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05-08-2022, 08:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Trailer: "Side Effect" 2022 21C
Posts: 1,376
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Set your car alarm and keep the keys next to you so you can set it off. Plus keys are weapons. Lock door and lean a broom on the door. When opened from the outside the broom handle will fall in their face and delay entry time into the trailer. We prefer wasp spray inside of a confined space.
My friend bought a cheap motion detector at Wally World and it has a buzzer that he keeps inside to let them know someone/something is outside before they start kicking the door in. I think it cost $20 USD.
If someone still wants to come inside to rob an alerted owner with a car alarm going off, a broom handle in the face with a shot of wasp spray in the eyes then they are coming in anyway but at that point you have the advantage. Knives, Short Baseball Bats, Pot & Pans are all fair game.
Be Prepared by Being Aware of the Advantage for Being Prepared.
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05-08-2022, 08:13 PM
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#22
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Hazelwood, Missouri
Trailer: 2021 5.0
Posts: 782
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
You are missing the point. If you are not there, and if you have an NRA decal on your door, you probably have guns.
Same reason I've never applied decals for Apple computers, Nikon cameras or Sage fly rods to my trailer or vehicle.
Don't shoot yourself in the foot.
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Just owning an Escape makes you a target…
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05-08-2022, 08:25 PM
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#23
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Santa Rosa County, Florida
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21 Tow: 2024 Toyota Tundra
Posts: 3,105
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron in BC
Ice fields parkway, 2017?
Ron
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Yeah it was that trip. I had a good time. Except for the bears.
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Mike Lewis
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie-- propane
Photos and travelogues here: mikelewisimages.com
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05-08-2022, 08:28 PM
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#24
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ooshkaboo
Just owning an Escape makes you a target…
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Missouri - isn't that the "Shoot me" state?
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
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05-08-2022, 08:51 PM
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#25
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Janesville, WI, Wisconsin
Trailer: Escape 19 (sold) Escape 21 2014
Posts: 1,886
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Since the Escape is a tandem axle trailer, I find it necessary to check the tires frequently. A couple of quick thumps and I can tell they are inflated . This is a common technique employed by truckers with "dualies".
To accomplish this, they use a tool called a tire checker, tire thumper, tire knocker et al. Think of a stubby baseball bat with a weighted end and a lanyard. Available at just about every truck stop store I have been into. The tire thumper is an elegant piece of work, worth of public display. The tire buddy is also in my collection, it looks pretty serious.
Even though I check my tires with a tire gauge more frequently I still carry a trusty tire checker in each vehicle and inside the trailer.
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Paul and Janet Braun
2003 Toyota 4Runner V8 now 2012 Toyota Sequoia V8
Escape 19' 2010 now 2014 Escape 21'
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05-08-2022, 08:57 PM
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#26
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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The piece of pipe that is used to hook up WDH chains is a substantial item that I store behind my driver seat.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
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05-08-2022, 09:06 PM
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#27
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2020
Location: Overbrook, Kansas
Trailer: 2021 E19 (Padawan)
Posts: 2,016
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Unless I’m wearing sandals, I usually just kick’em.
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Randy & Barb
1998 C 2500 (Cruncher) and 2021 Ranger (Yoda)
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05-08-2022, 11:19 PM
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#28
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Benton County, Iowa
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 Classic Number 6, pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
Posts: 8,269
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I only do that if I’m thinking of buying them.
Iowa Dave
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Dave
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05-09-2022, 07:15 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Hazelwood, Missouri
Trailer: 2021 5.0
Posts: 782
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
Missouri - isn't that the "Shoot me" state?
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You bet it is pilgrim, don’t leave home without it…
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05-09-2022, 09:44 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Colfax, California
Trailer: 2024 Escape 23 on order, 2022 RAM 1500 5.7L Laramie
Posts: 587
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Pizza Delivery! Land Shark!
Couple of years ago, I decided to buy my wife a high zoot espresso machine. After deciding which one, I realized that it was available only online and that shipping horror stories were common for espresso machines. So, we packed up the trailer and headed off to the nearest online dealer with a storefront in Portland, some 600 miles away (hey, we had nothing else to do).
Turned out to be a very wet trip and on our way back, we did a late stop in a campground on the Oregon coast. Along about 9:30 pm, in a serious downpour, we heard a knock on the camper door. The guy outside said, “Pizza Delivery”. I said, “we did not order a pizza”.
He replied, “I ain’t leaving until you open the door”. I replied, “You have two problems to consider, one, my wife just called 911 and two, we are armed.”
He stood in the rain with a very wet cardboard pizza box (no warming bag) for a few minutes and then left. A Deputy Sheriff showed up within minutes. He noted that they had had a few late night calls from campers in the last month about insistent attempts to deliver unordered pizza.
Be careful out there.
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05-09-2022, 10:21 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Emerson, Manitoba
Trailer: 2016 Escape 5.0TA, 2022 F150 2.7EB
Posts: 1,848
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
Missouri - isn't that the "Shoot me" state?
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We camped not far from our daughter's two weeks ago at a Missouri State park, never felt safer especially when the gate to get into the park is closed at 9pm. You must have the code to enter.
Camping in Canada is usually safe except for the poor gal who was robbed of basically everything on her site.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/londo...heft-1.6441048
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Adrian (and Beth)
We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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05-09-2022, 10:45 AM
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#32
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Adrian. You can find anything you want on the internet.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...gain-1.6176449
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
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05-09-2022, 12:41 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2021
Location: Mount Vernon, Washington
Trailer: 2013 Escape 15 B. Room4Two
Posts: 444
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I employee a layered defense. Everything mentioned plus.
Harbor freight has drive way chimes that work great for 10.00.
We have a little dog that travels with us. At night he sleeps across the door. If he is awake anyone outside would think Cujo is in the trailer.
Also carry Kimber Pepper Blaster, Bear Spray and wrist rocket sling shots for pesky critters.
Paint ball from a sling shot marks them for future ID.
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05-09-2022, 02:45 PM
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#34
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Emerson, Manitoba
Trailer: 2016 Escape 5.0TA, 2022 F150 2.7EB
Posts: 1,848
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
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True Glenn but what I was pointing out is that the camping "code of honour" was broken by whoever stole most of that gal's camping gear. The killings in this article is far different from thievery but then guess I shouldn't have posted that article on a thread about personal safety.
Saying that even with our extensive travels in the US the only time I felt nervous about safety was overnight at a Cracker Barrel years ago when something funny was going on at a car not far from where we had parked.
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Adrian (and Beth)
We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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05-09-2022, 03:31 PM
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#35
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Colfax, California
Trailer: 2024 Escape 23 on order, 2022 RAM 1500 5.7L Laramie
Posts: 587
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We have decided to stop unplanned overnights in parking lots of retail stores that are not open all night.
Pilots and Loves are our new choice when plans fall apart. The lots are large enough to avoid idling trucks and people are coming and going all night long.
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05-09-2022, 04:16 PM
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#36
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Trailer: "Side Effect" 2022 21C
Posts: 1,376
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bborzell
We have decided to stop unplanned overnights in parking lots of retail stores that are not open all night.
Pilots and Loves are our new choice when plans fall apart. The lots are large enough to avoid idling trucks and people are coming and going all night long.
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What is the yellow thing hanging on your tire?
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05-09-2022, 04:40 PM
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#37
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WillyB
What is the yellow thing hanging on your tire?
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Appears to be a sand chair, perhaps?
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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05-09-2022, 05:17 PM
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#38
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Colfax, California
Trailer: 2024 Escape 23 on order, 2022 RAM 1500 5.7L Laramie
Posts: 587
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It’s a wheel boot for those times when we leave the camper unattended in the hinterlands while we wander off. Comes off the spare and locks out a wheel.
Called the California Immobilizer, but made in BC, go figure.
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05-09-2022, 05:17 PM
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#39
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,060
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WillyB
What is the yellow thing hanging on your tire?
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Looks like a tire boot to me.
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Donna D.
Ten Forward
2014 Escape 5.0TA
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05-09-2022, 05:17 PM
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#40
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,060
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bborzell
It’s a wheel boot for those times when we leave the camper unattended in the hinterlands while we wander off. Comes off the spare and locks out a wheel.
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Muggins!
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Donna D.
Ten Forward
2014 Escape 5.0TA
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