Had a caravan stolen a while back, have just taken delivery of a new bailey, security devices include an alarm, hitch lock, wheel clamp, leg locks and drive way security post, just wondering if any other devices may be of use, thanks in advance.
How about a 2nd wheel clamp , or rig an alarm up to the house " caravan moves - house alarm goes off " , just don't ask me how to do it ain't got a clue .
Hi brit, just reading about how you got your van stolen, really bad, spose its our sense of humour to cope with loss. We've had a couple of burglarys here only managed to take stuff from the garage, and the insurance didnt cover half of it. Good luck with this new van.
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Organised people are just too lazy to look for things.
hi.two wheel clamps / hitchlock / large chain through the back leg,bolted to the wall.internal alarm / front of the van,ring bolted to the ground with strong bike wire locks through the chassis / drive post,made my own not hard to do.have another chain to fit on the other rear leg.may not stop them but it sure slows them down more chance of getting nicked.you can have the van wired to the house alarm on a different key number.this is done by two wires going to the anti tamper side of your alarm,with a switch in the house.this is plugged into your caravan plug on pins that give a continuous ring.if the plug is unplugged the house alarm goes off.i have the wire diagram somewhere.takes 15 minutes to unlock but dont mind.
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Try a manned Machine gun a friend of mine took massive measures with his van but to no avail it seems they are a canny lot the caravan thieves they have plenty of kit onboard inc boltcutters generator + angle grinder or disc cutter sometimes known as which cut through just about anything , mates van stolen off his drive in daylight on quite a busy road through an estate (nice area) ? .
Quote: Originally posted by brit05 on 22/11/2005
Had a caravan stolen a while back, have just taken delivery of a new bailey, security devices include an alarm, hitch lock, wheel clamp, leg locks and drive way security post, just wondering if any other devices may be of use, thanks in advance.
Hi Brit
Done all this myself since we had our first van nicked, also have a CCTV camera so we can see who takes the new one, hope it never happens of course, but if it does, then that's us finished with caravanning!!
I also take the jockey wheel off, remove any habitation equipment I can, so if it does go, then they will need to buy lots of bits to go use it, and what a pain that is.
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Topic: Caravan Security
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