Is theft an issue camping during the week

I'll chip in on security.
My old buggy had a toggle switch for ignition, so, anyone could start
it and drive off.
Yes, I had a cable securing all the toys.
But, cables can be cut.
I pulled the VW coil wire out and switched it with a plug wire.
VW does not start on one cylinder.
Gave it to my daughter when I bought the Funco.
The Funco had a regular car alarm. (Really)
I parked the Funco at the Glamis Store, and when someone touched
the tire, the alarm sounded off. Funny stuff.
 
Run a cable through everything possible and lock the coolers up in a trailer or RV. Thief's go for unlocked stuff and a bike or SxS unlocked will get pulled out of camp with a long rope. Nowadays it seems light solar lighting on a motion sensor would be good.
 
For years we’d get our worst gas can, clean it up and slap a VP sticker on the side of it. The camp would take turns adding ingredients to it, we had piss, sugar, used cooking oil and various other goodies laying around. We’d top it off with the oldest gas we had and place the jug just inside the camp perimeter.
Anytime the jug was gone in the morning we’d go say howdy to the surrounding camps, see who was up all night rescuing a broke down quad in the dunes.
Good times.
 
I see a few recomend cable but you ever buy cable and see the hardware guy cut it?? It’s pretty easy and quiet.

Chain makes noise. Sure it’s bulky and can be cut too but it makes noise.I use to use chain when I camped near people and I also had some of them string firecrackers you pull and they pop. They work great to tie up so if something moved they popped.

They’d scare the crap out of you if done unexpectedly.
 
I had my buggy stolen back in 1999. Thieves stripped it and dumped it a few washes down from where I was camped. Since then, I have always kept my shit locked up.

Funny story:
I had some firewood and a Christmas tree stolen from camp once. I followed the trail in the sand to a camp 100 yards away where the tree laid there burnt. When I knocked on the trailer door, the biggest dude I've ever seen opened the door. I thought to myself, don't back down now... I asked the giant dude where he got the tree. He replied, what tree? So I point to my tree and said my tree. He shook his head in disappointment and says, that has to be my son. He's over here in the tent with his girlfriend. Let's go wake him up. Now, I'm like cool, I don't have to get my ass kicked over some firewood. I slap on the tent to wake the kid up but no response. Dude says, drag his ass out of there! I'm like hell yeah! So I open the tent and grab the kid by his ancles and proceed to drag his ass out of the tent. Anyway, the kid apologizes, dad gives him a bunch of shit for being a punk. I tell him look, my kids are bummed because now we don't have a tree to burn at New Year's, so it really sucks that he pulled that shit. He didn't burn the wood he took, so I made him carry that back to my camp and we called it done. I do have to say though, I really second guessed myself for knocking on that trailer door when that monster opened the door. I'm 6'-1" ad 215lbs, this guy made me feel like a dwarf. LOL!

Small gen stays locked with a cable. Gas cans stay in the trailer. Bikes either go back in the trailer that also gets locked up, or cable locked together. Buggy has a keyed ignition as well as a keyed batt disconnect. Also take the steering wheel off at night.
I know if someone wants it, they will take it. My goal is more to keep the honest people honest and at least make a thief have to work for it.
 
DarkSide said:
I had my buggy stolen back in 1999. Thieves stripped it and dumped it a few washes down from where I was camped. Since then, I have always kept my shit locked up.

Funny story:
I had some firewood and a Christmas tree stolen from camp once. I followed the trail in the sand to a camp 100 yards away where the tree laid there burnt. When I knocked on the trailer door, the biggest dude I've ever seen opened the door. I thought to myself, don't back down now... I asked the giant dude where he got the tree. He replied, what tree? So I point to my tree and said my tree. He shook his head in disappointment and says, that has to be my son. He's over here in the tent with his girlfriend. Let's go wake him up. Now, I'm like cool, I don't have to get my ass kicked over some firewood. I slap on the tent to wake the kid up but no response. Dude says, drag his ass out of there! I'm like hell yeah! So I open the tent and grab the kid by his ancles and proceed to drag his ass out of the tent. Anyway, the kid apologizes, dad gives him a bunch of shit for being a punk. I tell him look, my kids are bummed because now we don't have a tree to burn at New Year's, so it really sucks that he pulled that shit. He didn't burn the wood he took, so I made him carry that back to my camp and we called it done. I do have to say though, I really second guessed myself for knocking on that trailer door when that monster opened the door. I'm 6'-1" ad 215lbs, this guy made me feel like a dwarf. LOL!

Small gen stays locked with a cable. Gas cans stay in the trailer. Bikes either go back in the trailer that also gets locked up, or cable locked together. Buggy has a keyed ignition as well as a keyed batt disconnect. Also take the steering wheel off at night.
I know if someone wants it, they will take it. My goal is more to keep the honest people honest and at least make a thief have to work for it.
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I'd do exactly what that Dad did if my kid was a dumbass...

Rad story.
 
I bought 12ga flashbangs and the strobe light with siren. bang bang strobe siren. Gonna get a motion activated light as well.That should wake me up enough to come out shooting. :ROFLMAO: Did I mention I hate thieves?
 
If I wasn't so lazy I'd do the same . My car is too wide without changing out all the tires for skinnies. Lets see,4 tires and 6 days makes it 24 changes x2 a day=48 tire swaps in all. Ummmm,nope. I'll just have to take my chances and hopefully take enough precautions.
 
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