What security do you take with you?

[Christy]

I now have wheel clamp, clutch claw, heavy duty motorcycle chain on steering wheel to door plus Strikeback.

What is the consensus when travelling? Do I take everything with me to the campsite and put it all on?

It would add quite a bit of additional weight.

or

do i just take o

 

[St Ivian]

I think I may have spotted a bit of a flaw in the "we have a dog" part of the van security, do you not take them with you when you leave your van then ??

Not always. Sometimes when we go for a meal or short shopping trip she has to be left behind.

 

[Durham's dad]

As Dirty Harry said 'do you feel lucky, punk?'

 

[Neardonny]

Motorhome Pedal Lock for Autotrail automatic gearbox, is there such a thing ?

 

[Boris7]

I'm really new to a motorhome, but I've spent 25+ years in vans working all over Europe, plenty of North Africa and even Russia and the Middle East.
Dead Locks are a waste of time on a MotorHome, the habitation windows are plastic and deadlocks are there to stop forced entry.
A wheel clamp needs to be substantial such as Bull Dog Centaur but these are heavy and weighty they are perfect on the drive at home but not so on the road
A steering wheel lock is good but it needs to be a good model.
A good Thatcham alarm / immobiliser will keep the insurance company happy but an Auto watch Ghost 2 will frustrate any would be thief and is a good bang for bucks option.
An electrical kill switch / isolator well hidden is a good bet and a hidden auto safe for valuables is also a good idea.

But non of these will be as good as common sense, if it don't feel safe, then it ain't, move on.

If you leave the MH unattended close the blinds and put the TV/radio on.

If you have a keyless entry system get a faraday bag or disable it altogether.

If your wild camping in remote areas get a gas attack alarm, you don't need it but it may make you feel safer.

If you put the vehicle keys in the auto safe again it may make you feel safer, but it isn't always the best bet.

A pir light over the side entry door is useless unless you have air lights all around, and again if it doesn't feel safe it aint.

My works van has an ignition time out switch, when I park it and got to my hotel room I set the timer for my start time in the morning but this is less effective in a MH as you could be held prisoner until it turns on and your more important than the HM.

The most important point is where you park, years ago we didn't use Hotels and slept on a fold down bed in the back of the van or the cab of the truck we had not only to worry about our own safety but that of the load, so when we parked up we tasted the air and thought of safety and security if it wasn't right we would move on.

I always looked for broken glass on the floor, lights on toilet blocks/ buildings, visibility from the road and signs or overnight activity (dogs ends, used durex, beer tins etc. anything to suggest locals visited after dark) if such signs were present it wasn't for me.

If your on a camp site then your surrounded by like minded souls and I'd pretty much bet that you could leave the doors wide open and the only issue would be people checking if you were ok

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[Paddywack]

Dogs, the German Shepherd puts most people off ?

Reminds me of the to Liverpool youth offering to "look after your car for a £1 mate?" outside Anfield.

"I think you'll find the German Shepherd can do that"

"Oh, can he put fires out?"

 

[Rjcamper]

Reminds me of the to Liverpool youth offering to "look after your car for a £1 mate?" outside Anfield.

"I think you'll find the German Shepherd can do that"

"Oh, can he put fires out?"

 

[Mickthemove]

I take the steering lock and two quite good bike locks, i will be getting a clutch claw for when i leave the van for more than a couple of hours, i only use the wheelclamp whilst in storage

 

[Dan and Jan]

I take the steering lock and two quite good bike locks, i will be getting a clutch claw for when i leave the van for more than a couple of hours, i only use the wheelclamp whilst in storage

Just bought a Clutch Claw for my Ford, really easy to set up and use. Worth the money.

 

[AXO66]

Anyone found a way of putting a lock of some sort on the seat or seat base when swivelling the drivers seat round on a Ford MK 8 transit.?

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[Just smiffy]

With the price of dogs these days it’s more likely to get nicked then the van....?

 

[the1andonly]

Anyone found a way of putting a lock of some sort on the seat or seat base when swivelling the drivers seat round on a Ford MK 8 transit.?

Not specifically ford

Swivel seat security

Hi I have fitted my disklok to my van and my friend said why don’t I turn my swivel seat around and drill a hole in the runner and padlock it in the turned around position so they won’t be able to sit and drive if they go to steal It has anybody done this

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Turning seat round

Has anyone got any photos of how to turn seat round and drill and padlock it had a look yesterday but couldn't see any way this can be done ,I can put a chain round through the hole then lock it but would prefer to not have the chain .thanks

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[romany]

Because we do a lot of FLTing in out of the way places and the wife gets nervous I have two fairly long bicycle cable locks, one does the passenger door and sliding door locked around passenger seat, the other goes around drivers seat and drivers door and steering wheel (at night just around drivers seat in driving position so vehicle is derivable with lock on) back door padlocked inside, all can be released quickly in an emergency and are there to give my wife peace of mind and to give me a bit of time to wake up if any one trys to get in.

When visiting some where and parking for the day good old fashioned steering lock and vehicle immobilisation system