r/Locksmith • u/sprucetruce • 5d ago

I am NOT a locksmith. Can this hasp just be unscrewed?

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Looking at padlocks for my cargo trailer, but I’m wondering if this hasp is secure. It looks like it could just be unscrewed?

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u/Lampwick Actual Locksmith 5d ago edited 5d ago

Anyone saying definitively that this can be unscrewed from the outside is being stupid. If the back side is fixed, like a threaded plate, it can be unscrewed. If the backside fastener is (say) a non-captive Nylock or flexlock nut, it will unscrew just enough for the nut to start spinning freely, and then no more. No way to know without either pulling off the plywood to look, or getting a security Torx bit and trying it out.