Nice idea, but there is no room between the tailgate and the truck bed to
put a common padlock. Even a "tee bolt" type hose clamp will not fit. (If
one
did I would just change the bolt to a Torx bolt.)

"Ian Stirling" wrote in message
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frank wrote:
There is no hole, and I am not going to drill holes in my brand new
truck
to add a lock.

A padlock with a hoop as large as the proposed hose clamp.