Thread: Leave behing the trailer

1 pair of bolt cutters is all they'll need

Originally Posted by Deffy

Hey Guys,
I'm thinking about getting a trailler just to carry big mud terrain wheels/tyres so I don't have to drive on them prior to off road start.

If I get one and put my HT wheels in it and leave it by the roadside near the offroad track for a day or so untill I return, do you think that it would be vandalised/stolen/wrecked??? Offcourse I would chain it up to a tree or something similar!

What do you reckon?

Deffy,

You're from Guildford and you're asking that!!
Mate you'd do it once, and never see your HT's or trailer again - I think it would also be a major PITA. You'd be better off and cheaper, to put the 2nd set (muddies or whatever) on before you leave home.
Less hassle, less cartage and they aren't that bad on the road. Unfortunately there are too many P*icks out there. If they didnt steal it, they'd burn it.

Welcome to the forum mate
(My mums grew up in "old guilford" a million years ago)
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Well, people leave their bike trailers around when they go trail bike riding, they leave their vehicles when they go hiking, and their campsites when they go camping.

Incidence of theft in the bush is low in my experience, but I wouldn't take the extra risk, may as well just drive out on your off road tyres.

Much less hassle, and if you end up having to go home in "limp home mode" at least you won't be towing a trailer, plus you can choose to go home via an alternate route.

I always carry a chain saw, just for those occassions I find some poor trailer chained to a tree, out in the middle of nowhere without a bowl of water.

if you had a sturdy enclosed trailer with a removeable drawbar so it couldnt be towed away......and you used some really thick heavy duty chain to chain the wheels to the trailer......
and you managed to find a camping ground to chain the trailer in.......it should be ok.......

no one would be able to see whats in the trailer....and if it was in the camping ground chances are there would be others around
so anyone thinking of any funny business would have some witnesses.....

Originally Posted by RobHay

I always carry a chain saw, just for those occassions I find some poor trailer chained to a tree, out in the middle of nowhere without a bowl of water.

(its just called a chainsaw....it doesnt mean it will cut through the chain....)

ah yes but the tree could be in real danger no?

Originally Posted by Deffy

Hey Guys,
I'm thinking about getting a trailler just to carry big mud terrain wheels/tyres so I don't have to drive on them prior to off road start.

If I get one and put my HT wheels in it and leave it by the roadside near the offroad track for a day or so untill I return, do you think that it would be vandalised/stolen/wrecked??? Offcourse I would chain it up to a tree or something similar!

What do you reckon?

Locks only deter Honest people, Regards Frank.