mounting a safe

Big Katuna wrote:
You can pry that Sentry open with two standard crowbars in under five minutes.

A good strategy is add a cheap safe, leave it unlocked with a Walmart wallet with expired cards and some cash, some cheap fake jewelry and hide the good stuff in a cereal box or soap container.

Theif thinks he's hit the jackpot and leaves.

I =like= this. :-) Who carries cash, though? I'd put some good fake bills in it, though, right next to a nasty little surprise that might take off a finger or two.

Lyle

yolo6886 wrote:
I've decided recently that I want to try to mount a safe in my rig. I've been scouting a location for quite some time now and still haven't been able to come up with anything solid. I would like to bolt it or secure it somewhere, I'm not really crazy about going to the floor but I'm having trouble finding the location. Just curious if anyone else has done this and what their suggestions were. Thanks a lot and any input is appreciated

Mine came from the factory mounted to the floor of the curb-side front wardrobe. Simple steel box with a hasp for a combo or key lock. I usually leave it unlocked, with the lock inside and have only used it maybe 2 times...but it's there. I'll usually have DW toss a few things on top of it, just for a bit of cover. Gun never leaves my side or me, unless I'm in the shower. YMMV...

Lyle

You can pry that Sentry open with two standard crowbars in under five minutes.

A good strategy is add a cheap safe, leave it unlocked with a Walmart wallet with expired cards and some cash, some cheap fake jewelry and hide the good stuff in a cereal box or soap container.

Theif thinks he's hit the jackpot and leaves.

in my TT I put a small one under a dinette seat, bolted thru the floor with carriage bolts on the outside and the nuts,etc., inside the safe.
In my MH I put it under the bed, but wasn't bolted down that securely as it was a bed slide.
bumpy

I got the perfect spot in my off-road POPUP trailer inside one of the cabinets floor. Safe would be under the trailer floor with access inside a floor cabinet.

Another good spot might be under the storage area of the pull up bed.

Also in the bed room of my fifth wheel is a sink cabinet with a hole that goes into the pass-through storage area for dropping dirty clothes thru into a basket. That might be a good place for a floor mounted safe

We almost would rather not really use a safe for real valuables and just keep them in the truck cab when on the road.

Having a lock box in the trailer would have its value I guess.

Some think they might want to store a house firearm there but by the time you got it opened up to get to your firearm would probably take too much time... Mine hangs in its holster next to the front door covered with a jacket...

I saw one once in the kitchen area mounted in a door looking fake microwave unit. Thought that was neat...

Roy Ken

I recently mounted this small, inexpensive ($69 at Home Depot) safe in the bottom of the closet:



It is thru bolted with large bolts, double nutted and 1.5" SS washers (top and bottom). I had to come in from underneath which involved some disassembly and special tools to reach and torque down the bolts/nuts. Could some miscreant get it out? Probably, but it would involve a lot more time and tools then the average snatch and grab artist is going to have.

:C

I've seen a few under the steps which means that is probably the first place a real thief will look. I would think the floor is the only really "secure" spot since you could totally enclose the safe and make it harder to rip out. They could get it out with a bit of work, but it will make noise and that may be a deterrent.

The other side of the coin is that the thieves see a safe and instantly think "Valuables worth stealing" and may make the effort necessary to get to it. Definitely needs to be out of sight.

On my current trailer I would rather not say, but...

On my previous Outback it was under a step. The self-locking nuts were inside a cabinet. You had to remove a drawer to even see them. It took me about a half hour to get in there and secure them and I figure no hit and run thief is going to go to that much trouble.

I would think the bedroom, I would like to be able to see where I am drilling ,and bolting. It would also enable to add some extra security inside the basement.

If elsewhere I would be careful where you are drilling, and bolting, its hard to say where electrical ,water etc is.

Ours came with the safe built into a cabinet in the front closet of the 5th wheel on the right (door) side of the RV. The cabinet is secured to the floor, wall and ceiling. I'm sure a burglar with a saber saw or sledgehammer could rip it out, but as my dear ole departed Dad used to say, locks only keep honest people honest.

Rusty