Ideas and suggestions for security

[Pgritton]

Have a couple new sleds and will be doing some traveling with them this winter on an open sled trailer.

Looking for ideas and suggestions on security, theft prevention etc. Anyone go to the trouble of chaining their sleds to the trailer with locks.

Will be getting the sleds insured this week but really don't want to use the insurance if a little preparation/prevention might stop a problem from happening.

Parked a drift boat on a trailer in a motel parking lot in northern Idaho and went downtown for dinner. Came back to find someone had backed into it, tore the cover and put a huge to the fiberglass scratch in it. What'd I learn- be more careful where I park things, in an area where no one is likely to hit it.

 

[WyoUltra]

Make sure to pull the keys, as well as have a hitch lock, and a lock for the tongue of the trailer. If you're worried about it maybe even lock the ramps up? Also when you're out riding, don't leave anything out you're not willing to lose, like oil, covers, etc.

 

[Pgritton]

Thanks

Thanks for the reply, I can't imagine going out in the morning and finding sleds/equipment gone.

That's what my kids would call a "bummer dude!"

 

[richracer1]

along with keeping road grime off my sled, this was the biggest reason I went from an open trailer to an enclosed 2 place trailer.

 

[greasemonkey3406]

Maybe you could get one of these with a proximity switch...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQbHnLSasfQ

 

[ripalip2]

45 ACP

 

[mikew5945]

Cable and locks. Turds are lazy and look for the easy steal.

 

[bholmlate]

In some places i have heard you even have to make sure you have a locking gas cap on your tow rig because they syphon your tank dry in the parking lot while you are out riding. I usually lock everything that is not bolted down because i cant afford to replace anything these days.

 

[Mafesto]

Most motels/lodges have surveilance nowadays.
Park in sight of a camera.

We left 4 on an open trailer at a WY lodge for 3 weeks between trips with no problem a few years back.
Sure like the enclosed better!

 

[moto_786]

I always throw on of these on the disk of my sled makes it a lot harder to load onto a truck. Would be really hard and awkward to cut off.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Motorcy...Parts_Accessories&hash=item33757c6232&vxp=mtr

 

[capnkirk]

i could lend u my dog... chain him to anything u don't want taken, problem solved!

 

[AZ800]

Like you've heard a hundred times, thieves can get anything they want, no matter how well protected it is.
WIthout going overboard expense wise, insurance, that's an easy one. Try to park where it is well lit, busy, noticeable if someone is messing with your stuff.
Don't flaunt what you got. Get some chitty old faded covers or universal covers so your trailer doesn't scream "look at my $12,000 snowmobiles".
Hitch lock on truck hitch, trailer coupler. Chain or cable the sleds together and/or to the trailer, power pole, etc.
Last, hope you wake up to take a middle of the night p!ss, look out the window and catch someone trying to take your stuff! In that case, baseball bat or .45 is better than a lock and chain!

 

[Spiced Wafer]

just throw a polaris cover over eveything, problem solved...nobody is going to steal that stuff...

if you can purchase super clamps for your trailer, they can be padlocked shut.

pad lock on your ball hitch, pad lock on your stinger...

if possible back into the building if your with buddies, you can both back up back to back...that way people don't have enough room to pull them off the back of the trailer..

 

[wjl]

I like to lock a trailer wheel to the axel with a chain or cable. Explanation: Most trailer wheels have some sort of hole of window to tread thru a cable or chain wrap that around the axle so the wheel will not turn.
Take every thing in at night so the truck is empty. I have also pulled the spark plug wires so the sled would not start. Anything to make it take more time to frustrate them.

Story: One time we kept getting gas taken from the back of an open pick-up. Thieves would take the gas and leave the can empty. Well the one time we filled it 90% with water and a little gas. Came back the can was empty, never had the problem again.

 

[Coldfinger]

I always throw on of these on the disk of my sled makes it a lot harder to load onto a truck. Would be really hard and awkward to cut off.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Motorcy...Parts_Accessories&hash=item33757c6232&vxp=mtr

Thats a cool looking disc brake lock!


Security cameras don't mean your stuff will be safe or that they will catch anyone. My camper sustained $3000 theft/damage in a chain link fenced/barbed wire topped, locked, "secure" parking lot monitored by cameras. They couldn't identify the thieves.

Like said, lock hitches, cable sleds together and/or to trailer, and wouldn't hurt to have generic covers that are faded. Try to park in lighted busy areas, by cameras (you never know), and back in if possible.

 

[Mtn-Track]

Like everyone said, lock the stinger pin, trailer hitch, AND the safety chains. Baby monitors work well in an enclosed trailer if you're in a motel, restaurant and such. For both enclosed and for open trailers add one of the motion-activated alarms; the things they sell to hang on the inside of your motel door knob. Hang one or two on the bottom edge of the sled covers, on the inside, and on the opposite side where someone is likely to approach the sleds.

....then have a healthy baseball bat ready for the impending encounter...


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[Bburrap]

Have ya thought about...

My buddy gave me this idea and I've used it ever since when I leave sleds on my deck. It came up a few seasons ago, when guys whole rigs, truck, sleds gear where getting ripped off in Revelstoke a few years back.
Ok, so trucks locked, keys are out of the sleds, sleds are locked and secured and everything is out of plain view. Got all that check!

So whats to keep someone from simply stealing your whole rig with everything attached? We all know alarms don't really work just make ya feel better.

So what I do now is go under the hood to the fuse box, and then pull the fuel pump fuse out and take it with me over night. By doing that the truck cannot be started and driven away!

IMO it helps me sleep at night.

 

[Mafesto]

Here is the root problem.

Very few are willing to take matters into their own hands if they catch a thief.

"Call the cops" 5hit, you just as weel call the theifs gramma.

I honestly can't say if I got it in me to "take care of business" if I would happen to catch a thief, but I firmly believe that is what needs to start happening.

 

[Coldfinger]

Does anyone use the "Club" steering wheel lock?

I just looked and these things are $20-30 at quite a few places.

http://www.meijer.com/s/the-club-se..._US_Meijer_eCom_PLA_Home_Improvement&kpid=900

 

[MORSNO]

Does anyone use the "Club" steering wheel lock?

The windshield on my sled is to low for that to prevent a thief from riding off with my pride and joy.