hitch locks

Unfortunately, it is happening more often. We have been camping for decades and have had no issues, but it only takes once.  https://vehq.com/travel-trailer-stolen/ This is a link to an article on the subject with ideas for taking precautions. My sister-in-law had decided to put their popup camper up for sale in a nice neighborhood and they moved it to the front of their house and put a for sale sign on it. The very next day, while they were at work, the camper was stolen in broad daylight. Think of how simple it would really be for a person with a bolt cutter to cut off your padlock and hitch your camper up to their vehicle and drive away. No locks are fool proof. A dishonest person will take advantage of any opportunity you give them. I personally believe that the key is to make it as difficult as you can for your RV to be stolen whether on the road while camping or when it’s parked in your own back yard or a storage unit. For us this includes padlocking the hitch and then adding a lock to the chains after we wrap them around the A- frame. We always pull down the blinds when we leave our camper for a day trip. We never leave electronics in our camper. We have been in a state park camping when the park ranger came around to tell us that people were reporting that their coolers were being stolen. Our grandkids’ bicycles get a cable lock threaded through them at night so we don’t wake up to find them missing. My personal belief is “ out of site, out of mind” when it comes to theft. I know someone who left their gas fire pit out and it was stolen during the night. By far the majority of people are honest and just there to have a fun vacation, but it only takes one to ruin your fun vacation, so healthy precautions are a good thing.

Originally posted by jato About 4 years ago after hearing about travel trailers being stolen we thought it prudent to purchase a hitch lock for our 177.  Not cheap at $225 but the best out there IMHO.  Proven Industries makes the lock, great website, check it out. https://www.provenlocks.com