PU Anti Theft Devices

[mike44bx]

Here is our anti theft devise.  Just kidding, we rarely leave them in camp alone.  In fact we hardly ever lock up anything.  Just found that people that camp are generally good people.  We do put a lock on the hitch when it is parked at home.

What kind of Hitch Lock do you use and how is it applied?

                                      Thanks,
                                             Mike
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[AustinBoston]

What kind of Hitch Lock do you use and how is it applied?

Fishin BC hasn't posted since April 22.  You might get a better response by sending him an email.

Austin

[Fishin BC]

Fishin BC hasn't posted since April 22.  You might get a better response by sending him an email.

Austin

We're back.  Long story which I will post later.  the lock we use is a simple keyed pad lock through the hole in the hitch latch.

[AustinBoston]

We're back.

WB, Fishin BC!

Austin

[Mike Johnson]

There is probably another consideration as well (besides the above mentioned take/secure valuables elsewhere). The security of the camper and car can be augmented by the level of security in the campground. There are, in general, several different kinds of campgrounds with different levels of security, and the incidence of crime in the campgrounds corresponds. There are parks with no gates and no hosts--everyone comes and goes and does what he/she wants whenever. Security is non-existent here, at the campground level. Then there are national forest kinds of campgrounds where you have a "host" on site--security is virtually non-existent here too but at least you have someone to report crimes to after they have happened, if that will make you feel better. There are places like national and state parks where you have an active ranger patrol presence which cuts down significantly on crime in the campground. And then there are the fancy, schmancy campgrounds with gates and guards and .... The more the campground does in security, the less general crime will happen in the campground and the safer your loved ones and valuables are, in general. We have just come back from a month long camping trip where we were, unfortunately, victims of a significant crime in a national forest type park where there were only hosts. We realized in the middle in the night, in the middle of nowhere, that there was no help whatsoever for us except the hosts who were sound asleep and a mile or so away...not a happy feeling. It took the sheriff four hours to get to the campground, and by then the perpetrators were long gone. In the future we have made the decision to try to stay in parks where there is some kind of active uniformed patrol presence (and I am not talking about a host in a golfcart). Will this stop any and all crime? No, but it is another level of security, on top of that provided by putting stuff out of sight, in cars which can be locked, or carrying them with you. Every little bit helps!