Keeping Truck Gear Safe in Colorado

[MuleyFever]

One thing I hate about most new trucks is no manual tailgate lock. You can't secure the tailgate. You can get a nice metal cover and all someone has to do is break the window and hit the unlock button to unlock the tailgate.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

The best way to keep your gear safe, is limit the amount you leave in your truck. If they want in, there is no way to stop them. That's the sad truth.

 

[LongWayAround]

The "lock" for my shell was really just for show. You could easily just twist it open while locked.

 

[Marble]

Just looking for options, not a debate.

I'm not sure you need to do more than install a truck cap. We have been parking at four different trail heads for 22 years and have never had a break in.

I have several trucks with several thousand dollars of products in the back of them, overnight at hotels, every week throughout northern CA. We never have issues.

Be diligent and prudent. Lock the back, cover expensive things, and maybe put more expensive stuff in the cab.

I'm not unaware of the risk you take by leaving your truck. 22 years in LE has taught me there really is nothing that can deter a highly motivated thief. But those are few and far between. Most are opportunistic, lazy and dumb.

Enjoy the hunt and stop worrying!

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[Marble]

Thanks, I lived in Colorado for over a decade and before I left there was a big problem with trucks getting broken into in the front range and it was starting to spread deeper into the mountains. Doing a google search on news seems this is becoming more common around the state. I sometimes have several valuables of a very high dollar amount in the truck so I want my chance of occurrence to be very minimal.

The decked system doesn’t seem to be a very efficient use of space so I’d rather not go that route so wondering if I could use something else or just use the shell.

Ill add just for other context. In all my years glassing with other people. Running into hunters, guides and homes on the trails going in and out of the mountains, has someone told me their car was broken into. So it happens, just not often.

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