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Storage

Yahoo Message Number: 1519
We are in the process of moving to the Windsor area across from Detroit (about 4.4 miles from the US/Michigan border as the crow flies). We will no longer have the luxury of a pad beside the house and 50 amp power. Our new lot is a pie and will simply not handle the MH. There is a Jayco dealer (trailers only) a half mile away who has a storage facility but I've turned that down ($50 per month or $500 per year) since you have to leave the keys and they will have to move the MH periodically. I've rented a spot in a "secure" location for $69 per month for the next 3 months as we then head to Florida.

http://www.guardian-storage.com/outdoors.php

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=5505+Rhodes+Dr,+Windsor,+ON&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.592876,75.410156&ie=UTF8&ll=42.287675,-82.942969&spn=0.002262,0.006641&t=h&z=18&iwloc=addr

Even though they say "secure" and they are fenced with barbed wire on top and have video cameras running, one never knows who might get in or what other renters might do. Of course the back of their contract says they are not responsible if anything happens.

This brings me around to the locks on the basement doors. We are going to remove most items of value (like the air compressor, power cord) from the MH basement and store them at home (a real pain if we have to reload every time we use it). Perhaps I'll store some of the items inside the MH - but still a nuisance.

We had extensive discussion about the locks several months ago. Has anyone changed the basement locks to get away from the risk related to the 600,000 #751 keys that are out there? I'm now thinking that perhaps I should try to take them all out and have them rekeyed or just get a couple of new locks and put most items in 2 of the compartments.

Anyone have any advice on "things to do and remember" when storing away from home?

Thanks

Don

Re: Storage

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 1520

Don,

I usually keep the compartments empty of anything of value, then keep the compartments empty... regardless of the locks, the compartment doors can be opened with considerable damage, and I would rather just let the intruder open them and find them empty.

Denny

Re: Storage

Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 1523
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Don,

I usually keep the compartments empty of anything of value, then
keep the

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compartments empty... regardless of the locks, the compartment doors
can be

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opened with considerable damage, and I would rather just let the
intruder open

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them and find them empty.

Denny

I have been considering either switching out the locks or leaving the
compartments unlocked. When I took the Greyhawk out of storage this
Spring, someone had broken off a key in one of the locks. Don't know
if it was a 751 and just broke, or if it was something else, but it
was all the way in the lock. My assumption is they either already had
or were going to go through the compartments (they were all empty).

Given how easy it is to break into a compartment and how universal the
key is, I am tempted to remove most things of value from the
compartments permanently and leave them unlocked. Unfortunately, I
have to use a storage lot all year...so it isn't just seasonal.

Removing things "of value" isn't that easy. Have you priced stainless
barbecue grills and 50 amp cords? I guess a Coleman stove, black and
gray water hoses, drinking water hoses and leveling blocks and folding
chairs are pretty safe? I hate to think of the inconvenience if I
went to pick up the RV to head our for a trip and found all the hoses
missing.

Re: Storage

Reply #5 –
Yahoo Message Number: 1524
JD, I've been thinking I' remove move pretty well everything. Maybe leave in a broom and one or two other things - reasoning similar to yours.

Don


On 31-Jul-08, at 12:09 PM, JD wrote:

Re: Storage

Reply #6 –
Yahoo Message Number: 1525

Locking the storage and the door is only for the honest, I'm sure this is preaching to the choir though. I've read reports where battery powered recip saws are being used to gain entry. They are especially adept at cutting through the construction techniques of RV's. Even entry doors have had cutout going right around the lock. I also feel leaving the lockers unlocked and empty is probably the way to go.

 

Re: Storage

Reply #7 –
Yahoo Message Number: 1526
, rsri1@... wrote:
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Locking the storage and the door is only for the honest, I'm sure
this is

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preaching to the choir though. I've read reports where battery
powered recip

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saws are being used to gain entry. They are especially adept at
cutting through the construction techniques of RV's. Even entry doors have
had cutout going

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right around the lock. I also feel leaving the lockers unlocked and
empty is

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probably the way to go.

It's sad, really, but I guess that's how things are. I will still
keep inexpensive stuff there and hope for the best. I guess if
folding chairs firewood and blocks go away it is no big deal to
replace them and preferable to having to replace or repair storage
doors. As far as security, I have never tested it but strongly
suspect I cold simply pull open almost any outside storage
compartment. Those little metal tabs don't seem very strong to me.