I live in an HOA neighborhood that doesn’t allow RVs to be parked in driveways, so I used a storage facility that is just a mile from my house. Because I live in the desert, I kept the trailer in a covered space to reduce sun damage. I hadn’t used the trailer since Julie, and had been traveling most of August and into September. A few days ago I got a letter from a police department about 75 miles away, with a parking ticket dated September 5. My wife and I immediately went to the facility to find an empty space where our trailer had been. There was a local law enforcement officer taking a report from a man whose storage unit had been robbed, so we made our report too. Have filed all the paperwork with the insurance company, and are waiting on a response. Of course the police where it was parked were contacted, but it’s not there now.
I don’t know what to do now. I was looking up campsites the night before receiving the letter. My wife says we’re not getting another trailer unless we can store it at our house, which isn’t an option. A friend has offered to let me store it on his property, about 10 miles away, and it is gated, but it would be inconvenient to pick up and it would be out in the full desert sunshine.
I guess I’m rambling here. Still in shock. Maybe things will get clearer in time, and I’ll figure out what direction to take.
TLDR. Trailer was stolen and I’m devastated.
I keep an AirTag hidden in mine.
If you get another trailer, strongly consider putting a tracker in it.
>A friend has offered to let me store it on his property, about 10 miles away, and it is gated, but it would be inconvenient to pick up and it would be out in the full desert sunshine.
Sounds like a very reasonable solution and all you need to get is a cover.
Sorry. This sucks! Hoping for a positive resolution. Good luck.
I’m a HUGE fan of Trak-4 solar trackers.
Just buy one, stick it on the roof, set up the account and activate it. You can either pay the monthly fee to get real time location and Geo Fence alerts, or just turn the service off and then if you ever need to know where it’s at, you just hop onto your account and reactivate your plan and it will turn back on.
It was stolen from a gated storage facility? Does the facility not have cameras? Storage space is a complete scam and the people that manage storage facilities are usually the slimiest assholes around and often help their friends steal shit from the storage unit by giving info and getting kickbacks
With all of the other stress; don’t forget about the parking ticket. You don’t want that to escalate and cause even more of a headache for you. Your best bet is to contact the agency who issued the ticket, with a copy of your police report. If they’re decent they’ll take care of it.
AirTag / tile is a good solution. If your site has power and you have a means for Internet; you even have the option of geofence alerts and security cameras. I store mine off-site in a storage facility. But I also have solar panels and a cellular modem; a security camera inside and alerts that get sent to my phone if the trailer moves. And to top it ALL off I even have a hidden AirTag.
