something is better than nothing.

I'm curious, have you ever gotten one back and seen just what (and how) they did it?

[Bajrang]

Originally Posted by sformal

Perhaps the simplest would be a lock bar...

I think that will be a given. I cut a chunk out of a CC wheel with a hand saw, and it was distressingly easy and quiet. Battery power saws or grinders would be too loud.

[Bajrang]

Originally Posted by Golf cart guy

all these ideas are great, the problem is anyone that knows about golf cars would care less and still get your cart. Everyone of the above ways to stop thieves is in use where I'm at. Carts are still stolen. I'm sure it will slow down most or make them just move on to the next one, so something is better than nothing.

What ever we do, it will only work if everyone is on board, otherwise, as you said, they just move on to the next one.

[Bajrang]

Originally Posted by dundeebarnbuggy

Get a length of 1/2" logging chain, grade 70 or better, [the cheap china $#it is too easy to cut] and the best padlock you can find and chain the cart to a tree or something immovable by a decent clevis or similar attached to the frame of the cart. The trick is to put the lock in a place that is not able to get at with bolt cutters or grinder. Simple, and effective. Let 'em try now!

I once saw a demonstration of a chain being broken with a can of freon and a ball peen hammer

[dundeebarnbuggy]

True. This also can work with liquid nitrogen like is used to keep semen tanks cold on livestock farms. If this could be an issue at your place, go bigger! 5/8" chain is like around 3# per foot. Gonna take a lot of gas to get it cold enough and a bigger rock or anvil to break it on.

[Gazoo]

go cable!

[WalterM6]

How about a wheel boot?

https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb...=1B2RQ3O5EC837

[scottyb]

Thieves hate well lite areas. Motion detector lights should help. Just suppose you have a cart with lock device and motion detection lighting, I think a thief would take a pass on that. Need more protection? Put a car alarm on the cart.

[scrannel]

Motion generated dog bark recording.

[scottyb]

Originally Posted by scrannel

Motion generated dog bark recording.

And gunfire