Trailer Anti-Theft....

[4570Man]

i put a chain through the wheels. i know someone could drag it, but if they are that dedicated, i am not sure they would get too far down the road before they had an issue.

Or they could just bring a cordless grinder or bolt cutters and be on their way in 30 seconds.

 

[m1garand762]

I run a chain through the wheels and then around the 30 diameter tree I park it next to. If they steal it they will probably pull the axels off

 

[TractorNH]

Seldom use it.... Bought it to avoid paying $100 to have my Gator or B3200 hauled literally three miles to the dealer(s)...

You answered your own question with this comment. Just don't put it in the easiest spot to get at it, put it where you feel safe leaving it. It doesn't even have to be accessible with your truck if you can move it with the gator or the tractor. Just pull it out when you need it and put it back when you're done.

 

[fried1765]

Or they could just bring a cordless grinder or bolt cutters and be on their way in 30 seconds.

Yup!
Cordless grinders ($39.99 - 20% @HF) make chains with locks virtually useless.

 

[mcfarmall]

The cordless angle grinder is the best tool since the cordless Sawzall...for thieves.

 

[LD48750]

You answered your own question with this comment. Just don't put it in the easiest spot to get at it, put it where you feel safe leaving it. It doesn't even have to be accessible with your truck if you can move it with the gator or the tractor. Just pull it out when you need it and put it back when you're done.

Putting a hitch on the front of your tractor or gator will make putting your trailer anyplace MUCH easier.
I really don't believe it took me 60 years of driving to discover what people had been telling me all those years was true.
Almost all trailer transport ON my property now is with a front hitch.

 

[herm0016]

Or they could just bring a cordless grinder or bolt cutters and be on their way in 30 seconds.

yep, same with almost every other way to secure anything.


chain is the largest that would fit in the wheel hole, and larges lock that will fit in that chain. my tenet moved it once without unlocking it, chain was fine drug on gravel/dirt.

 

[4570Man]

Yup!
Cordless grinders ($39.99 - 20% @HF) make chains with locks virtually useless.

Some people have apparently never seen or used one. Chains are frequently assumed indestructible with all of this talk about ripping axels out or cutting the anchor tree. In reality heavy duty zip ties are about as secure.

 

[Peter 315]

out of sight, out of mind can't steal what you don't see

 

[crazyal]

It's a little bit of work but I second pulling the wheels. Not just for theft protection but also to prevent dry rotting. Keeping them out of the sun goes a long way towards getting full life out of them. Since you said you rarely use it you have the potential of one going flat and sitting that way for an extended time. A thief would have to really want it to show up and put wheels on it to steal it.

 

[crashz]

Mine is in plain sight, but blocked by my truck. I have a hitch lock and one of those wheel boot things, but the real protection is that they would need to move the dumptruck before getting to the trailer. And the truck doesn't have a hitch, so they would need a pretty coordinated effort to take one or both!

Believe it or not, I've found it more secure to have things out in plain site. Stuff that we have tucked away and hidden, have been picked through. Batteries and copper cables being very popular.

 

[houser52]

I had a 16' Husdon equipment trailer stolen 25 years ago. The thieves just cut the lock off the hitch and drove away with it.

Before I bought the replacement trailer I welded an axle u-bolt to the top of a 3' mobile home anchor and buried the anchor with just the u-bolt sticking out of the ground. I run a 1/2" chain through the u-bolt and trailer stake pocket, then secure with a big industrial lock.I know it's not theft proof but I haven't had a stolen trailer since.

 

[caver]

Another way they can easily steal it is a tilt-bed truck with a winch. Put some fake magnetic signs on the truck Clem's Repo and Recovery.

 

[4570Man]

Another way they can easily steal it is a tilt-bed truck with a winch. Put some fake magnetic signs on the truck Clem's Repo and Recovery.

If they come that prepared you’re pretty much screwed. The good news is most thieves aren’t that prepared and the ones that are probably aren’t stealing trailers worth a couple k. The Kubota dealer got hit for two 95-2 CTLs earlier this spring and weren’t ever recovered. And that was a pretty brave target because the city fuel stop that police sit at all hours of the night is only 50 yards away.