Travel trailer meth labs?!?!

rvfamilyguy wrote:

fatmanobx wrote:
If meth is cooked in a camper, most likely it will be destroyed due to the chem.s that are used in cooking it.. I am kind of shocked that you are surprised that this happens. It's been going on for years.

I am surprised, ignorance is bliss I guess. Our family is just your average hard working family who has had to work hard for everything we have. I guess this event has reminded us that their are people who don't share those values, they prefer to just take someone else's things. We have State Farm covering the trailer, it's not full replacement and doesn't cover contents. I hope they will be fair to work with. The loss of the contents really stinks because we had saved and bought some nice things over time to make our camping experiences more comfortable. Things like the the Progressive industries EMS-HW30C unit I just installed myself, the equalizer hitch system, camping chairs, camping stove, light kits, carpet, screen room........all contents inside the trailer were not cheap. Maybe Marcus, the CEO at Camping World should have a program called "So Your Camper Was Just Stolen Discount Program". :)

Yeah, it is really not understood by all how tragic a loss like this can be. My heart goes out to you and yours. Hopefully, your Rockwood will be found with the accessories inside and you can salvage all of those.

My understanding is that these meth cookers will setup in the easiest place available. I'm sure some are sophisticated enough to have a modus operandus of stealing RV's and using them for that sole purpose. I know that they will also do it in their own living space or close by.

My Daughter is living in a house that was condemned from drug activity. They were cooking the meth in the back yard, using a gang of microwave ovens. The ring leader was the Grandson of the elderly widow that owned the house. She was probably clueless about the activity.

The house was totally stripped and renovated by a neighboring couple that bought the house. They went to extraordinary measures to make the house not only decontaminated but kind of a showplace. I toured the house prior to my Daughter moving in and it's remarkable what they did to recover the property.

The EPA considers mobile homes and RV's that have been used for meth labs pretty much non-recoverable because of they way they're built and the level of decontamination needed.

EPA voluntary guidelines for meth lab cleanup