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04-20-2018, 08:58 AM #11
One of the best theft deterrents is to make sure the landing gear power is turned off and can't be powered from a TV. Unless they are trying to steal your trailer with a tow truck, if they can't hitch it up and raise the stabilizers and landing gear, they will move on to the next one.
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04-20-2018, 09:16 AM #12
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04-20-2018, 09:25 AM #13
Hi John - I have a complete disconnect battery switch. The key is to make sure the trailer battery charge wire from the truck is on the battery side of this switch. So, even power from connecting the umbilical to a tow vehicle can't power the landing gear or stabilizer switches. I do not have auto level . . . but this concept should work if auto level is powered off in a similar manner.
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04-20-2018, 09:40 AM #14
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I'm about to wire in a true battery disconnect. So the autolevel won't work. But those compartment locks are so flimsy someone could easily break them. I suppose I could hide the battery disconnect at a really remote location, but a long run of wire probably isn't a good idea and it'd be a real hassle to do.
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04-20-2018, 09:53 AM #15
Remember to check whether your auto level powers up by plugging into a (running) tow vehicle, even if your battery disconnect switch is off.
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04-20-2018, 10:36 AM #16
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04-20-2018, 01:29 PM #17
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Here's another option that I just came across. Was researching King Pin tripods to stabilize the 5th wheel and came across this: http://tweetys.com/ultra-fab-19-9502...in-tripod.aspx
The tripod locks onto the King Pin with a padlock. So someone would have to defeat the lock and remove the tripod to hook up. Plus you get the added benefit of stabilizing the 5th wheel.
JohnJohn, Heidi and our 2 Cocker Spaniels Venus & Big Papi
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Pullrite Superglide with Superrails
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04-20-2018, 01:47 PM #18
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04-20-2018, 01:56 PM #19
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As we all know almost every lock can be defeated but really what we are trying to do is make our rig harder to steal then the one next to us. Most thieves are lazy and opportunists. If there’s two RV’s sitting side by side in a storage yard and one has a stout looking lock/chain/what have you and the one next to it has a $5 padock securing it, guess which one is likely to disappear?
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04-20-2018, 02:22 PM #20
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I just got done printing up the return label to Ft Knox Locks. It was strangely satisfying
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