The Caravan Owners Club

[pauline]

Can you help i have just purchased my first hobby and i now want to keep it my hobby and stop it going walkabouts, so please can you tell me what the best form of security is i am open to any hints tips and suggestions

Cheers

[BJH]

I have a Winterhoff hitch lock (can be used when hooked up for stops on the road), a Milenco wheel clamp & four corner steady locks. But at the end of the day I guess if they want it they'll have it!

[Roy Armstrong]

Supermule.
Tracker.
SAS Alarm.
2x Titan wheelclamps.
RobStop.
Roof lettering.
Fiamma door lock.
3 x Video cameras.
Crossed fingers & a 12 bore side by side!

[hkm]

But at the end of the day I guess if they want it they'll have it!

I think that's right. It is impossible and at best impractical to make a touring caravan theft proof. I think the Insurance Companies want to be sure that we take 'all reasonable precautions' and they sometimes stipulate some of these, but not always.

I think a minimum is hitchlock and a good wheel-lock, both to the Sold Secure Standard. Then an alarm or a tracking device.

.........but best of all I think is a very secure place to store it, and 'at home' isn't always best unless you can make it inaccessible. (Ours is behind a six foot stone wall, up a narrow driveway, blocked in by our two cars. If they want it they'll need a crane to lift it over the wall - and that has actually happened to others but if they really want it that bad they can have it. It's only a caravan and I can buy a new one.

Just don't ever leave valuable in it or personal stuff that is irreplaceable.
I have found that the greatest risk, even in a storage park, is theft from the caravan, vandalism, or teenage intruders using it as hideaway from school!!!

Don't get too attached to it and take all reasonable precautions.

Cheers

hkm

[pauline]

Thanks for all the info i guess it is all about making it harder and like you say if they want it they will have it just a shame in this day and age you work hard for your money and someone can just take it. Anyway i hope to get many holidays out of it and fingers crossed.