securing a travel trailer
Hello is there any way to secure a travel trail when you un hook while going out to see the sights so no one will steal it??
Forum Discussion
Solution:
- Make sure your insurance is up to date and appropriate.
- Set a chair out under the awning.
- Pop a cold one or two and just relax.
- Have the wife drive to the sites, since you shouldn't drink and drive.
Unless you stay in really sketchy campgrounds, no one is going to drive away with your trailer. The vast majority of stolen trailers are in backyards or storage yards where they have plenty of time to case the situation and it will be a long time before anyone notices it's gone.
If you want to feel like you've done something, close the latch and put a padlock thru it, so it's a hassle to get hooked up.
I would avoid: removing tires, boots on the tires, or other exotic solutions as they are likely to hook up and try to drive away without checking. The end result is more damage.
Not that I would ever bother but one great idea I heard of: Mount a large sign on the back. "If you can see this sign, this trailer has been stolen." Then mount a cover over the sign with a rope to strung under to the wheels.
- When you take off, you disconnect and secure the rope, so the cover stays on.
- When the thief takes off the rotating wheels pull the rope which pulls the cover off but not until they drive away.
- Make sure your insurance is up to date and appropriate.
- Set a chair out under the awning.
- Pop a cold one or two and just relax.
- Have the wife drive to the sites, since you shouldn't drink and drive.
Unless you stay in really sketchy campgrounds, no one is going to drive away with your trailer. The vast majority of stolen trailers are in backyards or storage yards where they have plenty of time to case the situation and it will be a long time before anyone notices it's gone.
If you want to feel like you've done something, close the latch and put a padlock thru it, so it's a hassle to get hooked up.
I would avoid: removing tires, boots on the tires, or other exotic solutions as they are likely to hook up and try to drive away without checking. The end result is more damage.
Not that I would ever bother but one great idea I heard of: Mount a large sign on the back. "If you can see this sign, this trailer has been stolen." Then mount a cover over the sign with a rope to strung under to the wheels.
- When you take off, you disconnect and secure the rope, so the cover stays on.
- When the thief takes off the rotating wheels pull the rope which pulls the cover off but not until they drive away.
