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    Quote Originally Posted by NB Canada View Post
    I have never seen a door lock on any of the trailers I have had that you can brush up against to lock

    The only switch or lever is for the deadbolt and this would hit the jamb if it was engaged

    The one and only way to lock the main door is with the key , only way


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    So are you saying that I am lying or that you have not had enough experience with trailer doors to see everything that happens?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cemac5 View Post
    Can someone tell me how I locked us out of our rig?
    We had to call a locksmith and fortunately had it picked In a few minutes.
    But we tried to figure out how it happened but you need the key on the outside. Correct?
    No secret lever?

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    I’ll bet you have 2 doors. You entered one door which meant you had to unlock the handle and the deadbolt. The scenario once inside you locked the deadbolt. Then you exited the rig from the other door, leaving your keys inside. You flipped the deadbolt, but never unlocked the pull handle and once you shut the door, you’re locked out because deadbolt from inside on door1, pull handle on door 2.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jdmert View Post
    So are you saying that I am lying or that you have not had enough experience with trailer doors to see everything that happens?
    In the trailers I have seen or had there isn’t any way to lock the main lock without a key
    Perhaps yours had 2 switches. One for the main lock and one for the deadbolt
    Not saying you are lying at all
    But I have never heard of such a door lock

    Maybe others could chime in


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    Quote Originally Posted by NB Canada View Post
    In the trailers I have seen or had there isn’t any way to lock the main lock without a key
    Perhaps yours had 2 switches. One for the main lock and one for the deadbolt
    Not saying you are lying at all
    But I have never heard of such a door lock

    Maybe others could chime in


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    Read my post (#9) above, it is easier to do than you might think.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SolarPoweredRV View Post
    Read my post (#9) above, it is easier to do than you might think.
    Yes. In post 17 I mentioned this


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    Quote Originally Posted by FT4NOW View Post
    I think its possible to have the handle locked (not the deadbolt) and be able to shut the door without it unlocking. At some point you would have had to lock that lock with a key unless there is an issue with the lock.

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    THis is exactly we bought a "Hide-A-Key" at Auto-Zone...$8. Haven't exactly needed it yet, but ya never know...
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    We never use the top lock, just the deadbolt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AZMike View Post
    We never use the top lock, just the deadbolt.
    Us also, the tech that did our pdi warned us about this.

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    Has anyone looked into modifying the lock so that only the deadbolt will lock?

    As a few have attested, this design makes it too easy for someone to get locked out by accident... IMO, it is a bad design. One should not have to resort to the hideakey solution.... Not all thieves are stupid. Some will go right to the hiding place..... No matter how clever one may think it is.
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    We keep a spare key to the rv hidden in the TV just in case. The TV has a keypad which would come in handy should we loose those keys.

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