Security measures

wakk44 said:
If they want it bad enough they will get it Rob,if you took a wheel off the scumbags would bring a replacement with them if they really wanted the van.I think the best thing is to try and make things difficult for the thief,they don't want to be messing around with an angle grinder if they can help it.If there are several similar motorhomes parked together and one has a highly visible steering wheel clamp it may just deter them,I use a disklok on the steering wheel which I would recommend.

I have known of people wiring a toggle switch in the ignition feed in a secret place under the dash somewhere,however the thieves don't know that and could still cause expensive damage breaking into the vehicle.You can only do so much,just make sure you have a good insurance company in case the worst happens.
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Rob. I ran a Caravan Storage site. One night thieves drove a transporter through the chain link fence reinforced with scaffold tube welded to the uprights across the gaps and stole a van. It had wheel clamps, corner steady locks, hitch lock and alarm. They winched it onto the transporter and left a similar model without the security, but a year older, parked beside it. Generally they steal to order not on a random basis. On another occasion they were caught red handed with 5 vans lined up to go at 5am. Transporter and 3 cars were involved that time. It was a local garage that was involved.

If they want it they will take it. All we can do is make it harder for them. I have a "Clutch Claw" on my motorhome but they cannot be fitted if you have an Autoclutch fitted.
 
Noise alarm

Robmac said:
I've just heard that a motorhome was stolen from just around the corner from us last Friday, so I was thinking of adding some security to the van.

Apparently, they broke into the car parked behind it first and pushed it out into the road, then stole the van, yet nobody heard.

I'm a bit reluctant to fit a wheel clamp, as I know that they can get these off in seconds, I'm therefore thinking of somehow disabling the engine. On my last van, I had a switch under the seat, which had to be switched before the ignition would work, so I could go that way again, or maybe remove a fuse somewhere.

Any suggestions, outside the usual alarms, wheel clamps etc?

(Maybe I should remove a wheel :D)
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Hi all,had cars nicked,pushed away,disalarmed,ect.on my motorhome i fitted a sargent as210 i think.tow it,lift it,enter it,it goes off very loud.plus a voltermetric alarm i think its called,measures air pressure loss constantly.open window,door,drill a hole. They go off.the thing that is good is they cannot turn them off.so that should wake me and the street up, i hope.like u lads say if they want it its gone.but i will be hanging on to my tow bar
 
Try this

Here you go rob [video=youtube_share;eb8CvN3fHYA]https://youtu.be/eb8CvN3fHYA[/video]
 
Now that's my kinda security Wully!

Wouldn't want to infringe on their human rights though, poor little lambs. :D
 
Try the Rex

[video=youtube_share;uRASlO-eU9Y]https://youtu.be/uRASlO-eU9Y[/video]
 
South Africa

[video=youtube_share;ldaT72ZakNI]https://youtu.be/ldaT72ZakNI[/video]
 
Wonder if gas low do an adaptor for that. Goes down well with an 80s shell suit 😜
 
Looser cruiser said:
Wonder if gas low do an adaptor for that. Goes down well with an 80s shell suit 😜
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It's a shame we can't use systems like that Wully. There's no other deterrent.

Whilst the crim's get a slap on the wrist, the victims get punished by the insurance companies. We really do live in an arse about face world!
 
I know exactly what you mean. Someone I know has a concrete drive he's fixed a metal hook to the ground right under the back axil of his van if it's parked he pulls a huge chain and lock over axil you can't see it from street but imagine the mess of the van if they got it started. He just says he doesn't care as long as they don't get it out of his driveway. It's terable we have to resort to that.
 
Another vote for disklock, a good visual deterrent.
BTW you rotten lot,, somebody has to have a Swift.:D
 
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Rob when I had my quick Subaru Impreza I had one similar to this but of about the 1980s era mounted in a box under the drivers seat, it was fed from a timer relay operated by the interior light switch and a live feed switched from one of those exterior key type electrical switches, 110 decibels under the driver's seat that you couldn't get at to shut it up, only once was it activated in anger I once left it unlocked at my father in laws house and he opened the door early in the morning to push the car out the way to put the bins out, I had some apologies to make in the sleepy little village near oundle 😀
 
Please feel free to put MY disklok on YOUR van..!! Lol I have been gifted another one by campervanannie :lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049:
 
daisymini said:
Please feel free to put MY disklok on YOUR van..!! Lol I have been gifted another one by campervanannie :lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049:
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You know I was looking for that yesterday Sue! I'm sure it's buried in the spare room with a ton of other motorhome stuff,but my back's not up to shifting it.

I'll send Julie in instead.
 
Another thing about diskloks.... Unless they have changed recently the medium is the same size as the large....
the medium one just has more foam padding inside... it's certainly the case with 2 of the ones I've got (by rights you need a large for a landrover series2/Series3 )
however a medium with the padding removed fits a treat on ours.

You tend to see far more medium ones for sale at good money (not that they are drastically expensive new at @£100)
But I payed £20 for the last couple I've bought at boot sales/auto jumbles.
 
I paid £50 for mine (Which was to be Sue's!), it is as new, so I'm well happy with that.
 
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