jimtoo
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My daughter and son-in-law’s North Trail was stolen and they didn't know it.
About a month ago my daughter, Tracey, was in San Antonio for a quilting class, late afternoon and evening. She called her husband at home in Boerne, TX before she was leaving the class, about 9PM to see if he wanted her to stop and pickup anything on the way home. Randy, her husband was getting things together to take to their almost new Heartland North Trail at storage facility about 20 miles away so they could go for a long weekend.
While talking on the phone, Randy said there was someone at the door, and was ringing the bell, and he would call her back. Randy opened the door to see a police officer. The officer told Randy they had recovered his stolen trailer. Now,, you have to know Randy.. Mr. Perfect, Mr. Clean, he told them the trailer was in a covered, gated, locked storage facility. The officer told him again, they had recovered his trailer and it was in an impound yard in San Antonio. What had happened,the police were checking on a pickup and trailer on a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio and found the pickup reported stolen. The trailer had a paper license plate on it and it was not matching the VIN on the trailer, so they checked the VIN and found it to be Tracy and Randy’s trailer.
The thieves had broken into the locked storage facility, broken or cut the lock off the hitch, cut the power cord and also the cord for the pickup and pried open the doors. The inside was not hurt except for some broken dishes from driving very fast or making very fast turns. They had to pay $250.00 just to get it out of the San Antonio City impound yard where it had been towed.
They called the insurance company, took the trailer to a dealer (Explore USA) in Boerne, TX and got estimates and repairs done. They replace the one door, touched up a few scratches and minor things for them. Randy accepted the repairs, so they must have been good. This was about a 3-4 week process.
Needless to say they did not go camping that weekend. But are ready now. So just because you store a unit in a locked, covered, secure facility and it was there 2 days before, does not mean it will be there when you go back.
About a month ago my daughter, Tracey, was in San Antonio for a quilting class, late afternoon and evening. She called her husband at home in Boerne, TX before she was leaving the class, about 9PM to see if he wanted her to stop and pickup anything on the way home. Randy, her husband was getting things together to take to their almost new Heartland North Trail at storage facility about 20 miles away so they could go for a long weekend.
While talking on the phone, Randy said there was someone at the door, and was ringing the bell, and he would call her back. Randy opened the door to see a police officer. The officer told Randy they had recovered his stolen trailer. Now,, you have to know Randy.. Mr. Perfect, Mr. Clean, he told them the trailer was in a covered, gated, locked storage facility. The officer told him again, they had recovered his trailer and it was in an impound yard in San Antonio. What had happened,the police were checking on a pickup and trailer on a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio and found the pickup reported stolen. The trailer had a paper license plate on it and it was not matching the VIN on the trailer, so they checked the VIN and found it to be Tracy and Randy’s trailer.
The thieves had broken into the locked storage facility, broken or cut the lock off the hitch, cut the power cord and also the cord for the pickup and pried open the doors. The inside was not hurt except for some broken dishes from driving very fast or making very fast turns. They had to pay $250.00 just to get it out of the San Antonio City impound yard where it had been towed.
They called the insurance company, took the trailer to a dealer (Explore USA) in Boerne, TX and got estimates and repairs done. They replace the one door, touched up a few scratches and minor things for them. Randy accepted the repairs, so they must have been good. This was about a 3-4 week process.
Needless to say they did not go camping that weekend. But are ready now. So just because you store a unit in a locked, covered, secure facility and it was there 2 days before, does not mean it will be there when you go back.
