Leaving your rig while boondocking

I pretty much agree w/ everyone else. Theft in the boonies is a rare thing compared to theft in the big cities. What kind of thief is going to burn gas driving around in the boonies looking for lonely RVs to rob? Not many, is my judgement.

Bottom line -> as long as we're not overly visible from the main road and don't leave anything that looks too tempting outside the rig, we're good to go.

The only thing we've had stolen in 5 years of fulltiming was my old bike and that was in a gated (secure) private campground in San Diego.

Francesca Knowles wrote:

Flanz wrote:
Okay....Got it. First chance I get to boondock I'm doing it. Hmm, come to think of it, there's a Walmart up the road.....:)

Not to split hairs ner nuthin' but...

I hope you understand that Wallydocking's a whole 'nother thing. I myself have a whole different set of Protocols for that, none of which include leaving my trailer there if I'm not around.

I was joking around, hence the smile face...

-paul

lol, I bet just those big boots would help. For Real.

I think I read a deterrent method one time... it goes like this. You leave the following items beside the RV door: a pair of size 13 boots, a large dog food dish, and a couple of spent shotgun shells.

Curtains closed. Radio on. No worries. If they REALLY want it they will take it.

Flanz wrote:
Okay....Got it. First chance I get to boondock I'm doing it. Hmm, come to think of it, there's a Walmart up the road.....:)

Not to split hairs ner nuthin' but...

I hope you understand that Wallydocking's a whole 'nother thing. I myself have a whole different set of Protocols for that, none of which include leaving my trailer there if I'm not around.

Okay....Got it. First chance I get to boondock I'm doing it. Hmm, come to think of it, there's a Walmart up the road.....:)

Appreciate the responses and I agree with the suggestions. We'll be boondocking before ya know it.

Thx,
-paul

16 years of boondocking with no theft. One night in a campground - 2 lawn chairs taken. :)

Years ago when I worked out in the woods, my dad had his tool box stolen right off his pickup. So I started leaving my truck with the door open, the keys in the igniton, and the radio playing. Never lost a thing in years. Leave the trailer the same way, radio playing or tv on, chairs out and looks like someone around. Been doing it for a long time, and no problems......knock on wood.