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Personthunderboltflyer
14/3/2009 at 6:16pm
 Location: wiltshire
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Good Evening to one and all,

I have just purchased a trailer for this seasons camping but wondered what other campers do for securing their trailer at the site. I was going to fit a hitch lock and was considering winding in a ground spike and chaining the trailer to that ?..... either that or remove the wheels and leave them in the car ?...too extreme ?

what do you do ?

Rich 


Gerryatric
14/3/2009 at 6:36pm
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I had a trailer for 3 or 4 years and never did anything to secure it.   I am always a bit  choosy about the campsites but but  never lost anything.   Valuables should be locked in the car etc. etc. common sense really.

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Gerry


PersonPeggybabcot
14/3/2009 at 7:37pm
 Location: Swadlincote Derbyshire
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As we always use EHU I always chain it to the post. You can buy spikes for the purpose though that screw into the ground and you then padlock the trailer to that.

http://www.westerntowing.co.uk/acatalog/info_SAS200.html

 



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If you have a problem stressing you, sort it. If you can't, there's no point worrying about it coz it won't make a blind bit of difference!!!! Jules


Persongeneralhawk
14/3/2009 at 7:42pm
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I had a trailer stolen from a private site that was supposed to be secure. The more precautions tou take the better

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"Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone"

I have the body of a greek god - its in my freezer


caster
14/3/2009 at 7:55pm
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I used to use one when the kids were small, i used to turn it upside down to stop it filling with rain and stick one of the wheels in the boot

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Personnigel16
14/3/2009 at 10:24pm
 Location: Hayle Cornwall
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I used a trailer for a number of years and never had a problem> I did by a wheel clamp for it but after a while the lack of space meant that the clamp stayed at home. In th latter years we took no physical security measures at all, instead we made sure the trailer was well hidden from view and always in as awkward a position as possible. I get the feeling if someone wants your trailer they will load it on the back of a wagon, they wont tow it away. 

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Nigel

March 2012 - Dove Meadows
6th July Moving to Hayle



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