Securing boat and trailer...?

[1.1marko]

What is the best way to protect your boat on trailer in an unsecured area..?
Been around the block a few times and all I can think of is throw the kitchen sink at it with all the tricks u can think of.
Hitch lock or even remove the coupler all together... everyone carries a cordless zip grinder these days..
Which makes a toss up between a tire boot which can be cut off or remove the tires all together and put the trailer on jack stands and remove the tires..
Lastly chain the some biotch up to hopefully the nearest immovable object..
Does this sound about it or have I over looked possible alternative measures..
Tyia cheers

 

[Rain City]

What is the best way to protect your boat on trailer in an unsecured area..?
Been around the block a few times and all I can think of is throw the kitchen sink at it with all the tricks u can think of.
Hitch lock or even remove the coupler all together... everyone carries a cordless zip grinder these days..
Which makes a toss up between a tire boot which can be cut off or remove the tires all together and put the trailer on jack stands and remove the tires..
Lastly chain the some biotch up to hopefully the nearest immovable object..
Does this sound about it or have I over looked possible alternative measures..
Tyia cheers

Put a sticker on it saying it's protected by satellite tracking. A big one.

 

[kaelc]

I do a hitch lock and a tire chock lock. https://amzn.to/3XPmMi0 #ad . There are Vevor knock offs but there weren’t 5 years ago.

I think people are more likely to steal an unlocked trailer or an unlocked trailer with a boat on it. Crackers take the easy route, but we can only do so much.

 

[pescador]

Keep a camera on it.

 

[SpringVelocity]

Take everything out of it and just lock the coupler and make sure your kicker is ..

 

[kingblazer84]

Take everything out of it and just lock the coupler and make sure your kicker is ..

Id also go as far as to remove the trailer wheels and tires and put it on blocks

 

[brutus]

I do a hitch lock and a tire chock lock. https://amzn.to/3XPmMi0 #ad . There are Vevor knock offs but there weren’t 5 years ago.

I think people are more likely to steal an unlocked trailer or an unlocked trailer with a boat on it. Crackers take the easy route, but we can only do so much.

You must have luxury crackers in your area, ours ride stolen bicycles, it would look suspicious towing a 20ft plus boat behind a bicycle . I rely on my insurance if it goes missing personally

 

[brutus]

Keep a camera on it.

They don’t care about cameras, I got them all over my house and garage, and they break into my work truck all the time, got into my wife SUV last years and stared right at the camera

 

[chille51]

Sleep in the boat. This was the MO when I was in a touring rock band with a van full of expensive music gear. Someone sleeps in the van every night. Or tries to anyway. We took turns.

 

[SpringVelocity]

They don’t care about cameras, I got them all over my house and garage, and they break into my work truck all the time, got into my wife SUV last years and stared right at the camera

Yeah cameras are useless.

 

[Max123]

Heavy duty lock and chain through the wheel to the trailer frame. The hitch locks I've seen looked like they could be knocked off with a hammer (they all get pretty terrible reviews).

Throw an airtag in there as well with it geo-fenced to that location so you get an alert if it moves.

 

[zurk]

i use road barriers from uline. 4ft x 8ft 2000lbs each. surround the boat and it should be enough.
move with hydraulic pallet jack (mine cost $25 off craigslist).

 

[Eden Island]

i use road barriers from uline. 4ft x 8ft 2000lbs each. surround the boat and it should be enough.
move with hydraulic pallet jack (mine cost $25 off craigslist).

That would work great at home. A little tough on a road trip!

 

[zurk]

welp all you need is a big enough semi with 80,000lb trailer.