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07-11-2019, 06:57 PM
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#21
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 5
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While not a hitch lock, I have a wheel / boot lock made by Brama, brahmalock.com works well and trailer can't be pulled with it on.
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07-11-2019, 07:02 PM
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#22
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 47
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Don't lock it. They'll just cost you a bunch and get in anyway.
My son's coach was pried open and it cost him $1500 in repairs. Leave it open and leave nothing inside that can't be replaced by insurance. They're getting in no matter what you lock it with. Never, ever, ever leave a gun in a stowed coach.
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07-11-2019, 07:16 PM
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#23
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 50
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Hi. We've been burglarized 3 times in 5 yrs. Very depressing. It was sitting in a storage area at condo. No security. We had a alarm that made noice . But they took out battery. Grrr. Anyway, after they took what they wanted they took the fire extinguisher and sprayed everything! What a mess. No finger prints! @#$_&+(/. Took a week to clean.
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07-11-2019, 07:24 PM
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#24
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 173
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Good God where do you people live? I've been in the same house for 24 years and have never had anything go missing from my house, vehicle, trailer or garage. Almost all of the time my stuff stays unlocked.
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07-11-2019, 08:33 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 339
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You don’t need to spend $250 on a tongue lock. A $30-$40 tongue lock will do just fine. A determined thief will steal your trailer no matter what lock you have on it.
Taking a wheel off in addition to a tongue lock will probably deter most thieves (they will probably look for an easier target).
I’d be more concerned about your prowler, than I would be someone actually stealing the entire trailer. Remove anything from trailer (tools, batteries, electronics, etc) that you really don’t want to replace, and invest in a security system and motions lights.
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07-11-2019, 08:51 PM
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#26
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 12
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Leave all compartments unlocked and empty. Get a good hitch lock. A cable through the wheels is a good one also. The more trouble they see trying to get something the less chance of them stealing it.
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07-11-2019, 09:55 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruggybuggy
Good God where do you people live? I've been in the same house for 24 years and have never had anything go missing from my house, vehicle, trailer or garage. Almost all of the time my stuff stays unlocked.
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You're lucky, but just like saying "where do you live? I've never been hit by lightning in my life! ", it just comes down to pure, dumb, luck. ESPECIALLY when you don't lock things like your house.
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07-11-2019, 09:57 PM
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#28
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Leo1956
Leave all compartments unlocked and empty. Get a good hitch lock. A cable through the wheels is a good one also. The more trouble they see trying to get something the less chance of them stealing it.
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Steel braided cables are useless against bolt cutters. Watch some You Tube videos about that. 5 seconds, tops.
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07-11-2019, 10:03 PM
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#29
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 47
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The problem with trying to electronically protect a trailer is batteries and lack of 110 V power. Any alarm can be silenced in seconds without worrying about neighbors hearing it and investigating. Storage lots are void of ears. Motion lights aren't an option without being hardwired. There's very little battery powered security that can work in a trailer storage lot. Cables and chains can be cut in seconds. Ditto hitch locks. They aren't too worried about making noise or taking too long when nobody is around. Your only real protection is the storage lot you choose. Security lights throughout? Tall fences with barbed wire? Controlled entrance? A good video surveillance system? These things are your only real hope in a RV storage area.
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07-11-2019, 10:06 PM
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#30
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 173
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark N
You're lucky, but just like saying "where do you live? I've never been hit by lightning in my life! ", it just comes down to pure, dumb, luck. ESPECIALLY when you don't lock things like your house.
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The area we live in is so crime free it just not something you even think about. Actually the chance of getting struck by lightning are greater in my area (I live on a hill) than having my stuff taken and I don't walk around holding a lightning rod. I always figured that if someone really wanted into my house they would just kick the door in or smash a window and I would just have two problems.
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07-11-2019, 10:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Family room couch
Posts: 4,556
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruggybuggy
Good God where do you people live? I've been in the same house for 24 years and have never had anything go missing from my house, vehicle, trailer or garage. Almost all of the time my stuff stays unlocked.
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What was your address again? Kenora is only 1,100 miles from here. 
Ray
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07-11-2019, 10:47 PM
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#32
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 173
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Originally Posted by NXR
What was your address again? Kenora is only 1,100 miles from here.
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I don't lock my guns either, makes it easy to get too. 
Actually it's the law here that all firearms have to be stored in a locked gun cabinet.
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07-11-2019, 10:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Family room couch
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Originally Posted by Ruggybuggy
I don't lock my guns either, makes it easy to get too. . |
OK, you win.
Ray
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07-11-2019, 11:08 PM
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#34
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by simiHal
I have this one. Not cheap at all but I don’t worry about someone easily hitching up and taking off.
https://www.provenlocks.com/
I also change the locks on my outside storage to cam locks since the vast majority use the same key. |
We have this one as well and no one is taking the 268RKS we have, unless they crane it out.
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07-11-2019, 11:33 PM
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#35
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 173
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Quote:
Originally Posted by weRhappycampers
We have this one as well and no one is taking the 268RKS we have, unless they crane it out.
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Pretty much useless because thieves that what to steal your trailer don't even bother hooking up. They use your safety chains looped over the hitch ball and drive off
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07-11-2019, 11:52 PM
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#36
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 30
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Our neighbors stopped in downtown St. Louis for lunch. They parked their motorhome w/trailer carrying their 4 seat side x side. Some punks stole it. The lost their extra keys, wallets, prescription glasses, and cell phones, etc. Fortunately the insurance covered it. They eventually found the motorhome, but the trailer and side x side have never been found. It was probably stripped out and sold. They also ripped out the stereo and took the tv. I guess a loud alarm would have helped. Fortunately, they took both of their girls in with them. It makes me sick just thinking about what could have happened. They also lost the handgun they left in the trailer.
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07-12-2019, 05:55 AM
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#37
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Bob n Vic Summer Getaway
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Greenville
Posts: 63
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I agree with simiHal. I bought the Provenlocks.com lock. Not cheap, but impenetrable. I checked all these different locks out on YouTube and this one was the Proven one.
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07-12-2019, 06:32 AM
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#38
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 107
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruggybuggy
Pretty much useless because thieves that what to steal your trailer don't even bother hooking up. They use your safety chains looped over the hitch ball and drive off
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That's why they designed the lock to store the majority of safety chains inside the lock. I have one also and the chains hook up inside the lock.
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07-12-2019, 06:53 AM
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#39
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 387
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If a thief really wants something, given enough time and despite any locking mechanism you have.............why I have a good insurance policy!
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