How to prevent trailer theft?

[Jessie]

Same thing happened to a friend of mine. Public Marina with lots of folks in and out all the time. Never did find it.

I always chain locked the wheels. Don't know if it actually was a factor, but never lost my trailer.
It's kind of obvious if someone is using bolt cutters on the chain. Although, that only takes a couple of seconds.

 

[venomballistics]

Sorry to say, locks don't keep theives out ...

But landmines sure do

 

[cass]

We see a lot of trailers get stolen right after a hail storm. The Gypsies that follow the storms doing roof work use the stolen trailers to haul off the old shingles, and usually leave the loaded trailer on the side of the road - sometimes with broken axles.

 

[X Ring Ranch]

No problem.. tie this to the trailer!

I would put his dog house on the trailer. I would not tie him up.
I would feed him on the trailer. I would put the trailer by my bedroom window. When he growled at something in the night I would go out with my shotgun and feed him some hamburger meat and tell him he is a good boy. After a few weeks the trailer is HIS trailer.

 

[Hellraiser]

My... what big teeth ya got there, Grandma.

 

[1morethan8]

I don't have a dog like the one in the picture. My dog would just wag her tail at them!
I keep my trailer in the basement.. I spent too much time building it to let a low-life steal it!

... Besides, I have a guard cat.. Tinker!

 

[gdnagle]

Smartest thing you did was get a cheap trailer. Sometimes the BG won't mess with the cheap one's unless you leave your four wheeler on it. Besides if they do get your trailer it was a cheap one.

Now to keep it from getting stolen you have two options.
1) take it apart and put in in your bedroom.
2) get rid of it and get a pick'em up truck your four wheeler will fit in.

If they want it the will get it.

 

[Nevada Ed]

It is just too bad they don't make a GPS beeper that gives out the location...................

Talk about a Sting !!


Hello !!

 

[meaneyedcatz]

Wear the grass down to dirt.
Put a big doghouse next to trailer
Bolt a tow truck chain to doghouse with a spiked collar on it.
Sprinkle red paint about.
throw a big beef bone on the ground.

Sit back and enjoy the show.

 

[1morethan8]

It is just too bad they don't make a GPS beeper that gives out the location...................

Talk about a Sting !!


Hello !!

But they do! Google... "remote gps tracking devices".

 

[Big Cholla]

I built my 'usen' flatbed utility trailer with a removable tongue. I also have a 1" dia schedule 80 pipe that has a base welded on one end and an endcap on the other end secured by a massive padlock. This pipe runs thru the wheel spokes from one side to the other. If I feel the need I can run very high tensile strength braided steel cables thru each wheel with good padlocks. These wire rope cables for all practical purposes can only be cut with a cutting torch. Since I built that trailer I moved to new place with enough land behind a good 6' concrete block wall to park the utility trailer, MC trailer and a travel trailer. I duplicated the first wheel to wheel locking pipe system on my recently acquired enclosed motorcycle trailer. But with the portable battery run impact wrenches now available, I intend to just remove the two wheels and lock them inside the trailer.

A couple of years ago I took the enclosed MC trailer with a HD Road Glide to Miles City, MT to do a little riding and a little P.Dog hunting. I locked the trailer to my pickup using those two short high tensile strength wire rope chokers and massive padlocks. One morning I came out and found the trailer had been removed from the ball hitch and was just hanging there by the two cables. It was obvious that someone tried to hacksaw one cable thru and had worked until just giving up. You just got to make it more difficult to steal your trailer than they are willing to make the effort. .......... Big Cholla

 

[Mydogmax]

Just paint this across the trailer bed. This is assuming that crooks can read.

 

[bullmack]

It is just too bad they don't make a GPS beeper that gives out the location...................

Talk about a Sting !!


Hello !!

Lowjack makes a battery operated device the size of a pack of cigs with calmed 15 year life.

 

[Pepsi]

http://gpsandtrack.com. Attach a gps tracking system to trailer.

 

[don5]

Take a wheel off, put some kind of wheel lock device around the other wheel, padlock through the latch and put a sign on it. The sign should have some small letters so that you have to get close to read it. The sign should say " If you can read this, smile your picture has been taken."

 

[yaktamer]

I don't have a dog like the one in the picture. My dog would just wag her tail at them!
I keep my trailer in the basement.. I spent too much time building it to let a low-life steal it!

... Besides, I have a guard cat.. Tinker!

How do you get it up and down the stairs?

 

[Mcwsky09]

Many years ago my dad had a large eye bolt cemented into a new garage floor and then passed a heavy chain through that to a large padlock to secure a motorcycle. Of course any would-be thief would have had to get into the detached garage first - then move cars out of the way before they could even attempt to get the motorcycle.

 

[roarindan]

run a bead of weld with your initials and last four of your social.. might not stop 'em but it'll help in id'ing it later.

 

[tops]

How do you get it up and down the stairs?

I can't believe anybody would ever have a thought like that. You need to be watched 24/7 Larry

 

[1morethan8]

How do you get it up and down the stairs?

Tinker helps me!!!!!