Keeping my trailer from being stolen and or broken into??

[Gmiller]

Hey

I have a 21 foot enclosed snowmobile trailer, drive in, drive out, side man door and gas door. I am VERY sketched out about my stuff, i worked hard to get it and i don't want to find it gone. Anyways the other night we got some fresh snow and i went riding the next day to find foot prints in the snow and my locks had some cuts in them. I have hardened locks so they never got through, i had a regular lock on one side and a disc lock on the other side(very very hard to cut). Anyways what are people doing to keep there stuff safe?? I ended up putting two lock clasps and locks on the inside so even if they get through the outside locks, they still can't get in. (its just a pain).

Thanks Grant

 

[zach13]

two good padlocks on the back and have a double camper lock with a dead bolt in the side door and a lever latch with a good padlock on it. plus it is parked out of sight if u drive up the drive into the yard.

 

[Rprecision]

Good insurance, photos of all your property, lists with serial numbers.

Fact: If they want it, its gone !

Sorry I feel the same way !

 

[onlyrotax]

anti-theft ideas

Here are some ideas I am trying, found this shrouded padlock at Ace Hardware(see pic below), dummy ball in the hitch with a large washer or dust cap air wrenched on it, made my safety chains removeable (cut them where they are bolted to the hitch left one link to hook to and put snap hooks on the chain so I can remove them and take them with me), if your wheels are slotted you could run a locked security cable through them or if you are really desperate just remove the wheels and leave it on blocks, just my ideas. If you combine enough of these things at least it might change their minds.

 

[Gold5th]

I have a bulldog coupler on my trailer an a number of the ready made coupler locks don't work or would come off easy so what I did is I bought a spare ball, took my angle grinder and cut off the threads so it;s just a ball, I put that in the coupler then use the locking coupler pin I use to keep the trailer locked to my truck. the trailer sits right bewteen my house and my neighbours and they'd need some sort of power cuttoff wheel to cut the lock off, so somebody would notice. When I left my trailer at my dad's I parked it on his front lawn (yeah I know how red neck of me) kinda under a tree, did my coupler lock thing, put a cable bike lock thing through the drivers side wheels.

As far as the enclosed goes.. out in the bush/mountains hard to say.. but fuel door is low risk.. really unless they send a kid inside through it to pass small stuff out..

I would find a way to lock the doors from inside except the man door or the rear door.. or have it so you could do either or.. then park the trailer in such a fashion that the door with the outside locks it against something like a tree or building.. so even if they cut the locks they'd have to move the trailer to open the door.

 

[SledsWest]

doesn't really matter what kind of locks you use, a hammer and a battery powered saws-all can get into any trailer. Those aluminum sides are easy to punch a hole into and get the blade through. Really, all you can do to keep your stuff 100% safe is keep a pitbull inside the trailer or just do what Rprecision said: take pics, get insurance, and keep serial numbers just in case.

I use these locks for my door clasps and hope for the best:

 

[Gold5th]

doesn't really matter what kind of locks you use, a hammer and a battery powered saws-all can get into any trailer. Those aluminum sides are easy to punch a hole into and get the blade through. Really, all you can do to keep your stuff 100% safe is keep a pitbull inside the trailer or just do what Rprecision said: take pics, get insurance, and keep serial numbers just in case.

I use these locks for my door clasps and hope for the best:

True a prepared theif you're not going to stop.. but the opportunity guys you can fend yourself against. All the fun anti-theift measures are illegal... you know like electrifing your locks and latches... shotgun + Rope attached to door... etc

 

[Gmiller]

True a prepared theif you're not going to stop.. but the opportunity guys you can fend yourself against. All the fun anti-theift measures are illegal... you know like electrifing your locks and latches... shotgun + Rope attached to door... etc

Well who knows, i keep my shotgun above that door, it may have gone off on accident when he was shaking the door????

 

[Gold5th]

well make sure it's on the floor kinda aimed towards the door, not on a firm mount with the rope still attached when the cops get there

 

[skibreeze]

If theives want it bad enough, they will get it. You just have to keep the stuff locked up and out of sight. Motion sensing lights if it must be left outside. Make it hard to get at and make sure your insurance is up to snuff.

 

[Gold5th]

If theives want it bad enough, they will get it. You just have to keep the stuff locked up and out of sight. Motion sensing lights if it must be left outside. Make it hard to get at and make sure your insurance is up to snuff.

Ya thats why I suggested parking it with the door against a tree or something as unless they're prepared to take the whole trailer anyhow they'll pick an easier target.

I try to keep my stuff as out of sight as possible.. if I'm loading my truck or what not and there's a lot of people around, I'll wait til there's fewer people or nobody.. my sheds don't have windows, I keep any blinds that would reveal stuff in my house closed... like my dining room blind's I'll open.. but you see nothing but walls.. I don't let my sleds sit out in the open of my yard for long, typically only when I'm working on them or if I'm about to load/ride them otherwise they're hidden in the shed..

 

[Rprecision]

Here are some ideas I am trying, found this shrouded padlock at Ace Hardware(see pic below), dummy ball in the hitch with a large washer or dust cap air wrenched on it, made my safety chains removeable (cut them where they are bolted to the hitch left one link to hook to and put snap hooks on the chain so I can remove them and take them with me), if your wheels are slotted you could run a locked security cable through them or if you are really desperate just remove the wheels and leave it on blocks, just my ideas. If you combine enough of these things at least it might change their minds.

Alot of folks forget that this only keeps honest people honest.

If a thief did his homework, he unbolts you coupler, bolts on his, drives off !

I am a big fan of these:

http://www.autoanything.com/towing/69A4569A0A0.aspx?kc=ffproduct

Again, if they want to defeat it, they can but it take more time.

 

[paulw22]

So you take 2 peices of plywood put 100-2 inch finishing nails trough the board, put other board on the back so the nails can't get pushed back trough. You place these below your locks and cover in snow. Warn your freinds and family not to walk near your trailer. This is a common way to keep bears out of your cabin when your not there. Should work, if not at least there is some justice.

 

[Gmiller]

So you take 2 peices of plywood put 100-2 inch finishing nails trough the board, put other board on the back so the nails can't get pushed back trough. You place these below your locks and cover in snow. Warn your freinds and family not to walk near your trailer. This is a common way to keep bears out of your cabin when your not there. Should work, if not at least there is some justice.

Ha PERFECT!!!

 

[Ultra]

Stay away from Sioux Falls SD "thief capitol of the mid west". Don't even stop for gas!

 

[AZ800]

Too bad you're having trouble up here. Thought this a relatively crime free area.
Like the nails under the snow idea!
I had to move my enclosed trailer from the drive this yr (****in HOA!), so I just got insurance. For $400, they're safe and they're worth more to teh ins company than I could sell them for, so that makes me sleep good at night.