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05-20-2016, 07:24 AM
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2015 25' FB Flying Cloud
2012 23' FB Flying Cloud
2005 25' Safari
Santa Rosa Beach
, Florida
Join Date: Jul 2006
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We have used our Honda 2000 generator(s) on many occasions overnight in Wal-Mart parking lots all over the country. We use cable locks and tuck them under the rear bumper of the tow vehicle. Granted, these precautions are minimal at best. We decided a long time ago that if we wanted to travel extensively in our Airstream, there are certain risks. We take these risks in order to pursue our retirement travel dreams.
We have never had a security issue with our generators. Maybe it's because Wal-Mart has camera surveillance in their parking lots. We have overnighted at Wal-Marts in dicier areas. These usually have a security patrol that is out there all night.
Brian
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05-22-2016, 11:12 AM
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2 Rivet Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 93
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OTRA15
Lock or hide. Ditto on benefits of propane conversion.
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Can you tell me more about propane conversion.
Thanks
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05-22-2016, 12:01 PM
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#43
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Rivet Master
2007 25' Safari FB SE
2000 30' Excella
1999 30' Excella 1000
Low Country
, South Carolina
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 820
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My feeling is if I want to have it the next morning, I put it away, out of sight.
That includes, grill, generator, lawn chairs, cooler and anything else you may want to continue having. Bikes we chain up to the least visible area of the trailer and cover. A few years ago a friend had a cooler full of the weekends food, yes, it was gone in the morning with all the food.
A little precaution saves a lot of frustration. It only takes a minute to put things away.
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05-23-2016, 07:24 PM
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Hail on wheels
1992 25' Excella
Little Elm
, Texas
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 92
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It will be stolen.
Sent from my iPad using Airstream Forums
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05-24-2016, 04:05 AM
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Rivet Master
2007 Interstate
Normal
, Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
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We have always left chairs, bikes, etc., outside overnight...close to the Interstate...and have never had anything stolen, anywhere.
Not saying it can't happen.
Maggie
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05-26-2016, 07:21 PM
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2 Rivet Member
Currently Looking...
Tonganoxie
, Kansas
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 72
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Our 2 solar panels are secured to the roof of the trailer, and the 4 AGM batteries are locked in their out of sight storage compartment, and the bright sunshine is quietly topping off out batteries.
Downside, there is always a downside, no A/C on solar, oh well, we will just lay around in the river to keep cool.
Stan
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05-26-2016, 07:37 PM
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Luminous
1983 27' Excella
Vesuvius
, Virginia
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 228
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Last night at a campground near my home some guys stole the ATM machine. You can't make this stuff up.
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83 Excella 27
07 Tundra Limited
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05-26-2016, 07:53 PM
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Figment of My Imagination
2012 Interstate Coach
From All Over
, More Than Anywhere Else
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 10,868
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LY007
Last night at a campground near my home some guys stole the ATM machine. You can't make this stuff up.
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Well, if they made off with a whole ATM*, they obviously weren't interested in stealing generators!
*ATM, not "ATM machine." The M in ATM means machine. Tautologies like that never end. Someday, someone will abbreviate "ATM machine" as ATMM, and then someone else will call it an ATMM machine…
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05-26-2016, 07:59 PM
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begorragirl
2017 25' Flying Cloud
Denville
, New Jersey
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 1,029
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I do not have any gennies, but do have portable solar panel. After reading this post, I will replace solar panel for gennie when it comes to saftey. Thing is, need the sun of day to make it work. Gezz
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05-27-2016, 08:26 AM
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2014 31' Classic
2015 23' International
2013 25' FB International
Apache Junction
, Arizona
Join Date: Sep 2012
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All we can do is hide the stuff out of sight except when using it. Even then, a potential thief can cruise the park and see what goodies are in use to narrow their search later.
I mean a cheap screwdriver can pop any of the Airstream side hatch locks and getting into a camper shell is not that difficult. We throw shipping blankets over the stuff inside the camper shell on the pickup so it does not look as interesting.
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05-27-2016, 09:40 PM
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#51
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2 Rivet Member
2014 27' Flying Cloud
Apple Valley
, California
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Protagonist
Well, if they made off with a whole ATM*, they obviously weren't interested in stealing generators!
*ATM, not "ATM machine." The M in ATM means machine. Tautologies like that never end. Someday, someone will abbreviate "ATM machine" as ATMM, and then someone else will call it an ATMM machine…
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Ask me how many times I've heard "enter your PIN number". Personal identification number number?
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05-27-2016, 11:57 PM
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Rivet Master
2012 25' FB Eddie Bauer
Vintage Kin Owner
Virginia Beach
, Virginia
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 7,801
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Quote:
Originally Posted by did
Ask me how many times I've heard "enter your PIN number". Personal identification number number?
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Better yet is "Hot water heater" - why would one heat HOT water?
Paula
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05-28-2016, 02:01 AM
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Rivet Master
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Sag Harbor
, New York
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 17,523
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Foiled Again
Better yet is "Hot water heater" - why would one heat HOT water?
Paula
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OT --
Better yet might be the question, "Why drag this thread further off-topic with word play?"
The Argue Thread might be a good spot to carry on . . .
http://www.airforums.com/forums/f161...ead-60297.html
Quote:
Originally Posted by did
Ask me how many times I've heard "enter your PIN number". Personal identification number number?
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05-28-2016, 02:16 AM
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Rivet Master
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Sag Harbor
, New York
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 17,523
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Quote:
Originally Posted by switz
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We throw shipping blankets over the stuff inside the camper shell on the pickup so it does not look as interesting.
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That is what we have always done with the van tow vehicle, and with previous work vans. Why leave valuable generators etc. visible? To catalyze their own "escape?"
Anyone willing to break into the van (after seeing only a sea of moving pads), has already chosen to leave the land of honest, decent folks -- sorry to say.
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05-28-2016, 02:24 AM
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Rivet Master
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Sag Harbor
, New York
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 17,523
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Moving on to the various bike or motorcycle cables used to tether campsite items to a tree, TV or AS chassis, etc. --
Are there any inexpensive electronic "theft alarms" which rely on the physical continuity of the cable to keep an active low-voltage current in play, such that cutting the cable with cutters, or with a grinding wheel, breaks the electric circuit and triggers an alarm?
Such a system, being "always on," would use up batteries I guess, but wouldn't a loud alarm dissuade theft, perhaps with some well-place stickers, and maybe a first-warning voice of some kind? A solar battery charger could minimize the costs.
Gonna search online for such a device --
PS -- edit -- by golly, "Ask And Ye Shall Receive!"
Has anyone used one of these systems?
http://www.amazon.com/FJM-Security-S...ock+with+alarm
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...l_1zegzvuiba_b
https://www.google.com/search?q=cabl...utf-8&oe=utf-8
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05-28-2016, 02:42 AM
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Rivet Master
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Sag Harbor
, New York
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 17,523
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Protagonist, a few weeks ago you linked an alert system for the interior temp of your coach, so that pets could be safely left inside for a spell. Any experience with a cable alarm anti-theft system like the ones just referenced?
Thanks,
Peter
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08-10-2016, 06:58 AM
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2 Rivet Member
2017 23' Flying Cloud
2016 Interstate Lounge Ext
New England
, Ontario
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 20
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To be honest, it is not at all safe to leave your Honda with all these incidents of burglary and crime happening in our nearby places. I would suggest you install security systems. Secure your premises with CCTV cameras http://www.fire-monitoring.com/secur...-cctv-cameras/. It is always advisable to go for professionally designed and installed CCTV video surveillance systems.
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08-10-2016, 07:16 AM
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Rivet Master
2007 Interstate
Normal
, Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,051
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I believe it detracts from the traveling experience to feel one must take extreme precautions to guard against theft.
It is simply not a serious issue, as anyone who has traveled and camped extensively can tell you.
That doesn't mean it never happens, but one can be ripped off anywhere.
The incidence of theft in campgrounds, WalMart parking lots, off grid campsites, etc., just doesn't support such fears.
Take reasonable precautions, but don't allow yourself to feel that anyone around you can and would take what is yours if only they had a moment of opportunity.
Get out, experience this beautiful country and the people in it.
There...I said it.
Maggie
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08-10-2016, 07:38 AM
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2020 Globetrotter 25 FBT
2020 25' Globetrotter
Wildwood
, Missouri
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 2,577
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I totally agree! We've left several things out around the camper and have spent 100s of nights out camping. The only thing I've ever had taken was a hatchet. The ranger took it, and left me a note. I had left it stuck in a RR tie they were using as a parking stop. He didn't like me damaging park property. I had to apologize to get my hatchet back. We cable the bikes and the generator to the AS, and don't worry. We've left the kayak on the beach overnight many times.
Now I've jinxed myself. I'll have to walk home from Colorado in a few weeks, everything will have been stolen. Just kidding.
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08-18-2016, 01:21 PM
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#60
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3 Rivet Member
1994 34' Limited
Salem
, Oregon
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 208
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prevention
personally I don't believe in inviting theft. We lock our bikes at night. We put a bike cable lock on the generator when boondocking etc. A lot of theft is a crime of convenience.
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