First Camping trip someone tried to Steal our Trailer

[glenpinpat]

lets see... do not lock my house, do not lock my shed, do not lock my boat,camper or vehicles only lock things when gone on vacation or when I am in big cities though I have forgotten and still nothing stolen. Know all me neighbors by their 1st names. have been doing this for over 20 yrs. Live in an area with little serious crime. 1 murder in 20yrs. when I go camping I camp at state parks or prov parks. Do not crown land camp unless I am hunting and then I am so far back that it would not matter anyway. so eithere I am blissfully ignorant of theft, everthing I own doesn't look worth stealing, or I have never gone to an area where theft is an issue. Besides I have a homebuilt td that took 2 weeks to build maybe those high end rv's look more appealing? Patrick

[EffieRover]

The GPS post got me thinking ... we typically have at least one phone left in the camper throughout our trip. If the whole thing is ever stolen, we can track it that way with Verizon's family locator service. The extra phone is usually buried in the back of the junk drawer - we just have to catch the thieves and trailer before they find and remove it.

We have a hitch lock - basically a ball with a u-bolt that locks over the receiver - and u-bolt locks for the bikes, but the phone tracking adds a no-cost partial solution.

[MegC]

lets see...
...Besides I have a homebuilt td that took 2 weeks to build maybe those high end rv's look more appealing?

Exactly. A house behind us got hit a few years ago, while ours remained completely untouched. Husband pointed out that their place is quite obviously worth 3-4x ours. Truth in advertising, baby... our TV is 8+ years old, and the inventory only goes downhill from there....

ETA PS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKtsdZs9LJo

[sed8ed]

The best thing I have found has been to replace the hitch with a non-standard, offroad hitch (I had to do this with my offroad trailer due to approach angles). I picked this on up here in canada and it bolts to my reciever draw bar in place of the ball http://www.ozhitch.com/wp-content/uploads/Ozhitch.png

Try towing that without the proper equipment, plus it doesn't rattle anymore like it did with the 2" ball

Other than that, I use a pitbull tire clamp on both trailers, and a steal shield on my cargo trailer as well as american lock disk locks on the doors

Garmin makes a gps tracker that I was looking at... seems promising https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=209&pID=67686