How Do You Protect A Trailer At Events?
- Thread starter JCIN
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I would suggest getting a couple of magentic signs. Keep them inside until you stop and then place them on the trailer....
something like this should stop the bleeding .....
something like this should stop the bleeding .....
mmwtdh said:
Thank you! Finally someone who has towed trailers pipes up. When my brother and me were into racing, We were carrying a very high dollar Corvette on our trailer all over the Western US. It made us both uncomfortable at night sleeping in motel rooms with our car and trailer parked outside. One time someone had messed with the hitch and tried to get it off, but the monster lock and chain had thwarted them.
I got the bright idea of always backing up to a wall when we parked at night. And I mean right up against the wall. There weren't doors on our trailer, but if there had been, you wouldn't have been able to open them. We had a double axle trailer and even if someone had found a way to break the lock, there was no way they could have moved that trailer sideways and past our tow vehicle. There was no room to maneuver it, and it was heavy with that car sitting on it.
No one ever bothered our trailer after that. Sometimes we even parked across the street from the motel in a parking lot with either a wall or a building to back up to. That'll work! One more thing, there was a hidden kill switch on the tow vehicle, and a top of the line steering wheel/pedal lock.
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jay helfert said:
Now if I was protecting a trailer by itself, I would find the most massive lock and chain I could and padlock it to a light pole or similar object. Thieves are looking for the easy mark, not the hardest one. There are locks that the biggest bolt cutters won't touch. The steel is case hardened and just too thick to get a grip on.
It is hard for me to explain in words how I do my set up.
If you see me at the next event, let me know and I will show you the way how I protect my trailer as well as a few other things I learned from personal experience. It cost me a total of $225. The peace of mind alone is worth every penny.
If you see me at the next event, let me know and I will show you the way how I protect my trailer as well as a few other things I learned from personal experience. It cost me a total of $225. The peace of mind alone is worth every penny.
arsenius said:
Yeah your right. I keep forgetting that there is a lawyer on every block now. In the 1950's and 1960's we use to customize are cars with fender skirts. Problem was they kept getting stolen. I had razor blades under mine right where your wrist would be to take them off. More than one morning I went out to see one of my fender skirts dangling with blood all over the place. If your going to be a thief at least be good at it. Johnnyt
There was a rash of race car trailers being stolen years ago, and some solutions were in one of the car magazines. Exact details are long forgotten, but I remember the basics. There was a siren mounted in the trailer, loud enough to be heard outside, powered by a motorcycle battery. A "holding" relay was energized by the battery and ground feed from the truck's trailer wiring harness. When the wiring between truck and trailer was cut or unplugged the circuit would close and the siren would wail until the trailer battery went dead. Didn't stop anyone from stealing contents from the trailer, but the problem it solved was someone unhooking the trailer and hitching it to their truck. Sounded like a good idea for a small trailer at the time. Nowadays, they just take truck and trailer together.
Bill
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