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11/6/2014 at 5:50pm
Location: Southport
Outfit: Mondeo Titanium Swift Challenger 580
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If you have a flange type towbar a hitch lock is useless as it only takes 2 minutes to unbolt the towball
Why would you want to use the loo in the services when you have a perfectly good one in the van?
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11/6/2014 at 9:33pm
Location: Little Neston Wirral
Outfit: Kia Sorento--Lunar Delta RI 2018
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Like the majority we stay our van, use the toilet in van, either myself or the wife will make a drink while the other gives our 2 dogs a bit of a walk. Plus l don't believe in paying motorway service prices for something to eat and drink, when everything you want is in the van.
l have seen other caravanners pull into a motorway service station lock the car and put no security locks or wheel clamps on their van and head for refreshment and toilet. If their van is stolen l am almost certain insurance companies will not pay out, if it is stolen.
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12/6/2014 at 5:47pm
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Yep seperate toilet visits here as well. Usually let OH and daughter go first then I take the boys and get the coffees
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13/6/2014 at 8:47pm
Location: Glasgow
Outfit: Elddis Avante 454
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A hitchlock would be no use if the tow car was stolen as well which is probably the easiest way to steal a caravan.
We do not bother, the caravan door is locked, the car doors are locked, the car alarm is set and I trust people.
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We camped for years. In 2019 we bought an Elddis Avante 454. We like it as it is short (6.9m) and fits in our driveway and has a fixed bed.
We had 127 nights away in the caravan in 2023.
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13/6/2014 at 9:46pm
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You cant steal a modern car without the keys but you can easily steal a modern caravan that is not locked to car or clamped. Nobody is going to be unbolting flange towballs or busting locks either, it takes too long & attracts too much attention. The caravan that does disappear will be unhitched, swung sideways, hitched to thieves car & gone in 30secs. If they can't do it that quick they won't do it at all.
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13/6/2014 at 9:51pm
Location: Staffordshire
Outfit: Freelander 2 2.2GS
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We always take it it turns to visit the toilets, leaving someone with the van and car, even though we have an Alko lock fitted which stays in place while we are travelling.
We have stayed overnight on services off the motorway when on long journeys but wouldn't recommend it really, other than convenience. It's noisy (trucks etc) and I'm decidedly uneasy sleeping in the van as I have heard of people trying to take vans off the services while parked up....they wouldn't know we were all tucked up inside in our beds!!
There is a video somewhere on Youtube showing a van ben stolen off a service station in a matter of minutes...frightening really, as these people can be watching you and waiting for you to disappear. It doesn't take long for them to unhitch and drive away with your van.
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15/6/2014 at 8:45am
Location: March cambs
Outfit: Skoda Superb MK2 SE & abby vogue 460
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Actually happened to one of my ex managers his caravan was stolen off the back of his discovery at a service area,also we parked up at cafe I put the alko hitch lock on we went inside to eat a white van followed us in to the car park 2 males got out one was walking around our van whilst the other was looking at the hitch,I was watching from the cafe they both ran when I went out to the van.So yes it does happen.
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15/6/2014 at 9:02am
Location: Lancaster
Outfit: Abbey Vogue GTS 417
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Blimey I had not considered this issue. We have used motorway services twice & in both cases it's been busy with 'vans coming & going, & I didn't notice anyone fitting locks or clamps, however I will pay more attention in future.
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15/6/2014 at 11:41am
Location: Wigtownshire
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We always take turns. I have known our curtain side truck have the sides cut and raided while the driver was away so I never give the criminals a chance. Would never use the caravan toilet and then travel - just in case. I think piece of mind on a holiday makes it more enjoyable.
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15/6/2014 at 11:12pm
Location: Teesside
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Was watching one of those police programmes last night, and yes there was an incident with a caravan being stolen in daylight from a motorway service area. The caravan had a hitch lock, and the car had a swan-neck towbar.
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