Our LP tanks got burgled at the storage facility where we leave it during the winter. Someone had removed the plastic cover, switched empty tanks for our full ones, then placed everything back. We did not notice until we retrieved the rig and used it in a nearby campground, and we had no propane. We have not had any trouble before with anyone messing with the batteries or propane. We (and the storage site owners) learned we were parked in a blind spot where the video cameras left a gap in the coverage.
After getting the tanks filled, we went to a local hardware store and bought a set of 5 padlocks all keyed identical. One padlock secures a bicycle lock cable wound through the tanks and frame, another two secures the batteries, a fourth secures the ball hitch, and the 5th is an extra for securing generators, bikes, or whatever. We each have a key on our keyrings and extras inside.
The next time we went to retrieve the rig, I noticed someone had removed the plastic tank cover and started to remove the tanks, but did not finish. He must have seen the cable and stopped.
BTW -- the story finishes with the owners of the storage facility firing a young male employee whom they suspected of the theft, after other reports of rigs being broken into into. All evidence they had was turned over to local police, and criminal charges are pending.
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So many campsites, so little time...
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