security while sleeping in the truck bed
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I use to just throw a ratchet strap on the gate and attach it to the clamps that hold the cap down. If someone was trying to get it it would easily wake you up first.
I also put a padlock in the inside of the tailgate, because my tailgate does not lock.
I also put a padlock in the inside of the tailgate, because my tailgate does not lock.
Padlock inside of the tailgate? where do you attach it? Sorry for my ignorance I just acquired an 03 tacoma.. my first pickup truck!
I don't sleep in the back of my truck but I have slept in the cab. Quite frankly, any individual breaking into my truck while I'm in it is the one with the problem. You just have to be willing to die. Once you break through that barrier, life is easy. I know that sounds messed up but that's what it amounts to. Very few "bad guys" will bother with an occupied vehicle let alone get confrontational, that's TV stuff. Of course you'll hear about every isolated incident in the U.S. with the world being as connected as it is. Excuse me for getting all philosophical.
hillbillyjake
Explorer
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korisu56
Adventurer
The gun and dog trick is amazing. They compliment eachother well. On my last trip a friend and I were sleeping in the bed of my truck with a tarp pulled over (sub zero with windchill, screw the tent) when a vehicle pulled up. My dogs went crazy (beagle mix and a JRT mix) and woke me up pronto. They're both relatively small at 25 lbs and 18 lbs, but they're amazing companions and take up little room.
djrez4
Adventurer
on that subject, check these guys...
http://ramblewriter.com/ramblings/
scroll down to Pirate Camping
http://ramblewriter.com/ramblings/
scroll down to Pirate Camping
Applejack
Explorer
Some of you may be anti-gun but I'm a firm gun advocate. I can assure you nothing is a better deterrent. I would hate to ever have to pull the trigger but I have been to the point when I was ready to draw my weapon on a couple of guys that invaded our (my wife, daughter and I) very remote camp. We have a 97lb German Shepherd that did not seem to persuade them to leave to much, despite his much barking. Sparing you all the details I'll just say, These guys were crazy and on something and finally after moving my jacket aside for these guys to see the XD40 on my hip, did one of them get enough sense to encourage the other to leave.
7wt
Expedition Leader
I have been camping like this for years. Some of my best memories were from the side of some remote Southwest Texas highway crossroad somewhere. A different spot each night, awesome.
Wow, these guys are incredibly brave! WHen I was in Bolivia I asked my local friends about renting a Landcruiser and doing this on the way to the Salar de Uyuni. They said that I was completely off my rocker and would most likely be murdered or alternatively have all of my things taken down to my underwear in the first night! I still regret not doing it, but depending on the country you are in, there are some serious security considerations. I'm really surprised these guys haven't encountered a road blockade yet.
Wes Craiglow
Member
HA!!! Love this website! Thanks for posting!
But, seriously, I just assumed this is how everyone did overlanding!
I mean, every now and again I might spring for a room somewhere so that I can take a nice shower and go out for dinner or something, just for the heck of it, but generally, I suppose I'm a "pirate"... But what are the options?! Realistically, it's very difficult to find remoteness every single night, and staying in a campground or hotel each evening?!? Might as well buy an RV and steer toward toward the nearest KOA.
Am I missing something?!
As far as security goes, my philosophy is that travel comes with inherent dangers. Mitigate everywhere possible, but accept it as part-of-the-deal when threatening situations occur. Having a "close call" while out on the road--while terribly frightening during the moment--makes a great story for the grandkids.
And isn't facing those situations part of the reason we travel in the first place? Speaking for myself, it's when I feel most alive.
You can't find that in a cubicle.
(ps. If I die while on the road doing what I love, then they'll bury me with a smile on my face.)
AlwaysExplr87
Member
While I havent slept in the bed of the taco, a friend and I used to regularly sleep in my cherokee at parking lots around the beach. I wasn't very sneaky or prepared for a bad event but I was young, dumb, and thinking about the surf. We never did have any problems though and we stayed a block down from all the bars on the island.
When camping I rely on the dog method. My dog is the sweetest dog ever but when she gets startled in the middle of the night shes 60lbs of snarling anger. I'm not a huge fan of guns but can see the value of one in such circumstances.
When camping I rely on the dog method. My dog is the sweetest dog ever but when she gets startled in the middle of the night shes 60lbs of snarling anger. I'm not a huge fan of guns but can see the value of one in such circumstances.
Dave Bennett
Adventurist
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Amen.
Even when I sleep alone, with nobody else, I sleep with my little friend.
Blatant George Thorogood reference in there for fun.