Spare keys...

One Truck I drove from NC to upper NY state, I locked self out with engine running (because it was WINTER). Driver Door Lock was compromised by others prior to I and I was told b4 leaving Terminal Yard that ANY KEY of similar design will work. An employee of the company I was at opened the door with a '57 Chevy Truck Key.

There was another Truck at another company I locked self out of at a Pilot or Petro near the Cash Road in Sin City, (cincinati) Ohio. Shop called local Bear who Slim Jimmied the Door. That Officer, I think, was dedicated to that area cause he was quickly there.

When I drove a couple LONG TERM trucks I had a couple keys Outside Tractor.

Yep, COVERIN' YER ARSE is not just Paperwork, it also involves access to Yer Vehicle(s)!!

The only thing that beats locking self out of Vehicles is Forgetting Where One Parked Vehicle.

 

Put a key on a necklace or string around your neck or in your shoe, for those 3% of drivers that wear shoes. The other 97% can hide a key in their man-bun or on their flip-flops.

 

Before replacing the door handles they would hang up and lock themselves sometimes. Mine has no lock button, you just push in on the handle instead. A stupid system. I would always keep the wing window unlocked so I could push it open and reach the door. One time I didn't and it locked on me. Took about 30 minutes fighting with pliers trying to twist the wing window lock open from the outside. I was just about ready to bust out the passenger side wing window

 

Depends on the manufacturer, from personal exp., the MACK key blanks sold at ACE Hardware, will not cut correctly and work on many newer MACK trucks, both the door and the ignition, found this out the hard way.

And some of the newer chip keys, what ACE, HD, Lowe's etc., sell, again may not work.

Some of the keys sold by the manufacturer are a different thickness than those sold aftermarket, and that thickness can make a huge difference.

 

After twice in the span of 2 months locking myself out of a previous Mack, both at very inconvenient times, I always carry two keys, the key that stays in my pocket has my company fuel key on it as well as a return address key fob, so I never put it in the ignition. The key in the ignition has a return address key fob. These new KW's each came with 5 keys from the factory, I have a third key tied up under the hood as well.

 

I just keep my spare key in my left jeans pocket.
If I am wearing my pants when I get out of the truck (which would be always) then I always have a key.
Simple.

 

Yeah, my spare key is in my pants pocket, along with my wallet (with my CDL), a buck in change, and my emergency guitar pick.

 

I has a dedicated key for the ignition... That is to small to work for the doors... So it stays in the ignition on its own key ring... The original key goes with me at all times... I have a rule anytime i get out of the truck. i either have the window down or keys in my pocket .. Its a habit i picked up on the first car i drove that liked to lock the doors at random times. Always when u get out for some reason.. Learned the hard way many times... Evrr since i adopted that rule, never locked myself out but had to reach inside the open window many many times lol

 

If Im going to be driving the tractor for a while I hide a momentary switch, usually thru the floor board behind the kick panel trim. Quick touch of a butoon and magicly its unlocked.