Travel trailer security - keep it or stuff from being stolen

Most of your thieves out there these days are just opportunistic. Instead of going around smashing windows, they're just going around and pulling door handles until they find a door that opens. They aren't cutting locks, chains, or performing high tech trickery to defeat security devices like you see on TV. These days they're simply walking away with the stuff that isn't secured.

When tailgate thefts were really hot a few years back, a simple $1 hose clamp could prevent the theft. Sure the hose clamp could be defeated, but why would thieves waste time messing with 1 troublesome tailgate when they can quickly hit 15 unprotected trucks down the street. Same thing happens with wheels and wheel locks.

Simply locking up your stuff is enough to prevent it from being stolen in most cases. Keeping your doors locked and take reasonable measures to prevent trailer theft is all that's needed to prevent most thefts. Even cheap locks work better than no locks. Out of sight out of mind goes a long way too when it comes to valuables. Thieves gravitate towards easy targets. Thieves are incredibly lazy and like to avoid hard work. The simple presence of a lock is enough to have them go look for easier targets. Sadly, there's plenty of easy targets for them out there.