what do u guys do to keep your quads safe at night at the dunes, camping, and at home. i lock mine up w/ a 5/8 thick tempered steel chain and a 10 ft. piece of 5/8 thick cable made by brinks. and after seeing a lock smith pick the lock to my hitch lock in just 5 min. i purchased a 60 padlock that connot be picked. i have had stuff ripped before so i am a bit weery.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

 

we dont travel and if we do it is for a day...well except once or twice when we went camping...We just keep our atv's in my grandmas barn...and she knows EVERYTHING that goes on cuz she never sleeps...so nothing really...keys are normally left in them and all...we are also good friends with the DNR officer so if something does get stolen... he can keep an eye out for it

 

at home, i leave my quad in an unlocked barn with the key in it. The way it should be. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] (i should keep my mouth shut, now i'll probably be robbed[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img])

 

out here in the city people will try to steel stuff with you even still on the dang thing. same up at the dunes like dumont. there are alot of realy good people who go up there but it is the few bad ones who ruin it for everybody[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

 

Well at home the quad stays locked in the atached garage..which is funny since I have two vehicles but the quad gets the garage!!! but when I have to lock it up somewhere...I work at a hardware store so I got ten feet of 3/4 inch aircraft cable with plastic coating...locked with cable clamps and then padlocked with a heavy duty titanium master lock((I had one of those locks on my tree stand out in the woods once, so noone would rip off my treestand..well I lost the key..so I borowed a pair of super heavy duty bolt cutters,,,wouldn't even touch it...I ended up having to hawl a generater on my quad back to my stand then us my angle grinder to cut it off....but I got my treestand down!))

 

thats funny[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

At home I made the gate smaller than the quad. It's a pain for me to get out, but trust me, you'll wake me up if you try it. At camp they're chained together. This sounds silly, but put a cowbell (or two) on the chain. If I hear the bell, you'll hear the bang.

 

lmfao!

 

At home, a well-lit yard and/or a dog are the best theft deterrents there are. When we are camping we park the ATV right next to the travel trailer and the dog keeps an eye on it for us.

It is a pity that we have to be so concerned about having our stuff ripped off.

 

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Originally posted by: Scootergptx
At home I made the gate smaller than the quad. It's a pain for me to get out, but trust me, you'll wake me up if you try it. At camp they're chained together. This sounds silly, but put a cowbell (or two) on the chain. If I hear the bell, you'll hear the bang.[/]

LMFAO[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] Some pretty funny replies. It is a shame that you can't just leave the keys in them and unlocked. We lock ours up with a aircraft cable and master lock. Fortunately, (depending how you look at it) some of the riders we go wiith leave their bikes unlocked, so, I would think ours would be left alone. Now, if I can only figure out how to lock my gas cans up???? Especially with gas as high as it is[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/img]
We've had our gas stolen more times then we can count while at Pismo....They do leave the ice chest alone though[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]