I first ran into these locks in Germany, where the deposit was 1 Deutsch Mark (about USD 0.65 at the time). When Aldi grocery stores came to the USA, they brought these locks with them, and deposit is USD 0.25. You guys are quite expensive at an AUD 1.00 or 2.00 deposit. While this is a cool video, and the lock is by no means intended to be high security, I like them. No more abandoned carts rolling into my car, at least at the Aldi. I generally leave my quarter (USD 0.25 coin) in the lock and return my cart so the next person who may be without a quarter can do their shopping. In the worst case, the Aldi cashier will gladly hand you a quarter for the cart if you have none.
This project was started years ago when all the local supermarkets purchased these and then promptly fired all the trolley collectors - as a former trolley collection contractor, I took exception to this and used the above tool to effect a trolley related protest that later resulted in their reinstatement. post covid times, no-one carries coins due to the fearmongering about physical cash, making this engineering solution a major inconvenience once again. Buying the $2 Aldi trolley token also seems like a futile and pointless excersize. Two techs that would be similarly costed would be to fit satellite trackers to each trolley (actually cheaper than the locks) or to fit the perimeter sensitive wheel locks (slightly more expensive) But that's just my personal take on the whole idea. They are poorly implemented engineering controls.
Mate, this video truly helped me out here. I brought your approach a bit further and adopted a big paper clip for this purpose. It is stunningly effective. Cheers from 🇵🇱!
The 3D printed tools work well and are faster as well as less obvious. I pop a pocket full of quarters when I go to the store. I used to push the carts back but now I just harvest the quarter.
lazy. The reason they have the lock on the cart is so you will return the cart. Are you really so lazy that you can't walk the cart back to the store? And do you really need a quarter that badly? So what do you do after you "harvest" the quarter? Just leave the cart in the parking lot so it will get in the way and somebody not as lazy as you will return it?
When I was a trolley collector I used to live off that. The company that employed me was having kids as young as 16 apply for an ABN so they could pay them less than min wage.
Thanks for this mate, what gets me is the stupid people that shove any trolley anywhere instead of the nominated bays, Aldi, Coles ,Woollies, etc, and you can't get to the key to get your coin/token out without having to move 5 or more trolleys to get to it, I have lost more than 5 bucks because of it taking my Dad shopping, and for him being a pensioner every dollar helps, this will solve my problem.👍
Glad it's useful. I was a trolley collector once upon a time, every cent counter there too. The main issue I faced was breaking trolleys into banks of 10.
I'm not sure, but this brand of lock is used in numerous countries. I have seen the same supermarket chains use different locks between stores. the aldi ones off memory use a tray type loader, but I suspect it would be susceptible to shimming. I'd have to get one in my hands to reverse engineer it.
No, and my patreon is basically dead, I don't maintain it as they didn't pay out. I did cad files for the picks, not the lock. Those are on thingiverse
Depends where you come from, I married an American, so I've become accustomed to using interchangable spelling and terminology like "welp" "yall" and "zee".
@@TheAussieRepairGuy Yeah, but I don't think anyone uses "kart" for a shopping cart. A kart is a go-kart. I just thought it might help people to search for your video if you used the conventional spelling.
@@dgphi Additionally, this channel does not exist to generate a profit, so I literally don't care who finds the video. You will note that I'm not begging for subscriptions like most do, and that I have disabled non-skippable ads.
Yeah but you can't remove it. The concept here was to make it removable, and also to remove the coins. In previous employment I was a trolley collector, and this was neccesary when moving stacks of trolleys
@@jungleno. I don't recall hearing that phrase used when visiting Texas, I spent time in the Mabank and Gunbarrel areas, perhaps I wasn't far enough south.
Great little video, I've always been curious about how to bypass them.
I first ran into these locks in Germany, where the deposit was 1 Deutsch Mark (about USD 0.65 at the time). When Aldi grocery stores came to the USA, they brought these locks with them, and deposit is USD 0.25. You guys are quite expensive at an AUD 1.00 or 2.00 deposit.
While this is a cool video, and the lock is by no means intended to be high security, I like them. No more abandoned carts rolling into my car, at least at the Aldi. I generally leave my quarter (USD 0.25 coin) in the lock and return my cart so the next person who may be without a quarter can do their shopping. In the worst case, the Aldi cashier will gladly hand you a quarter for the cart if you have none.
This project was started years ago when all the local supermarkets purchased these and then promptly fired all the trolley collectors - as a former trolley collection contractor, I took exception to this and used the above tool to effect a trolley related protest that later resulted in their reinstatement.
post covid times, no-one carries coins due to the fearmongering about physical cash, making this engineering solution a major inconvenience once again.
Buying the $2 Aldi trolley token also seems like a futile and pointless excersize.
Two techs that would be similarly costed would be to fit satellite trackers to each trolley (actually cheaper than the locks) or to fit the perimeter sensitive wheel locks (slightly more expensive)
But that's just my personal take on the whole idea.
They are poorly implemented engineering controls.
Mate, this video truly helped me out here. I brought your approach a bit further and adopted a big paper clip for this purpose. It is stunningly effective. Cheers from 🇵🇱!
Great idea!
Thanks mate. I don't carry cash on me anymore, including shrapnel so this will come in handy.
That pick too. Seen a few lonely trolleys around my town
When I collected trolleys as a job, this skill was invaluable - they often had things jammed in the lock too.
Made one myself, Works Good ! Thanks !
Great video. Keep up picking carts. 😀👍 Subbed.
Cool! I have always wondered how it works! Thank you!
Very Good, Now I Understand ! Thanks.
The 3D printed tools work well and are faster as well as less obvious. I pop a pocket full of quarters when I go to the store. I used to push the carts back but now I just harvest the quarter.
Yeah I have a few of those, I laser cut half coins on a stick now, this design is about 15 years old.
lazy. The reason they have the lock on the cart is so you will return the cart. Are you really so lazy that you can't walk the cart back to the store? And do you really need a quarter that badly? So what do you do after you "harvest" the quarter? Just leave the cart in the parking lot so it will get in the way and somebody not as lazy as you will return it?
Neat upload, you did well.
thanks, I can see this is going to be a polarizing video
My last weekly shop cost me nothing. I just got 50+ coins out of other people's trollies in the shop, and the trip paid for itself.
When I was a trolley collector I used to live off that. The company that employed me was having kids as young as 16 apply for an ABN so they could pay them less than min wage.
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Thanks for this mate, what gets me is the stupid people that shove any trolley anywhere instead of the nominated bays, Aldi, Coles ,Woollies, etc, and you can't get to the key to get your coin/token out without having to move 5 or more trolleys to get to it, I have lost more than 5 bucks because of it taking my Dad shopping, and for him being a pensioner every dollar helps, this will solve my problem.👍
Glad it's useful. I was a trolley collector once upon a time, every cent counter there too. The main issue I faced was breaking trolleys into banks of 10.
thankyou. i saw another video the man just put the round end of the key in and it did the same job what do you think about that? thankyou
There are special keys made for trolley collectors made by the lock manufacturer, my previous employers were too cheap to buy them, hence this design
Is this the same for all trolleys? Aldis and Costco etc
I'm not sure, but this brand of lock is used in numerous countries.
I have seen the same supermarket chains use different locks between stores.
the aldi ones off memory use a tray type loader, but I suspect it would be susceptible to shimming. I'd have to get one in my hands to reverse engineer it.
Did you say the CAD design for the lock itself was on Patreon at the end? I'm searching for one of these CAD files for a uni project!
No, and my patreon is basically dead, I don't maintain it as they didn't pay out.
I did cad files for the picks, not the lock. Those are on thingiverse
Do you Selling this tools to me ?
Or where Can I buy this tool ?
I make them from wire coat hangars, but there is a 3D printable version I posted on thingiverse.
www.thingiverse.com/thing:611675
Very interesting. Thanks. You misspelled "cart" in the title, by the way.
Depends where you come from, I married an American, so I've become accustomed to using interchangable spelling and terminology like "welp" "yall" and "zee".
@@TheAussieRepairGuy Yeah, but I don't think anyone uses "kart" for a shopping cart. A kart is a go-kart. I just thought it might help people to search for your video if you used the conventional spelling.
@@dgphi both spellings exist in the key words for this video.
@@dgphi Additionally, this channel does not exist to generate a profit, so I literally don't care who finds the video.
You will note that I'm not begging for subscriptions like most do, and that I have disabled non-skippable ads.
@@TheAussieRepairGuy Okay man, I was just trying to make a helpful suggestion. It doesn't matter.
Just use an old house key
Yeah but you can't remove it.
The concept here was to make it removable, and also to remove the coins.
In previous employment I was a trolley collector, and this was neccesary when moving stacks of trolleys
Can you take it apart and show me again
Lol you can replay youtube vudris, ir is there some specific part you wa t clarification on?
This lock is 2 years buried in my dhed sonewhere
There called shopping carts or carriage not “ trollies “.
Australians call them trolleys.
I'm not here to argue regional dialects, otherwise we'd be arguing about lorrries, trucks, and utes...
They are called buggies(as in baby buggy)in southern states in the US.
@@jungleno. I don't recall hearing that phrase used when visiting Texas, I spent time in the Mabank and Gunbarrel areas, perhaps I wasn't far enough south.