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egwilly · 10-23-2018, 04:37 PM

For those locking their generators with a wire cable.....the cable can be cut in less than 10 seconds with a sharp 12" cable cutters or dikes. Don't ask how I know. Lost mine with a 1/2" dia cable in a state campground.'

They did leave the cut cable for me.

vsheetz · 10-23-2018, 05:20 PM

Portable sat antenna and generator we lock up when away. Other stuff, nope.

tmw188 · 10-23-2018, 06:14 PM

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We don't put things away unless bad weather is expected.

That’s my strategy because I don’t need anymore work. I might store bikes and chairs under slide to keep dew or rain off them.

jsikes78 · 10-23-2018, 06:46 PM

How do you actually secure kayaks? We are new to camping, and took some borrowed kayaks with us over the summer. They just sat out overnight. We bought our own kayak recently, and I’m hoping by next summer to have three. It would be nice to know how to secure them so they don’t walk away.

WeLikeCamping · 10-23-2018, 06:55 PM

Kayaks can walk? I never knew this. Maybe a leash? or a corral?

Me - I'll lock up or put away the generator, but not much else. I've tent camped for many years where all my gear sat out for many hours at a time. I eventually adopted the attitude of releasing my attachments to material things. Except the generator.

MoHo Dave · 10-23-2018, 07:25 PM

I've never locked up anything. DW looks the MoHo door when we leave for the day (I think). I don't even lock the basement compartments after I've taken stuff out until we leave. I suppose in roughly 50 years of doing this and never having an incident I'm not concerned about it. I also don't know first hand of anyone I know ever having problems either.
Dave

Halmfamily · 10-23-2018, 07:43 PM

On locked up the bikes, now just the electric scooter. Everything else stays out including kayaks. Six years and zero issues

jsikes78 · 10-23-2018, 08:17 PM

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Ray,IN · 10-23-2018, 08:57 PM

During 40+ years of camping, I've one had one thing stolen, a cooler from underneath the trailer. My cooler, along with several others was found by police in a nearby field. The only thing missing from the coolers was beer, meat and everything else was thrown aside and left to rot. That CG was at a rodeo grounds, not a full-time CG.

RunningHard · 10-24-2018, 10:40 AM

I have a 50' 1/4" cable that I carry in the coach. We spend lots of time at the Oregon Coast riding sand rigs, going to sandfest, dunefest, ect. 99% of the time it is great crowds, but every once in a while you have that one camp site the is full of chitheads. If I have any concerns I run the cable thru the wheels, chairs, anything else that it will reach and put a lock on it secured to a tree, or fire pit while we are gone or for the night. One could easily cut the cable with a bolt cutter, but it keeps the honest people honest......

TwelveVolt · 10-24-2018, 11:13 AM

We have never had a problem. The issues we have heard about from neighbors stem from outsiders cutting through the campground. We stayed at one that was between the bars and the residential area. Apparently unsecured beer coolers and bicycles had a tendency to disappear.

kayakterp · 10-24-2018, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by jsikes78

How do you actually secure kayaks? We are new to camping, and took some borrowed kayaks with us over the summer. They just sat out overnight. We bought our own kayak recently, and I’m hoping by next summer to have three. It would be nice to know how to secure them so they don’t walk away.

Usually people run a cable under the seat, at least that’s what we do in our part of the world. Most kayak seats are already secured to the keel and allow enough space for a thin bicycle locking cable.

jsikes78 · 10-24-2018, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kayakterp

Usually people run a cable under the seat, at least that’s what we do in our part of the world. Most kayak seats are already secured to the keel and allow enough space for a thin bicycle locking cable.

Thanks for the response, glad some people at least are helpful.

Since we are new to kayaking as well, I wasn’t sure if there was a certain way to secure them to something. The last camping trip we took, I felt like my husband kept waking up in the middle of the night to look out the window and make sure the kayaks were still there. Part of that could have been the fact that the kayaks weren’t ours. Hopefully by next summer we will have our own.

UTTransplant · 10-24-2018, 09:01 PM

We carry a canoe instead of kayaks, but it is a good idea to tie them down if they aren’t stored on a trailer or car rack. Kayaks and canoes actually make very good sailboats in a brisk breeze! We have used metal cable if worried about theft (only during transport while spending the night in a hotel, not a campground), but we generally tie the boat to something with a nice rope.