Is it a bad idea to leave a 19 foot trailer in the wilderness unattended?

[tkdguy]

for 4-5 days at a time? The area where I want to leave the trailer parked rarely has traffic--which would be camping or hunter traffic. I would not leave valuables in the trailer.
The trailer has a dead bolt lock. Should I leave the door locked or not. I would not leave food in the trailer. Any thoughts? Post a sign for ongoing trail camera in operation???? Thanks for you thoughts on this problem.

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[jbett98]

No worries. It'll be fine.

 

[Diamondback]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say "don't leave anything in the woods (and really, it's fast heading for more like 'outside your home, even on your own fenced property') that you wouldn't have a problem with it not being there when you come back."

 

[P7M13]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say "don't leave anything in the woods (and really, it's fast heading for more like 'outside your home, even on your own fenced property') that you wouldn't have a problem with it not being there when you come back."

+1
I've known dirtbags who boasted about "finding" utility trailers (no license required) on public land, hooking them up and taking them away.

 

[FullMetalJerk]

If it has wheels it will probably get stolen.

 

[jbett98]

I would leave a big note taped to the door saying something like,
"Roger, I'll be right back, I'm sighting in my new Barret's .50 caliber sniper rifle not too far away".

 

[teflon6string]

What will your insurance adjuster make of it?

 

[Kruel J]

Loaded question. And unanswerable. I left a 27' on MY property in Cle Elum, WA and it was towed because the neighboring property owner claimed an easement where it was parked. I had all of the property records and no easement was ever filed but I still had to pay the $300 towing bill.

I sold the property about a year later as I HATED the neighbors and the only flat area to park an RV was on their so-called easement. Plus I was getting ready to move to Idaho and made a little money on the deal.

 

[bolus]

yes,

tweakers drove a couch out to salmonberry, an hour outside of Portland, just so they could get high in the woods.

that trailer would be filled with squatters and a whole meth operation if you left it for 4 days.

 

[Diamondback]

Loaded question. And unanswerable. I left a 27' on MY property in Cle Elum, WA and it was towed because the neighboring property owner claimed an easement where it was parked. I had all of the property records and no easement was ever filed but I still had to pay the $300 towing bill.

I sold the property about a year later as I HATED the neighbors and the only flat area to park an RV was on their so-called easement. Plus I was getting ready to move to Idaho and made a little money on the deal.

Shoulda had your property fenced, bro... a fence is a pretty clear indication of "Keep Out, No Easement/Entry Authorized Here."

Me, I won't even consider a property that doesn't have a nice, securing fence unless the seller agrees to put one up as condition of sale and roll the cost into the mortgage.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

I would not do that!!! I'd tow it into the nearest town and pay someone to watch it!

 

[Kruel J]

Shoulda had your property fenced, bro... a fence is a pretty clear indication of "Keep Out, No Easement/Entry Authorized Here."

Me, I won't even consider a property that doesn't have a nice, securing fence unless the seller agrees to put one up as condition of sale and roll the cost into the mortgage.

It was, with 4x4 posts and 1/2" steel braided cable. This was a piece of raw property in a snow park. I tried to confront the neighbor but they wouldn't answer the door.

I was close to moving to Idaho so I threw it up for sale and moved on with life.

 

[41mag]

in this era, the odds are a push, whether it would get heavily vandalized or someone would put it on Craigslist.

I used to share an elk camp stared by my buddy's dad & WW2 crew around 1948. They returned yearly for 40+ years, going so far as to finally build a decent open-walled crapper with a real nice wooden seat, steps/a few planks to make a little floor while you were there with 3 sides open to the wind & the sun.
A few basics such as a couple downed logs for use with the tent, a nice set up for hanging the elk while processing, etc.

I had used that camp with him for about 5 years in the late 80s. The next year it was all shot up & shat upon by cretinous polywankers. Same year my pick up was deliberately rammed in the far edge of the parking lot.

Not to make a Big Issue of it....yet times really are a-changing....

 

[albin25]

If you remove the wheels, cut off the hitch and lower it by helicopter into a road-less location that you can reach only by canoeing and then hiking in through densely forested, fly infested, terrain... maybe you could leave it for...uhh...err...ahhh... maybe for.....never mind!

I hear there's some real nice pack tents available.

 

[Joe13]

Buy a hitch lock and 2 wheel locks.

Deep cycle batteries and electrify the frame with an electrical fence module.

Even then it might get shot too hell in revenge.

 

[clearconscience]

Yeah some azzhat will bust out the window, cut the tires, shoot it full of holes, and most likely break in to rummage through all your stuff.
Probably leave you a steaming present on the couch/bed/floor and leave the door open for all the critters to use as a home, and bathroom.

Thats if they don't just steal it and turn it into a meth lab

 

[Diamondback]

There's one piece of wisdom from a fellow wearer of black suits that I've considered profound enough to have literally built my entire life around it...

"You can't keep what you can't [added by me: or won't] protect."
--Agent K, of the Men in Black

 

[Joe13]

Hell, I hate leaving my vehicle out in the boonies for the day when I'm hunting or scouting because there's no way I can take everything I pack with me.

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

I had a bad experience with leaving a trailer in the woods once.

 

[JedB]

Just park it on Lombard between 15th and 33rd.
Vehicle has to be there for 72 hours before folks can report it.