If you plan to steal a Freightmaster, you'll have to carry it away!
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Now, York give every Freightmaster Total Protection from theft.
If you want a Freightmaster badly enough to steal it (and nobody could blame you), you'll have to carry the whole darned trailer off on your back! Because when the Freightmaster's Halterlock is in place, the trailer is immobilized. Untowable. So if you leave a Freightmaster unattended over-night, relax! It will still be there when you get back!
Halterlock—York's rugged kingpin' lock is now standard on all York Freightmaster vans. It is a near-indestructible hi-tensile steel forging which grips around the neck of the king-pin and is secured by a patented hardened steel lock. It is neat and so small that it's nearly impossible to hit or prize off. Actually there is only one practical way to steal a Freightmaster with a Halterlock — steal the key first. Note for small-time thieves The Freightrnaster's load is as safe as the trailer itself. Each big rear door is fitted with a separate camlock incorporating a husky padlock double rubber seals. The same key locks the door padlocks and the Halterlock, so just one key gives you total protection.
You can't pinch a Freightmaster. You can't pinch its load. But you can pinch York's ideas on security! Because now you can buy* a Halterlock for any make of trailer. You still won't have a trailer as good as a Freightmaster, of course — but at least you won't lose it!
* From your York service depot.