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  • Before you boondock on their property, look behind their house and out buildings. Make sure there isn't a bunch of abandoned vehicles with out of state tags.
    Then, look for possible new graves.

    If you don't find any, it's probably safe to boondock on their property.
    But, sleep with one eye open, and if you hear a chainsaw and see no woodpile, maybe it's time to leave. :B

    If someone allows me to boondock on their property, I assume they want me there and are decent people. I wouldn't worry.
  • yrusoslo wrote:
    In today's world, can you trust the people that let you boonedock on their property. What is your opinion on this?
    How do you find them?
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    You are probably more safe being off to yourself somewhere then sandwiched between 50 trailers in a camp ground.

    We get back off the power grids alot in the Natl Forest areas and have never felt unsafe. The few people you may run across are doing the same thing you are...

    Also we have found an unwritten rule that most campers all look out for each other pretty good. I will approach someone in a heart beat if they look out of place.

    Never really camped on private property much by myself but have been in small groups usually doing private campgrounds fishing...

    Have never camped at a loud NASCAR place either - Now this too me would be a possible unsafe environment I would think... Too much wiskey going down there along with wild parties from what I hear... No one sleeps so maybe that makes it more safe???

    Roy Ken
  • Are you saying that in 1850 it was safer to park under a tree and camp out under the stars, and now it is no longer safe to do so?

    I feel much safer now than if I had driven across country in a covered wagon 150 years ago.

    Fred.

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