I am wondering what might be the best way to lock up a scooter/cycle that is being parked on the carrier on my Durango. These days the most common way to steal such items is to use a battery powered portable grinder which will get through just about anything. There are some ways to prevent it somewhat such as hardened chain inside a bicycle rubber tube which is filled with tar along with the chain but you still need to somehow make it very difficult to get to whatever it is shackled with/to such as a padlock that is hidden under a plate or channel that prevents reaching it easily with a grinder. Anybody have a better idea? I want it to be reasonably easy and fast to get at so I'm not spending my life just parking the scooter on the carrier and getting it off again.
This is the carrier set up:

With parking ramp:

And how it will sort of look with a scooter parked on the carrier, more or less. There will be strapping to hold it in place or perhaps a couple of metal tubes fastened to the plates at each end of the shaft that plugs in to the hitch mount and fastened to the scooter near the top somewhere. I want it all quick and easy to do. I will be using the scooter to run around the middle of downtown Victoria with the Durango parked a few klics away to avoid paying 200 bucks a month for vehicle parking. The cost of parking for a year nearly pays for the scooter. I will only really need the Durango when I want to do some real distance driving. Victoria is a pretty compact town. Scooters and bikes are very popular there.
This is the carrier set up:

With parking ramp:

And how it will sort of look with a scooter parked on the carrier, more or less. There will be strapping to hold it in place or perhaps a couple of metal tubes fastened to the plates at each end of the shaft that plugs in to the hitch mount and fastened to the scooter near the top somewhere. I want it all quick and easy to do. I will be using the scooter to run around the middle of downtown Victoria with the Durango parked a few klics away to avoid paying 200 bucks a month for vehicle parking. The cost of parking for a year nearly pays for the scooter. I will only really need the Durango when I want to do some real distance driving. Victoria is a pretty compact town. Scooters and bikes are very popular there.

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