Travel Trailer Theft
My wife and I are considering buying a travel trailer. I already own a pick-up and we were thinking that we'd buy a "new-ish" used travel travel (within towing limits of my truck) and leisurely tour ...
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marininn wrote:
Campgrounds should be very safe to leave it.
Out west many people camp along BLM roads or just out in the middle of nowhere. That is a place to be concerned.
I have never unhooked in the desert and left my trailer. Im took scared, it is too easy for a thief to hook up and drive off, too few people around to see also. I have left the trailer hooked and locked to TV and left it though.
Insured, yes. Able to just write a check and continue the trip? never. Game over.
A better question is how safe is leaving a camper in the BLM type area?
(and I mean a nice trailer, not an old popup nobody wants to steal anyway, no offense)
Also, I theorize that a 5th wheeler would be safer as fewer thieves will be able to tow one, or be set up for 5th, and most who have a 5th hitch have enough money so are not petty thieves.
What security measures are best? Wheel locks, hitch locks, removable hitches???
There is none. Cordless tools make any lock, chain, cable or whatever obsolete. IOW's don't leave your trailer abandon out in the wilderness or you are just asking for trouble.
I have many tow truck driver friends. They tell me they can get anything if they want it. And it's not that hard if you know what you're doing. Thieves know what they are doing. At least a lot of them do.
