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Dog Anti-Lockout Protection?

Discussion in 'Truckers News' started by STexan, Sep 29, 2016.

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  1. Sep 29, 2016 #1
    STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    In the last few weeks I've seen 2 drivers at fuel pumps get locked out of their truck because of their dog inside while the driver was outside. Both ended up buying a lock pick kit and I'm unsure how those worked out.

    Don't they keep a spare key always in their pocket or hidden in the frame somewhere? Doesn't somebody make some sort of "anti-lockout hood" for lock buttons in common trucks?
     
    STexan, Sep 29, 2016
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  3. Sep 29, 2016 #2
    lilillill

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    Now if I could only keep my dog from using the CB while I'm inside...
     
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  4. Sep 29, 2016 #3
    TROOPER to TRUCKER

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    Geez I sometimes had 3 keys
     
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  5. Sep 29, 2016 #4
    CasanovaCruiser

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    They do more than that
     
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  7. Sep 29, 2016 #5
    25(2)+2

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    The dog thing happens, not everyone keeps extra keys.

    Not sure, but I don't think it can happen in a newer Volvo, other makes, other than Freightliner, where it can happen easily, especially with power locks or a hyper dog, your experience should be posted.

    I keep a key hidden in the truck and accessible, and some more on me in the watch pocket of my jeans.
     
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  8. Sep 29, 2016 #6
    dngrous_dime

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    One stays in the ignition, one on my keychain, and one hidden somewhere on the underside of my truck. If I'm ever out of my truck not within 50yds of it AND line of sight, it's locked.
     
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  9. Sep 29, 2016 #7
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    I don't drive anymore but I still have a Volvo key and a shaker key
     
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  10. Sep 29, 2016 #8
    gentleroger

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    Put a key on your boot. You'll never be locked out again. Or if you are, you've got bigger issues - like why the beck did you get out of your truck without shoes?
     
    gentleroger, Sep 29, 2016
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  11. Sep 29, 2016 #9
    not4hire

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    VERY FIRST thing I did with any new truck is get extra keys cut, hide one on the truck and keep one on me. A howling blizzard in Wyoming at night or -40 in the Canadian sub-arctic is no time to find out you're locked out.
     
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  12. Sep 29, 2016 #10
    Hamburger71

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    Two things.

    Get an extra key made.

    Put the dog in a crate.
     
    Hamburger71, Sep 29, 2016
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