Stolen Camper UPDATE
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE
I am very pleased to report that the camper is back in my hands after a very competent and quality restoration by Service Manager Mike Williams and his crew at Lance. To my eye it is as good as it was prior to being stolen. The estimate was spot on without any extras found after the fact. Thank you Mike and Lance.
The insurance company (Liberty Mutual) was very fair. After receiving the estimate and photos of the damage they decided to salvage the unit. They estimated its value which pretty well matched similar units I found online. They offered to hand me a check for the full value and take it for salvage. They also offered it back to me after estimating what the salvage would bring. If I wanted the camper as is they would deduct the salvage value from the replacement estimate and give me a check for the difference. It turned out that this check was more than the estimate to restore by Lance so I took it. I paid Lance for the restoration and still had some cash left over.
In the end except, for losing a summer of camping and horse riding, I am back to where I was except my liberal progressive leaning have moved ever so slightly to the right, but just a little.
Thank you all for your support and information.
Joe
ORIGINAL POST
Early this morning my beautiful Lance Camper was stolen from my community RV lot in suburban Phoenix, Arizona. The camper was mounted on my F-350 DRW Diesel Shortbed Truck which was probably the primary target, but since the camper was secured with Fastguns and Fastgun locks and without a way to remove it, they took it all.
The camper is somewhat unusual as not too many were made in 05 and 06. It is a Lance Max 881 designed for a short bed dually. The Vehicle Identification Number is 157341 which is on the placard to the left of the door. It has all the upgrades, including a drivers side slide out which held the dining table and refrigerator, a propane generator, Air conditioning, a rear crank awning and passenger side pull down awning and the somewhat unusual passenger side rear kitchen. The rear door was jimmied and the latch removed and discarded. The truck had a Reese Tow Beast Class V hitch. The camper interior and exterior is or was in pristine condition.
I post this only in case someone observes it somewhere, either on or off the truck. I really do miss it already.
I am very pleased to report that the camper is back in my hands after a very competent and quality restoration by Service Manager Mike Williams and his crew at Lance. To my eye it is as good as it was prior to being stolen. The estimate was spot on without any extras found after the fact. Thank you Mike and Lance.
The insurance company (Liberty Mutual) was very fair. After receiving the estimate and photos of the damage they decided to salvage the unit. They estimated its value which pretty well matched similar units I found online. They offered to hand me a check for the full value and take it for salvage. They also offered it back to me after estimating what the salvage would bring. If I wanted the camper as is they would deduct the salvage value from the replacement estimate and give me a check for the difference. It turned out that this check was more than the estimate to restore by Lance so I took it. I paid Lance for the restoration and still had some cash left over.
In the end except, for losing a summer of camping and horse riding, I am back to where I was except my liberal progressive leaning have moved ever so slightly to the right, but just a little.
Thank you all for your support and information.
Joe
ORIGINAL POST
Early this morning my beautiful Lance Camper was stolen from my community RV lot in suburban Phoenix, Arizona. The camper was mounted on my F-350 DRW Diesel Shortbed Truck which was probably the primary target, but since the camper was secured with Fastguns and Fastgun locks and without a way to remove it, they took it all.
The camper is somewhat unusual as not too many were made in 05 and 06. It is a Lance Max 881 designed for a short bed dually. The Vehicle Identification Number is 157341 which is on the placard to the left of the door. It has all the upgrades, including a drivers side slide out which held the dining table and refrigerator, a propane generator, Air conditioning, a rear crank awning and passenger side pull down awning and the somewhat unusual passenger side rear kitchen. The rear door was jimmied and the latch removed and discarded. The truck had a Reese Tow Beast Class V hitch. The camper interior and exterior is or was in pristine condition.
I post this only in case someone observes it somewhere, either on or off the truck. I really do miss it already.
