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02-09-2014, 04:42 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Theft
Be aware the copper thieves stripped my motorhome of all the #2 copper wire while it was in winter store. Yes, there is a fence around it topped with barbed wire. I'm working on building my own motion sensor alarm system while repairs re in progress.
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02-09-2014, 04:43 PM
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: c above
Posts: 5,525
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Bummer sorry to hear, Not a good way to start out the season.
tb
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KarKaddy SS, Toad: 2009 Genesis
Tim, Joe and Lilly too. Mpls Minn.
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02-09-2014, 04:54 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: FTer Class of 2015 Origin: Evergreen, Colorado
Posts: 1,565
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That's aggravating! Did they just lay on the ground and scoot around underneath, or did they break into it? So sorry, \ken
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02-09-2014, 06:23 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 17
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They crawled under and used cutters. Had no trouble finding the heavy cables from engine to battery box.
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02-09-2014, 07:06 PM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 2,660
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Good lord...seems it never ends. Sorry for the damage this jerk caused. I sure hope this isn't a new found trend in copper theft. 
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'05 Monaco Windsor 40 DST - ISL / '08 Wrangler
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02-09-2014, 07:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 985
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Sorry, someone needs to strip those bast___s and make them run around in the below zero temps and snow we have to go out in every day and then what ever you want for them.. Hope it isn't to bad of a repair for you.
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02-10-2014, 06:49 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Norfleet, Florida
Posts: 188
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Be interesting to keep those cables "HOT"....... 
I despise thieves. Had a thief break into my S&B home a couple years back. I upgraded my security.
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02-10-2014, 08:28 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Janesville, wi
Posts: 642
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Only 3 ways to get money.. 1 work 2. welfare 3. crime.
Our politicians have cut welfare, our corporate execs have stopped hiring, guess what that leaves ???
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02-11-2014, 05:32 PM
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Gulf Streamers Club
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 143
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I remember my college Teacher in Auto School telling us how they pranked a few kids while he was in School. Took a Model T Coil Charged it then hooked it to the doors.
When someone touched it, it would discharge like a capacitor. About 10,000 volts dc.
Low amps so not enough to kill but enough to straighten your hair.
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02-13-2014, 10:47 AM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
Posts: 54,785
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I can tolerate a lot of things, but I HATE a thief! 
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Joe & Annette
Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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02-13-2014, 10:56 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Southern Ohio
Posts: 793
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This happened at a local storage lot. I heard they pulled most of the wiring including the Romex on a bunch of coaches. If this is true, my guess is it would total a coach. Very expensive, if not impossible repair.
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2007 Damon 3060-Ford 16k, Ford C-Max Toad, Ford Ranger Toad, Kawasaki VX300 Versys Motorcycle
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02-13-2014, 05:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 682
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Well, the loser community hit my trailer a few weeks ago and stole my two brand new propane tanks that were full.
I looked at some other trailers and noticed the nice ones were also hit.
I am happy they did not make a forced entry into the unit, as I'm trying to sell it and that would have been a bitch to deal with for repairs...
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