Sooooo... Do you lock your door?

[Reality_Check]

Well, do you..? when traveling down the road.



When traveling, we're in and out of the camper often. Locks are honest people deterrents, but we do use them when we go in the store, leave the camp site, etc. Never had a door open when we've forgotten to lock them, so just picking the brains of the many out of curiosity.

See, great questions stem from drinking good wine...

[brholt]

I lock it when traveling and camping over night.

I did have one bad experience. When shopping at Cabela I was heading back to the truck when I saw a car which was parked next to the truck (in the RV section) suddenly speed off as I approached. Went back to the camper and noted that the lock was jammed. They had clearly tried to get in but I had also thrown the deadbolt.

[Farmerjon]

We lock the deadbolt when traveling because we have had the door pop open and I have known others to have their door open also.
We also lock it when we are parked and the dogs are in it because we don't want the dogs being let out accidentally and they are priceless to us. let them take the steps or something else of value outside.
And we lock it because it is a deterrent to anybody inclined for easy pickins.

[languiduck]

shum02 wrote:
I live in Canada so the answer is no.

I live in the USA and the answer is no for me. What's your point?

I don't leave anything in the camper that I'm not prepared to have stolen. Simple as that.

[jmckelvy]

gbopp wrote:
Yes, I lock the door when we're traveling. And, when we're away from the RV at rest stops, etc..

Same here.

[jimh406]

Super_Dave, I suppose you didn't note the potential loss of thousands to your wife. 😉

[Super_Dave]

Here's some irony for you. My wife insists that the camper door is always locked. But when we get to the lake, my boat with thousands $$$ more worth of goodies on it is left in a slip at the marina. If someone broke into my camper, they'd get some food or clothes. One rod and reel is probably worth the camper contents.

[stevenal]

Locked usually. After the locks froze up with two dogs inside wanting to relieve themselves, we adjusted the policy to account for weather.

[mkirsch]

54suds wrote:
"don't think all 650,000 ex-offenders were incarcerated for breaking into an RV.
The handle folds over the door so it won't come open, I only use the dead bolt on rare occasions"




I hope your world stay's as warm and fuzzy as you believe

So you really think that there are 650,000 people out there just waiting for the opportunity to break into your camper? Wow.

My porch folds up over the door so it can't open. There is little point in locking my door on the road.

I do lock it when I turn in for the night, mostly to deter the practical jokers who happen to have one too many beverages that night, and think it would be funny to come busting for whatever reason.

[narcodog]

I use both locks when goin down the road, as I've had the door pop open twice.

[starcraft69]

Locked and loaded when traveling/camping.. Unlocked when stored at home.

[54suds]

K Charles Quote "don't think all 650,000 ex-offenders were incarcerated for breaking into an RV.
The handle folds over the door so it won't come open, I only use the dead bolt on rare occasions"




I hope your world stay's as warm and fuzzy as you believe

[K_Charles]

54suds wrote:
Over 10,000 ex-prisoners are released from America’s state and federal prisons every week and arrive on the doorsteps of our nation's communities. More than 650,000 ex-offenders are released from prison every year, and studies show that approximately two-thirds will likely be rearrested within three years of release



I worked 30 + years in a max a prison. I lock and load always

I don't think all 650,000 ex-offenders were incarcerated for breaking into an RV.
The handle folds over the door so it won't come open, I only use the dead bolt on rare occasions.

[54suds]

Over 10,000 ex-prisoners are released from America’s state and federal prisons every week and arrive on the doorsteps of our nation's communities. More than 650,000 ex-offenders are released from prison every year, and studies show that approximately two-thirds will likely be rearrested within three years of release



I worked 30 + years in a max a prison. I lock and load always

[Mote]

We do lock the camper while traveling down the road. I used to just lock the handle until one trip the door came open while going down the road. Now we use the deadbolt all the time.
While we are at the campground we never lock the door. We've never had any issues but we mainly visit state parks.
BTW, we locked the keys in our last camper while at home once. Using a coat hanger it took about 5 minutes to unlatch the emergency window on the side and climb in. So, even locking the camper won't help much.

[Fastbrit]

Executive wrote:

Reality Check wrote:

shum02 wrote:
I live in Canada so the answer is no.

lol... awesome.

216 people live in Canada. You're married to one, which makes 16 of them direct relatives. Second cousins and their off spring cover another 92.

Co-workers between the two of you is another 15. 42 are in jail, leaving 49 people you need to worry about.

At any given time, 12 of them are working at a Tim Horton's with 18 patrons visiting, drinking coffee. Six cops are enroute to Tim Horton's, and two just left.

If you had a gun, you could easily defend yourself from the remaining 11 threats.

I'd move.

AWESOME response to a dumb answer....I love it....Dennis

Dumb response to a dumb answer