Well, it finally happened. We're in Quartzsite, boondocking on BLM land and our two Honda generators were taken between 10 pm and 8 00am this morning. We had heavy duty vinyl covered cables, but that didn't stop them. Dangit!!! And no, we didn't have our names etched in them and the papers are in storage in Oregon. What a way to start the day!!! Waiting to contact ins.....sure hope they cover them!So, what do YOU do to stop yours from being stolen???

THAT SUCKS! My sympathies.I don't have generators nor do I do much boondocking. However, I am planning on getting a pair of 2k generators. My plan is to have a fully enclosed generator box installed to the rear of my fifth wheel that is designed to allow me to run the generators within the boxes. It'll have a lockable top and will be secured into the box.It'll make it more difficult to remove, but clearly- nothing is impossible.

I built a slide for the storage compartment where I keep the generator, slide it out to run it, slide it back in at night

Ouch!!! that sucks...We camp off the grid all the time and not around many folks. For us keeping them out of sight is best defense... We would never leave anything like that unattended at the camp site...My 2KW Generator lives in the tail gate corner of my covered and locked folding bed cover truck bed... When we need to use it and it is allowed we just pull it out onto the dropped tail gate. This is the only time it is visible...Being secured in the truck bed my generator goes where we go.So far so good since 2008...Roy Ken

The best way to protect those coveted Honda generators is to store them in a Champion boxHope you are able to recover them before you move on.

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ependydad
Explorer
Nov 20, 2015
THAT SUCKS! My sympathies.

I don't have generators nor do I do much boondocking. However, I am planning on getting a pair of 2k generators. My plan is to have a fully enclosed generator box installed to the rear of my fifth wheel that is designed to allow me to run the generators within the boxes. It'll have a lockable top and will be secured into the box.

It'll make it more difficult to remove, but clearly- nothing is impossible.
2oldman
Explorer II
Nov 20, 2015
Where were you parked?
MrWizard
Moderator
Nov 20, 2015
I built a slide for the storage compartment where I keep the generator, slide it out to run it, slide it back in at night
RoyB
Explorer II
Nov 20, 2015
Ouch!!! that sucks...

We camp off the grid all the time and not around many folks. For us keeping them out of sight is best defense... We would never leave anything like that unattended at the camp site...

My 2KW Generator lives in the tail gate corner of my covered and locked folding bed cover truck bed...

When we need to use it and it is allowed we just pull it out onto the dropped tail gate. This is the only time it is visible...

Being secured in the truck bed my generator goes where we go.

So far so good since 2008...

Roy Ken
Wrong_Lane
Explorer
Nov 20, 2015
The best way to protect those coveted Honda generators is to store them in a Champion box

Hope you are able to recover them before you move on.
Big_Katuna
Explorer II
Nov 20, 2015
Wrong Lane wrote:
The best way to protect those coveted Honda generators is to store them in a Champion box

Hope you are able to recover them before you move on.

Yep. Or Generac covers.
4aSong
Explorer
Nov 20, 2015
Sorry to hear of your loss but the best defense is "OUT OF SITE OUT OF MIND". We always put ours away when it is not used. No cable, chain, etc. etc. is going to prevent these idiots from stealing.

Since installing Solar we have only used the Honda one time and that was when we had a storm pass thru and had a cloud cover all day.

I hope they catch whomever may have stole them and prosecute them so they will think twice before doing it again.
pianotuna
Nomad III
Nov 20, 2015
Hi,

Sorry to hear about the theft.

Use a cable. Pass an electric current through the cable so that if it is cut a horn sounds. Of course this only works if you are "at home".

All you can do is slow thieves down.
gbopp
Explorer
Nov 20, 2015
Big Katuna wrote:
Wrong Lane wrote:
The best way to protect those coveted Honda generators is to store them in a Champion box

Hope you are able to recover them before you move on.

Yep. Or Generac covers.

Harbor Freight decals? :)
coolbreeze01
Explorer
Nov 20, 2015
Bummer......How did they defeat your security? Never felt the need to tie mine down.