honda vs yamaha generator

riven1950 wrote:
Bumpy I like your idea with the plywood, although in my case with a 18 foot TT it seems it would be too easy to move the TT off the plywood. Or am I missing something?

mlts22 do you hook up and run the genny while it is in the truck bed?

I agree a thief with bolt cutters could ruin a good security measure, but they do make some pretty tough security cables now. Luckily most crack heads and thieves of opportunity do not have bolt cutters.

Yep, I run the generator in the truck bed, taking care to use a longer power cord and have the exhaust point well away from my TT when it is parked. That way, even a light breeze will disperse any CO before it becomes a problem.

When I was in college and had an internship job for the university, I saw the local police used bait bikes (bicycles that had the tires deflated and were attached to a rack with various amounts of security) to nab bike thieves, some of the scofflaws had the blade of the bolt cutters and the handles in separate segments stored in their backpack, only assembling it to do their dirty work, so they can hit the road with their prize (be it an expensive bike with a cheap lock or anything else that could be sold at a fence for their next fix.)

After seeing what type of bike locks got broken and what lasted the test of thieves, I do not trust steel cables, no matter how thick, beefy-appearing, and Kevlar wrapped they are. The sole exception are the armored cables sold for motorcycles that have interlocking steel links. Instead, I use high test security chains as the main defense, then use a cable as a secondary lock.

I would be afraid of using a board under a tire. It will stop casual opportunistic thieves, but there is a good chance of a tweaker trashing a tire either in an attempt to "liberate" the board.