Stolen Rooftop Tent - Keep your eyes out please
- Thread starter Box Rocket
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That sucks. I'm in Hampton Va/ VA Beach area so I'll keep an eye out.Hi everyone, a Tepui customer had his Autana roof top tent stolen right off his truck while he and his wife were out climbing in western North Carolina. Please keep your eyes open for this and post up if you have any information to its whereabouts.
It is about 4 years old but still in decent condition. The base is covered in a bunch of stickers, most are from different breweries.
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Any help would be appreciated. You can post info here or please call Tepui at 800-301-9874 if you have any information.
Thank you!
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Greg_Volkman
Observer
stick a second set of nuts on the bolts and weld them on. can be cut off with a cutting wheel or dremel later. bolts are cheap.
PirateMcGee
Expedition Leader
Spot makes one with $99 per year tracking and the device is $99. Likely what I will use if I do a trailer.
jeep-N-montero
Expedition Leader
Sad to say that would take a thief about 2 minutes or less to cut off any exposed bolts or brackets with a cordless sawzall or cutoff wheel if they plan it out and know what they are doing, something that size is seldom taken by a random clueless passerby. If you can somehow mount it to a lid or low enough on a rack where there is virtually impossible to access with a tool then you should be okay, but then you usually have exposed cross bars than can easily be cut. I'm just throwing out ideas on how to prevent potential theft but there really is no way to prevent it if someone wants it bad enough, just insure and secure best we can and let karma take care of the rest I guess.
dstock
Explorer
Damn! Sorry to hear that, how does that even happen on a base?
shoredreamer
Observer
Sorry to hear about this. Where’d you buy your iKamper from? All Skycamp tents have a serial number on the underside of the wing portion of the floor, if you can find the number it can help to pinpoint your tent down the line. Did you have the locking mounting brackets?
Teamoatmealpie
Observer
Theft is a concern of mine too. I purchased security nuts from Fastenal. Basically a cone shaped nut that requires a special socket to remove. Will this stop a prepared thief with tools?, probably not. But it will stop opportunity theft, i.e. meth head who steals anything they can carry off.
Hotels freak me out, as high theft places I like to avoid. I will use cable and lock, wrapped around tent and roof rack. I found a nice cable with built in lock, MasterLock Python cable lock, where you feed the free end back thru the lock, creating a giant loop, that you can cinch down really tight. Goal is really just to deter some one from trying to steal it. Never sleep good when my rig is packed for a trip and its parked at a hotel.
Hotels freak me out, as high theft places I like to avoid. I will use cable and lock, wrapped around tent and roof rack. I found a nice cable with built in lock, MasterLock Python cable lock, where you feed the free end back thru the lock, creating a giant loop, that you can cinch down really tight. Goal is really just to deter some one from trying to steal it. Never sleep good when my rig is packed for a trip and its parked at a hotel.
overlandzr2
New member
There is a company that makes security nuts (kind of like wheel locks) for these tents. They make them for all kinds of brands. The company is called Pine & Steel I believe. There is also an ebay link from some reseller selling at a discount. Here is what I found: eBay https://ebay.us/xPMODe