Buffo Locks...

[Twodose]

The lock I have, on the box says 28ST, which lock on kleen-rite is that lock? I don’t see a 28ST on there, there is so many different buffo locks, trying to get the same lock with the same key if possible.

 

[MEP001]

28ST is the model series of the lock. The specific model number is 28/70. If you have one you're trying to match, the number is only on the key. Each lock on Kleen-Rite is listed by the key number. They're four digits, so if it says "BUFFO LOCK #80" it's a 28/70 lock keyed number 0080. You may notice there are only 14 different locks on Kleen-Rite, which is why I bought one pair of MasterLock of the same type at a hardware store and special ordered more with the same key number from allpadlocks.com.

 

[Twodose]

So they only have 14 different key numbers for all the locks?

 

[I.B. Washincars]

So they only have 14 different key numbers for all the locks?

Scary, isn't it?

One of the suppliers listed the numbers that they carried. At one time or another, I had had over half of those numbers. I could buy one of each lock and have keys to many car washes, maybe even yours.

 

[Randy]

What do you need a key for. I can open a Buffo/Abus faster without a key, simple to open. Last Saturday night I had 2 kids with a cordless drill screw up half the locks at the car wash, never got anything but a visit from the police on Sunday morning. No car, they were on foot, the police knew who they were. Amateurs, they didn't have a clue on what they were doing.

 

[Twodose]

If they’re going to break into something I would rather they have a key, locks really just keep honest people honest. I used to keep the plug locks out of my Hamilton changer and one day went there to find both validator bill boxes and the hoppers setting on the floor lined up real nice, no damage, but of course no bills or coin either.

 

[MEP001]

One of the suppliers listed the numbers that they carried. At one time or another, I had had over half of those numbers. I could buy one of each lock and have keys to many car washes, maybe even yours.

Kleen-Rite lists them all. When I took over my wash there were six different key numbers, and I have keys to my customers' washes which includes at least four more.

 

[MEP001]

If they’re going to break into something I would rather they have a key, locks really just keep honest people honest. I used to keep the plug locks out of my Hamilton changer and one day went there to find both validator bill boxes and the hoppers setting on the floor lined up real nice, no damage, but of course no bills or coin either.

If you hadn't left it unlocked, odds are they would have destroyed your changer getting into it. The last guys I helped replace their changer had a front load that opens from outside. Crooks broke into the building and cut the back off it and completely destroyed everything getting to the money.

 

[soonermajic]

I agree. Used to lock our Hamilton, but thives got in 1 night & halfway destroyed em. Better to leave unlocked.

 

[Randy]

I’ve replaced and sold a lot of bill changers that were locked when the thieves broke into the car wash and damaged them beyond repair. The cabinet on the Hamilton bill changer costs more to replace than the money that’s in the changer so why lock it. I have a customer who cemented his changer into the wall, 6 months later the thieves broke into his equipment room and destroyed his changer, he had a hell of a time getting it out of the wall. I also can’t understand why a lot of car wash operators don’t have a basic burglar alarm system.