Reese Towpower 7005300 Brass Coupler Lock

Wafer Lock

2015-09-05:

Standard L tension wrench and wavy rake

2015-09-10:

So easy I picked it by accident. Twice.

2015-10-02:

Standard Tension Wrench and Small Half Diamond Rake

2015-10-02:

Peterson Pry Bar and hook

PIicked in like 3 minutes

Master Lock No. 142DCM

Aluminum Body

40mm

A:

2015-09-10:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

B:

2015-09-10:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

A:

2015-09-11:

Peterson Pry Bar and half diamond rake

A&B:

2015-09-23

Pry Bar and hook

Master Lock No. 142DCM

Aluminum Body

A:

2015-09-05

Half diamond rake

2015-09-22:

I managed to use the back of a pick without a tension wrench to lift all the pins at once while turning gently.

B, C, D, E:

2015-09-22:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook.

C gave me a bit of trouble.

A:

2015-09-10:

2-hump bogota rake

A:

2015-09-09:

Feeler Pick

A:

2015-09-05

I put in the half diamond rake into the lock and it automatically opened

2015-09-22

A - I used the hook pick and was able to get it open in like 3 seconds.

B - Picked this one no problem

C & D - Opened these locks right after another almost instantly while Brandon struggled

E - This one took the longest for me out of all

Master Lock No. 500D

Warded Lock

A:

2015-09-05:

Small double-cross warded pick

B:

2015-10-09:

Wide double-cross warded pick

2015-10-08:

A: Picked it

B: Picked it.

2015-09-05:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

2015-09-10:

Standard hook. Pins 2&3 set together (I was able to do it twice).

2015-10-05:

Stardand wrench

Standard Pick

2015-10-07:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

2015-09-05:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

2015-09-10:

2-hump bogota rake.

2015-10-07:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

American Lock

XNK04 Series 5200

2015-09-05:

Twisted L tension wrench and double half-circle rake

2015-09-10:

serrated pry bar and standard hook

Reese Towpower 7006600 Trailer Hitch Coupler Lock

Wafer Lock

2015-09-05:

Thick twisted L tension wrench andLong saw-tooth rake

Raking is not required, you can jam the rake into the wafers and keep unscrewing with tension wrench and rake at same time.

2015-09-05:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

2015-09-10:

standard hook

2015-10-02:

Small Half Diamond Rake

Standard tension wrench

WordLock PL-117-A1

Warded lock

2015-09-05:

L shaped warded pick

2015-10-08:

Picked it.

2015-09-05:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

2015-10-06:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

2015-09-05:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

2015-09-09:

Feeler Pick

2015-09-22

Used the Pry Bar and Hook was able to pick it twice in like 5-8 minutes total

2015-09-05:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

2015-10-07:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

2015-09-05:

Standard L tension wrench and wavy rake

2015-09-05:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

Full of spool pins but they're easy to set anyways. I had the lock picked for quite a while without realizing it because the spring is so tight that unless you really torque the tension wrench the plug won't spin to indicate it's picked.

2015-09-05:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

2015-10-02:

Small Half Diamond Rake

Standard tension wrench

2015-10-06:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

A:

2015-09-05:

Standard L tension wrench and standard hook

B, C, D, E:

2015-09-18:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

B seems to be a harder bitting and binding order than the others.

A:

2015-09-09:

A:

2015-09-09:

L Tension Wrench

Standard Pick

B, C, D, E:

2015-09-18

Peterson Pry Bar

Standard Hook

A:

2015-09-05:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

B:

2015-09-05:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

A: 2015-09-09:

Feeler Pick

B:

2015-09-09:

Feeler Pick

A:

2015-09-08

Peterson Pry Bar and Standard Hook

2015-09-05:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

2015-09-05:

Feather touch spring tension wrench connected to Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook.

The lock has quite a few spool pins which you can carefully force past the catch point and set them if you use a strong hook and keep the spring tension really low.

Master Lock No. 570

Long Shackle

2015-09-29:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

You have to be extremely light with the tension to get the spool pins to lift without catching.

A:

Unknown brand found on street.

B:

NU-SET 5373-3

A (inside of puck housing):

2015-09-06:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook.

Extremely simple picks back to front with no security pins. Last pin to set is the front pin.

A:

2015-09-09:

2015-09-09:

Twisted L tension wrench and standard hook.

This seems like a tricky lock. I spent more than an hour before getting it.

A and B:

2015-09-10:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook (for both).

SOBO SPRM60

Disk detainer lock

2015-09-10:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook.

I think there are some spool pins in this lock. The last pin to pick was the #1 (front) pin.

2015-09-11:

Peterson Pry Bar and Half Diamond Rake

Last pin to pick was the #1 (front) pin

2015-09-10:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook.

I'm pretty sure this lock doesn't have any security pins.

2015-09-10:

Peterson Pry bar and standard hook

2015-09-13:

Peterson Pry Bar and deep hook

I find this lock exceptionally challenging. You can get a huge false set on the first pin by raising it just a bit. The second pin behind it must be raised a whole bunch which can be really hard to do once the first pin is set. The problem is keeping the pin #2 set when trying to set pins #3 and #4. Every time I tried to set #3 or #4 pin #2 would drop and every time I tried to set pin #2 pins #3 and #4 would drop. I eventually was able to extremely carefully set #2 last without dropping #3 or #4 but to do it I needed a really deep pick and I had to wiggle the pick back and forth to get the pin past the catch without releasing the tension too much that pins #3 and #4 would drop.

2015-09-09:

2015-09-09:

Flat tension wrench and very thin shallow hook.

I used a flat tension wrench because the standard ones were binding the cylinder and top of the lock doesn't have enough room to fit the Peterson Pry Bar comfortably. The trick to this lock is that the front pin (#1) must be raised all the way to the top to get a good false set going. The second pin (#2) right behind it must stay almost all the way at the bottom of the lock and it will bind when #1 is set. You have to carefully squeeze the hook underneath pin #2 without letting it lift too much. If it lifts too much you won't be able to get the lock open. With the shallow hook under #2 you have to very carefully lift pins #3 and #4 without accidentally also lifting #2. The binding order isn't #1, #2, then #3 / #4 but there is really no way to avoid setting pin #2 when you get the pick under it to reach #3 and #4 so you have to be very careful about not turning the cylinder too much or you won't be able to lift #3 and #4 with #1 and #2 set. It isn't that hard once you know how sensitive #2 is. I've picked it three times easily using this trick.

2015-10-12:

Peterson Pry Bar and a combination of the Peterson Gem and a shallow hook

The internals on this lock are really smooth so it can be hard to feel things set and quite hard to feel counter-rotation of the spool pins. Using the gem, I got most pins to the point where they felt set but didn't get much cylinder rotation. I assume at least one pin was over set. At this point, I let up a bit on the tension and dragged the gem over the pins from the back to the front once to hopefully let an over set pin release. Shortly after this I got a large false set and all the pins felt like they couldn't budge anymore. I switched to a shallow hook with a flat surface and let up on the tension a bit until I felt the last or second to last (near the back) move. Lifting it a tiny bit released the cylinder and it opened right up.

Green:

2015-09-12:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard thin Peterson hook.

I got a huge false set on pin #3 or #4. After that the front pins were pushed into place nearly immediately and pin #5 gave good counter-rotation. I eased up on the tension and pushed #5 into place and the lock opened. Whole pick took less than 10 seconds.

On my second attempt I got the huge false set again but the front pins took a bit more work to get into place. I finished with #5 again and opened it again. Unfortunately I let the cylinder turn over without the key in it and a bunch of pins fell into the inside of the lock's case. Now it rattle and the key won't open it.

2015-09-09:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

2015-09-09:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook. I think the pin order was 4, 3, 1, 2.

2015-09-09:

Feeler Pick

2015-09-23:

Peterson Pry Bar and Standard Hook

Guard Security

50mm

A:

2015-09-18:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

I can consistently pick this lock by only setting the first two pins. I definitely don't have to touch pins #3, #4, or #5.

B:

2015-09-18:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

I can consistently pick this lock by only setting the first two pins and possibly nudging the third pin. As far as I can tell pins #4 and #5 are always set because they're cut so deeply.

A:

2015-09-18

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

Got it by accident at first, but realized it was the same as Brandon's method.

2015-09-22

A :

Brandon locked my book bag with this lock. Asked him for the keys and he handed me his picks.

Once you get the first pin down, the second and third went down easy and it opened

B: Same thing as A

Master Lock No. 576

Solid Brass

2015-09-18:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

Seems like it has at least 2 spool pins but they must be very shallow spools because the counter-rotation is quite subtle.

2015-09-29:

Peterson Pry Bar and Large Hook

Master Lock No. 131T

30mm

A and B:

2015-09-18:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook.

High tension is required to get the pins to bind and stick.

Doit

40mm

2015-09-18:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

2015-10-08:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

Doit

20mm

2015-09-18:

Peterson Pry Bar and shallow hook

FRI-CYCOD

263

A and B:

2015-09-19:

Pererson Pry Bar and shallow hook

A opened quite quickly and easily but B isn't so smooth. I ended up picking B after a lot of effort by focusing on just the back two pins.

Dorlok 1505

30mm

2015-09-19:

Peterson Pry Bar and shallow hook

The pins are quite catchy. They might be security pins. Light tension is needed to get everything set.

2015-09-19:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

This lock doesn't have any security pins but for whatever reasons the smooth pins make it very hard to get a feel for when something is set. I had to use medium-to-high tension to feel pins click into place.

2015-10-05:

Standard Rake

Standard Pick

Shoreline Marine SL52170

38mm

2015-09-19:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

Kryptonite

45mm

2015-09-19:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

This probably has some serrated pins. The pins seem quite catchy and a lot of them get stuck up in the lock and won't fall back down.

It's also possible to bypass this lock with the Sparrow pin lifting comb.

Master Lock No. 90DSPT

Gun trigger lock

2015-09-29:

Peterson Pry Bar and shallow hook

Be VERY careful not to over-turn the cylinder once you pick it open or you will drop the key pins into the upper chamber.

2015-10-02:

Standard Tension wrench

Small Half Diamond rake

2015-09-29:

Peterson Pry Bar and Shallow Hook

Opened a Gun Trigger Lock in about 2-3 minutes.

Dorlock 1204

Thin brass padlock

2015-09-20:

Peterson Pry Bar and shallow hook

There is a very stiff spring on this lock and the spring doesn't letup when the shackle is released. I picked the cylinder open several times but fumbled with the spring and had to start over before I finally got the lock properly open against the spring.

2015-09-20:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

Picked pins in reverse order (back to front).

2015-10-02:

Peterson Pry Bar and hook

Used low amount of tension

BoyzToyz

1000 to 1 key ratio padlock

2015-09-20:

Peterson Pry Bar (thick) and shallow hook

The core is really loose and can be turned a lot without picking anything. The bitting is really radical and setting pins can be really hard because you can't let the core turn too much or the pins will catch trying to raise them. Picking required a lot of guesswork as to whether a pin was set or not.

A and B:

2015-09-20:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

Medium to high tension is required to feel the pins set.

A and B:

2015-09-24:

Peterson thin serrated L tension wrench and shallow hook.

I tried many times to pick these with a Peterson Pry Bar without any success. For some reason I couldn't feel the pins set or bind. Putting tension in the bottom of the lock seemed to fix that problem and I was able to pick A and B rather quickly.

2015-10-02:

Thin serrated L tension wrench and shallow hook

I placed the L tension wrench in the lower portion of the lock to provide support for the hook to rock against so that I didn't have to contend with the curved keyway.

Master Lock No. 150

50mm

2015-09-22:

Peterson Pry Bar and shallow hook

You have to be really careful about the tension or the spool pins will bind. Too little though and you drop pins. Great practice dealing with the dynamic tension needed for spool pins.

2015-09-24:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

This lock doesn't have a spring and almost all of the pins are spool pins. When you get a false set it's really easy to turn the cylinder so much that the spool pins don't give you any counter-rotation. You have to back off on the amount the cylinder is turned before you can feel any counter-rotation.

Age No. 1040

35mm

2015-09-24:

Peterson thick serrated L tension wrench and medium hook

This is only a 3-pin lock but for some reason I couldn't get it with the Peterson Pry Bar. The front pin just wouldn't ever set. I got it right open with the L tension wrench though. There must be something with how the torque in the keyway is placed against the pin that favors bottom-of-the-keyway tension.

A, B, C, D, E, F:

2015-09-26:

Peterson Pry Bar and thick medium hook

Very high tension seems to be required to feel when the pins set. Binding order can be hard to find but once you've set the first pin without first oversetting another pin, the rest are super simple and click right into place as you push them, provided you're using enough tension. Use medium-to-high tension for the first pin and then very high for the remaining 3. These locks teach you very bad tension habits.

2015-09-27:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

The pins are very soft and you won't feel them set unless you're light on the tension and lift them very slowly and gently.

2015-09-27:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

Almost no skill is required to set these pins. Anything between low to high tension will set the pins in seconds.

2015-10-02:

Standard tension wrench

Small Half Diamond Rake

2015-09-30:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

Not a lot of tension needed. Opens in less than a minute

2015-10-01:

Peterson Pry Bar and medium hook

Hard to feel the pins. Everything is squishy. I got it open in around a minute without any particular strategy.

2015-10-01:

Peterson Pry Bar and Standard hook

Yale Padlock

Wafer Lock

2015-10-02:

Peterson Pry Bar and shallow flat-tipped hook

2015-10-02:

Peterson Pry Bar and shallow flat-tipped hook. I tried using a thicker hook and it took a long time. Switched to a thin flat-tipped hook and I opened it instantly

2015-10-05:

Narrow serrated L tension wrench and shallow pick

This lock has an extremely stiff spring so you have to use a lot of tension and this prevents you from feeling when the pins set. I basically picked it random without any feel.

2015-10-06:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

Use a lot of tension

Remington

Safety Lock #18364

Gun Lock

2015-10-07:

Narrow serrated L tension wrench and shallow pick

Horrible lock. If you jam the pick all the way to the back and rock a bit the lock opens right up.

2015-10-07:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

Extremely easy just get the pick all the way to the back and it opens

2015-10-10:

Peterson Pry Bar and shallow thick hook

I picked this accidentally in about 15 seconds but I didn't realize it was picked. I thought I got a massive false set but I'd actually picked it open. There is some turning slop in the core before the really stiff spring catches so you can pick it open until you hit the stiff spring and unless you push through the spring you won't realize it's picked. I spent 5 minutes trying to figure out what pins still needed to be set before I realized they all were already set.

2015-10-13:

Peterson Pry Bar and thin shallow hook

It's easy to over-set these pins so the best way to approach it is to be very gentle. The bitting is terrible but the pins don't seem to set in order so it isn't trivial.

MFSsupply.com

Chinese Lock

2015-10-13:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

Just use medium to high tension and push the first three pins up. Usually the front pin is the last one to release the core. Doesn't take any skill and can be done in seconds.

Master Lock

No. 4140KA

VLine 40mm

A, B, C:

2015-10-13:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

These locks have spool pins. A isn't too difficult but B and C are really sensitive and tend to be harder to get a good false set going and once you get one, it's hard not to drop already set pins when lifting the last two pins.

Lock A:

2015-10-13

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

2015-10-14:

Peterson Pry Bar and shallow hook

The quickset keyway has two deep wards so I rested the pick on the top of the right ward and used a thin hook to reach around the top left ward to reach the pins.

Pacific Lock

95G

2015-10-14:

Peterson Pry Bar and shallow hook

I can't tell if this lock has security pins or not. It seemed a bit catchy and tricky but I didn't feel any counter-rotation. Maybe it has a few serrated pins?

2015-10-14:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

Wilson Bohannan T1

2015-10-15:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

2015-10-14:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

American Lock

Two-sided Wafer Lock

2015-10-15:

Two-pronged wide tension bar with picking window in center along with a standard hook

The key for this lock is two-sided however the wafers can only move in one direction so all you have to find which side they move to and setting them is trivial. You can pick it in seconds on your first try.

Master Lock No. 4150KA

VLine 50mm

2015-10-16:

Peterson Pry Bar and standard hook

The spool pins in this lock give you a good feel and they're pretty easy to set without dropping existing set ones.