adding door deadbolt

JesLookin wrote:

dougrainer wrote:

RoyB wrote:
Probably just enough to keep the honest thieves out. Havent seen a RV yet I couldn't just stick a large flatblade screwdriver in the door jam and easily pry it open. All the aluminum supports bends rather easy and goes back into its original form...

We lock up everything but anything that is important to use always goes where we go in the truck...

Lots of the same info like this on the various posts you read about Rv Security...

Has nothing to do with going out of the country... If they want to get inside they will get inside real easy...

Roy Ken

I doubt you have 36 years of RV experience. I have yet to see a Motorhome or Towable RV door with the standard lock and deadbolt locked be opened by a pry bar or a screwdriver. What I have seen is destroyed doors from the thieves that ruin the door thinking they can get in like a residential door lock and they then break a window to get in, OR they break the window in the door to get access to the inside latch assbly. The standard locks/deadbolts on RV's, IF ENGAGED, will keep thieves out. Doug

That is how they broke into our old 5er. On both the front & back doors, the standard lock and dead bolts were locked. They simply pried open both doors, ruining both the doors and jams. They did that to our's and the other 12 campers parked at the storage facility.

That's just it no matter how sturdy/strong the lock is,the door and door frame are just soft aluminum and can be pried open very easily.
The additional deadbolt may keep an honest person out but it won't stop a thief.