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wnjj
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Jedidad wrote:srschang wrote:I don't worry about it.
It’s not worry, it’s precaution. I lock my truck when I go to a restaurant etc. I lock my house when I leave.
Sure, but you can’t stop someone with a rollback from hauling away your locked truck. That’s more likely than anyone trying to haul away a camper.
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Chuck and Di
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I'd be curious to see a reference to this ever happening. I'd wager most thieves would not even know how to load it, let alone have a truck to carry it. There are far easier things to steal.
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jimh406
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I think it's more about where you park it than what you do to prevent destroying/removing it.
Most vehicles aren't capable of hauling mine off, so I'm going with not worried about someone stealing it. I keep the jack remote in my truck, so if the TC is lowered, they have almost zero chance of taking it.
I think the bigger concern is breaking into it to steal things for their local pawn shop or craigslist. That goes back to where you leave it. Most campgrounds in semi rural areas are going to be pretty safe with lots of other RVs around. It's more likely that they break into the other more typical RVs.
Adding a proximity alarm probably wouldn't be a bad idea which might stop someone from breaking in.
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Something my daddy taught me years ago. If you can't afford to replace it, insure it.
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greenno wrote:
If I dropped it off out in the boonies for whatever reason and somebody attempted to heist it I always carry a firearm and I always carry a shovel.
Do the math.
I would love to hear how the tools would work. If you have left the camper, with some kind of trap set...
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ronharmless
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What’s to stop someone from stealing a fifth wheel, travel trailer, Motorhome, etc.? IMHO it seems to be pretty much a nonissue. Stick dog appears to have the best answer.
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joelc
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Don't know about a trailer, but there is a lock that goes around the hitch pin on a 5er and I assume that they would have a like lock for a trailer coupling. They would have to destroy the hitch to get the lock off. Then of course, they could not steal it anyway.
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I used to disconnect the batteries that are in a locked compartment.
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deltabravo
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Geo*Boy wrote:srschang wrote:I don't worry about it.
This^^^^
Ditto.
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StirCrazy
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mellow wrote:I will lower it down so it is more stable, that and a truck can't get under it. I have powered jacks. If someone wants it bad enough they can still break in and power up the jacks from inside if they find the remote and know what they are doing. If you are worried about that happening I would put a tracking device in the camper or an airtag at a minimum.
or just declutch them and use a drill with a end like the manual crank has, disconecting the batteries or hiding the remote won't stop the ability you run the jacks by hand.
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