Paid for last month, title in hand, and then...it's gone

[Biker Eagle]

Our 2017 Winnebago Drop 170S was stolen. Two days ago we get a call from our campground in Wears Valley Tennessee telling us our Winnie was scarfed by some dirtbag hillbillies. Just finished a 6 month prep job to get it ready for our Alaska trip this summer...well if Canada reopens. Anyway, we start all over I guess. Wife says he!! no we ain't taking your RTT trailer, don't even go there. Sigh, how does she read my mind like that?

 

[KF0APA]

I can only hope Karma visits the thieves and makes them pay.

 

[bgenlvtex]

My next trailer would be made of methbilly skins.

 

[RoarinRow]

Now that sucks. So sorry to hear that.

 

[J.W.]

Wow that's awful. I hope it was insured. Even with that, the inconvenience is terrible.

 

[Biker Eagle]

Insured to what I paid but these things have doubled in price in 36 months. Thus the real problem.

 

[ThundahBeagle]

Insured to what I paid but these things have doubled in price in 36 months. Thus the real problem.

Very sorry to hear about this, BE. COVID hysteria has indeed raised the price of travel trailers as everyone wants to get away from everyone else in relative comfort.

I hope it was insured, yes, but I also would like to know if the campground was insured...? Seems to me they have some oweness here, just as any storage facility would. As long as I lock it up, its thier responsibility to keep thier perimeter secure.

Maybe between your insurance and theirs, you can get another one

 

[Biker Eagle]

My insurance company is contacting the campground to do what you suggested

 

[ThundahBeagle]

Theres a 2017 red one for sale in Oklahoma City. 17 grand.

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

Theres a 2017 red one for sale in Oklahoma City. 17 grand.

Ok not that far from Al. I'd check that out. I hope everyone in OB will keep a watch on craigslist, and ebay for you.

 

[Murphy Slaw]

I doubt a campground is responsible for theft.

Of any kind.

 

[Lil Bear]

Dang that sucks! Hate the fact that folks have such little concern and care for others that they take their hard earned stuff!

 

[MidOH]

There's no penalties for it. So why not?

Op: Sorry for your troubles. Your insurance can talk to their insurance. But there is no such thing as secure campgrounds. I could steal that if it was parked at the sheriffs office.

 

[DMS1]

If you own a trailer, you should consider investing in one of these trailer locks. I have the first one, but would buy the 2nd if I had to do it all over again.

AMPLOCK

Proven Industries

Also before buying any lock, you should do a search on You Tube for Bosnian Bill or The Lock Picking Lawyer channels to see if the lock is any good.

 

[MidOH]

I'd just haul it off by the safety chains. If you wind them up tight over and through the gusset on my pintel hitch, it'll be noisy, but easy peasy.

Wheel boot chock things don't work either.

Removing the entire hitch assembly (rare option on rv's, but nearly all pro trailers have the hitch bolted on with adjustable height), and removing the safety chains is your best bet. But useless as well. Because there isn't a truck in the US without chains of some sort, onboard.

 

[ThundahBeagle]

Yes, yes, we get it. Anything can be stolen and so on. Doesnt mean you give up and dont harden the target. Unless they specifically want YOUR stuff, maybe the thief moves on to the next one

 

[DMS1]

I'd just haul it off by the safety chains. If you wind them up tight over and through the gusset on my pintel hitch, it'll be noisy, but easy peasy.

Wheel boot chock things don't work either.

Removing the entire hitch assembly (rare option on rv's, but nearly all pro trailers have the hitch bolted on with adjustable height), and removing the safety chains is your best bet. But useless as well. Because there isn't a truck in the US without chains of some sort, onboard.

With the proven lock, the chains go inside the tube.

 

[MidOH]

I used to get contracted by a cell company to fix and move their BS broken trailers everywhere. Half the time one of their techs had them all locked up in weird ways. And with huge employee turn over, I had to get creative chopping all that junk off. It gave them plausible deniability, because none of those things where close to street legal.

Missing hitch, tires, etc. etc. were always the biggest problems keeping me from hauling them off.

The wood blocks that go between dual axle tires, with the bolt the makes them tight, seriously locks a trailer in place. A bit of a pita to defeat as well.

My favorite game was ''wheel boot or fender''. See which one ripped off first. Usually the boot augers into the earth and gets ripped off. On pavement though, it's nearly 50/50 odds.

 

[Bama_Kiwi]

That's rough. Best wishes for a speedy, satisfactory outcome.