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How long does it take to fit a wheel-clamp
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The vast majority of our clamps can be fitted
(and removed) within 20 to 30 seconds. Maybe the first time
you handle a wheel-clamp it might take you two minutes. Already
the second time you fit it you will manage it within seconds.
How heavy is a wheel-clamp ?
An average wheel clamp has around 8 - 10 kg,
a weight that well combines security aspects with ease to
handle and transport of the wheel-clamp.
Heavier models that are especially suited to protect cars
weigh up to 18 kg due to heavy steel components; this massiveness
makes it extremely hard for potential car thieves. For private
customers and camping purposes we offer light clamps of around
5 kg.
Nothing is absolutely safe ! What does it
take to break open a wheel-clamp ?
Nothing is totally safe. Even wheel-clamps can be opened violently
- but it takes very heavy tools. One can't open a professional
wheel-clamp with a jemmy or a gripper. It takes a welding
apparatus to open a wheel-clamp and even then it is not so
easy and quick to open. The time to weld open a wheel-clamp
is maybe twenty minutes or more and it makes quite some noise...
And by the way, even well-equipped car thieves don't carry
a welding apparatus with them.
What is more important the tyre width or the wheel diameter
to find the suitable wheel-clamp for me ?
Well, of course , both is relevant, but the tyre width is
more important because many wheel-clamps have limitations
with the tyre width and not with the total wheel diameter.
The vast majority of wheel-clamps works fine with diameters
of up to 60 cm - that's roughly 24 inches (n.b.: that's not
the rim size, but the total wheel diameter) - and above. So
that is big enough for almost any car wheel and there shouldn't
be a problem with the diameter.
For standard wheel-clamps the tyre width can
be up to 205mm (8 inches) or even up to 230 mm (9 inches)
. Professional wheel-clamps offer the possibility to adjust
the width first and then fit the clamp onto the wheel. Therefore
a pro wheel-clamp is elaborated better and is more costly,
but it fits to wider tyres. A professional wheel-clamp will
fit tyre widths of up to 260mm (10 1/2 inches) and more.
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