I'm sure most of you do ... but if you don't ... do yourself a big favor ... protect your investment with a king pin lock ... $25+-
Two cases in point ....
At a real nice north Florida resort we frequent ... some no-gooders pulled up to a 5th wheel and hook it up to haul away. When a suspicious neighbor asked what's going on, the no-gooders replied "not to worry, the Smith's (saw their name on their name plaque) just bought a nice new unit which will be delivered shortly." The "neighborhood watch neighbors" were happy for their camper friends. The rig was found the next town over pretty well stripped! You know how fast someone can hook up and go ....
My own sister and brother-in-law heading back home to NY from their Double Tree Mobile Suites factory in IL had to stop at a hospital for my sister. No place to park the rig at the hospital so they asked the manager of a large supermarket if it was okay to leave rig in their side lot for a few hours. They did, and when they returned they find a small car with tinted out windows parked in front of their rig so they couldn't hook back up. The ENTIRE side lot was empty and some jerk parks in front of them. It was lunch time, so they decided to go in the rig for lunch and then go ask the manager if that's an employee's car, if it doesn't move soon. 20 minutes later the car starts up and leaves ... someone was in the car the whole time. When my brother-in-law mentioned the inconvenience to his state police officer friend, the officer tells him he was extremely lucky, as that is a ring going around. The officer said that was probably a spotter in the car ... he parked their so no one else might come block off the area ... and he was probably on his cell phone to his buddy with the truck to come pick it up. It too would have been taken to a nearby town and stripped. He has a lock for his now!!
Two cases in point ....
At a real nice north Florida resort we frequent ... some no-gooders pulled up to a 5th wheel and hook it up to haul away. When a suspicious neighbor asked what's going on, the no-gooders replied "not to worry, the Smith's (saw their name on their name plaque) just bought a nice new unit which will be delivered shortly." The "neighborhood watch neighbors" were happy for their camper friends. The rig was found the next town over pretty well stripped! You know how fast someone can hook up and go ....
My own sister and brother-in-law heading back home to NY from their Double Tree Mobile Suites factory in IL had to stop at a hospital for my sister. No place to park the rig at the hospital so they asked the manager of a large supermarket if it was okay to leave rig in their side lot for a few hours. They did, and when they returned they find a small car with tinted out windows parked in front of their rig so they couldn't hook back up. The ENTIRE side lot was empty and some jerk parks in front of them. It was lunch time, so they decided to go in the rig for lunch and then go ask the manager if that's an employee's car, if it doesn't move soon. 20 minutes later the car starts up and leaves ... someone was in the car the whole time. When my brother-in-law mentioned the inconvenience to his state police officer friend, the officer tells him he was extremely lucky, as that is a ring going around. The officer said that was probably a spotter in the car ... he parked their so no one else might come block off the area ... and he was probably on his cell phone to his buddy with the truck to come pick it up. It too would have been taken to a nearby town and stripped. He has a lock for his now!!
