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MDPaddlersPod
Senior Member Joined: 06 Jul 2016 Location: Maryland Online Status: Offline Posts: 135 |
Topic: Theft Posted: 31 Aug 2017 at 12:39pm |
I really want to ask the group a question about campground security. I go to painful lengths to lock up everything, including the grill. Am I just being paranoid or, have any of you guys had anything stolen while camping...thanks in advance....
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MDPaddlersPod
2017 RPod 179 2002 Silverado1500 |
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517 |
Posted: 31 Aug 2017 at 1:57pm |
We have never had anything stolen while camping. I leave my fishing cart, rods, tackle box, bikes, grill, and all kinds of thing out at our site and have never had a problem.
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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Bugout
Senior Member Joined: 01 Jan 2017 Location: S caroline Online Status: Offline Posts: 117 |
Posted: 31 Aug 2017 at 2:10pm |
+1
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Jk Aiken South Carolina 2016 178 Toyota Tundra 2017 4.6
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Q7-retired
Senior Member Joined: 26 Dec 2014 Location: Pittsboro, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 100 |
Posted: 31 Aug 2017 at 2:21pm |
We had a spare tire cover go missing at a lunch stop. I believe the thief wanted the spare tire, and found the cable lock (to the bumper) daunting. 'Course, could be they just wanted a spare tire cover. Still, I changed all my cylinder locks and keep everything locked down. Y'never know when a Hobbit will take a shine to your bit of kit!
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Best regards, Jim
2015-RP178 TV 2015 Audi Q7 TDI and 2017 Ford F150 At home in "Our Pod" |
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itspossible
Newbie Joined: 08 Aug 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 14 |
Posted: 31 Aug 2017 at 3:11pm |
Never had anything stolen however when camping in Whitehorse the owners warned me to keep everything hidden as locals often strolled into the campground and liberated items.
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Never far enough
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MDPaddlersPod
Senior Member Joined: 06 Jul 2016 Location: Maryland Online Status: Offline Posts: 135 |
Posted: 31 Aug 2017 at 3:44pm |
Thanks everyone, I think I will lower my ThreatCon a bit. I still keep things totally locked down during transport.
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MDPaddlersPod
2017 RPod 179 2002 Silverado1500 |
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RobnCari
Groupie Joined: 18 Sep 2017 Location: S. Wisconsin Online Status: Offline Posts: 42 |
Posted: 01 Nov 2017 at 10:23pm |
Never had anything liberated. Then again I like to lock everything up and out of sight. Keep the honest people honest. Not much you can do about a determined thief but try to discourage would be thief.
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2006 Toyota Tacoma 4WD AC
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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
Posted: 02 Nov 2017 at 9:22am |
To me it's a matter of not creating irresistible temptations for others. Stuff that is not especially valuable or easily sold, and/or awkward or inconvenient to cart away, I don't worry so much about. So most low value camping stuff, our little barbecue grill, and such, I leave unlocked. If someone walks off with it, it's no big loss. On the other hand, for things like my house batteries and propane tank I have them protected with a chain and padlocks to make it a little more inconvenient for the snatch and grab thief. The spare propane tank and my 2 five gallon fuel cans I keep locked in the camper shell of my truck.
The overwhelming majority of people who camp in campgrounds are honest folks and theft is generally not a problem. On the other hand, as we descend into a world of opioid and methamphetamine addictions, especially in rural areas, theft is going to be an ever increasing issue. I recently was talking with my daughter, who is an official with the Girl Scouts. They had to close a summer camp last year because there were so many crackheads and opium fiends wandering through the camp at all hours, day and night. And this was in a mountain resort area, far from urban centers. I have to confess, I was shocked to hear that in this relatively remote area there were so many drug addicts.
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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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Gregm
Senior Member Joined: 20 Dec 2015 Location: Statesville NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 103 |
Posted: 02 Nov 2017 at 9:31am |
Fortunately I have never had anything stolen. I don’t lock everything up but I don’t leave a lot of stuff in plain view.
I also play the radio on the outside speakers at low volume when gone to give the impression that someone may be in the pod. |
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Gregm
2014 171 2015 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner |
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 02 Nov 2017 at 9:52am |
We have never had an issue or real concern. Some of that we attribute to Henry, our ever vigilant guard cat!
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