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mckeeranger · 01-31-2010, 12:22

On the lock issue: None of our battery boxes lock but all of our tool boxes do.

We have 3 trucks and 3 different ways of locking the tool box. The first picture is the M817. It is a factory hasp that is welded to the box and passes through a hole in the door. This is the behind cab box, but the one on the running board is the same.

The second picture is one of our M35s. Someone has made a hasp similar to the 5-ton out of a chain link. The idea was sound, but the quality stinks. I guess it works OK though.

Added note:
What I mean about quality is; you can't tell in the picture, but it looks like someone just blew a hole in the door with a blue wrench. The welding on the chain link also looks like crap.

The third picture is our other M35. It is simply a hole on each side of the latch for a lock to pass through. I think the lock is supposed to pass through both, but the lock I use won't do it. You still can't get the latch up with the lock on it, so it's OK.

The last picture is of the same truck, but it shows a chain welded to the side of the box. I guess you can use one of the holes on each side of the latch, and padlock the door to the chain.

I don't think the last 2 will work on the battery box, because the fuel tank is to close. The hasp passing through the door looks like the best bet to me. I like it enough that I've been thinking about modding all our trucks to be like the 5-ton. I'll cut rectangular holes in the doors and use a piece of flat stock for the hasp. Basically what someone did with the chain link, but a lot better looking.

Now you have me thinking about doing it to the battery boxes as well.