feel the need to chain down your tt ?
We have only owned an rv for a few years but never seen this. We are at nice florida park and a couple moved in next to us today. After a while I looked over from my chair and noticed they had a logg...
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Good friend had just brought his 30' Toyhauler home from storage to load for a trip, on Xmas eve day. Loaded all the toys, tools, riding gear, clothes, etc. Only thing left was food. Planning on pulling out in the afternoon Xmas day. Parked in front of his house, with a good quality hitch lock (the type with the ball that locks inside the coupler). At 4am Xmas morning (all caught on surveillance camera), a truck pulled up, two guys removed the hitch lock (couldn't see exactly how they did it in the video, and they left no pieces), and the entire rig was gone within 5 minutes.
Around the same time period, another toyhauler was stolen in the same area, this one was hitched up to a motorhome, locked to the hitch, with a jeep parked behind it. Thieves cut the hitch lock, dragged the front of the trailer out sideways onto the street (damaging the back of the motorhome and the front of the jeep in the process), and then hooked up and took off. Again, right around 5 minutes.
So while hitch locks may slow a thief down, it won't slow a knowledgeable thief down very much. A heavy chain through the wheel spokes in addition to a hitch lock? Just another delay that might convince a thief to go to the next trailer down.
Around the same time period, another toyhauler was stolen in the same area, this one was hitched up to a motorhome, locked to the hitch, with a jeep parked behind it. Thieves cut the hitch lock, dragged the front of the trailer out sideways onto the street (damaging the back of the motorhome and the front of the jeep in the process), and then hooked up and took off. Again, right around 5 minutes.
So while hitch locks may slow a thief down, it won't slow a knowledgeable thief down very much. A heavy chain through the wheel spokes in addition to a hitch lock? Just another delay that might convince a thief to go to the next trailer down.
