Dont ever pay for a lock smith if you own a prostar

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by BigTennOTR, May 18, 2017.

  1. Asphalt Cowboy 33

    Asphalt Cowboy 33 Highway Junkie

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    I locked my keys up in Shamrock Texas in my prostar I took a coat hanger and stuck it through that little side window and hit the unlock button.
     
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  3. EZ Money

    EZ Money Road Train Member

    Been there done that with a ProStar....Coat hanger takes about 5 seconds!
    The new Cascadia is about the same....The lock button is easy to get to with a coat hanger.
     
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  4. belowspeedlimit

    belowspeedlimit Medium Load Member

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    Or a screwdriver
     
  5. BigTennOTR

    BigTennOTR Medium Load Member

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    If anyone needs help i can walk you through it...

    Sorts feel like a car thief again....lol jk
     
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    tlalokay Medium Load Member

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    Or borrow a neighbor's similarly modeled truck's key. Any Prostar key will work. Helped a person locked out of their Ford minivan the other day using my Taurus key.
     
  7. dca

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    The questions now are : How did you locate a screw driver with the keys locked inside? when will you do it again? Do you have a spare some where? will the key still work in door?
     
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  8. BigTennOTR

    BigTennOTR Medium Load Member

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    Guy parked next to me had a screw driver.
    Hopefully never lol
    And no but i will soon
    And yes it still works the door
     
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  9. dca

    dca Road Train Member

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    if I lock myself out all my tools are locked up too.
     
  10. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    Good thing about a truck stop... They sell screwdrivers too.:)
    Actually I knew this. Locked myself out switching trucks at a yard (door closed when I was between trucks.) Shop guy showed me the trick.
    Few months later I locked myself out again. A very overpriced screwdriver later and 5 minutes I was back in.
     
  11. x1Heavy

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    Used to be even easier than that with certain model year freightliners to get in long ago.

    I carried two spares in addition to the one inside the ignition of that tractor. One would be on me somewhere and the second would have a spot somewhere on the rig. My favoite would be a bit of insulation wrap around the one pipe that supplies air to the sleeper under the cab floor. A touch of duct tape over it to keep everything in place. That is one spot of several.

    Ive had people get into the occupied cab once or twice, it becomes a sort of a home defense situation pretty quickly. If you can put a big enough knot on them to remember you by for a month or so that will do it.
     
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