Stolen Campertrailer database

Every vehicle (car, truck, trailer, caravan, motor-home etc) that is reported stole to Police is in fact recorded on a register or data base. For example a couple are listed below:

REVS

DOCEP (WA)

Every State has such a system including a register of wrecked vehicles and un-recovered stolen vehicles.

The 'business' of stealing vehicles - often 'to order' (cars, trucks, tractors, vans, motor bikes) re-building or modifying to prevent identification is a multi million dollar activity in this country and has been going on for decades.

R - E - M - E -M - B - E - R if there are no buyers, (that means 'Joe Average' in the street, pub, club etc) then in a short time there will be no opportunity for crime groups to sell their stolen goods.

Hi,
We were the unfortunate victims when our relatively new padlocked and chained tent camper trailer was stolen from our driveway during the day in early 2000.

It was pretty upsetting and almost ruined a long planned 3 month holiday with the wife and kids in QLD.

We never got the camper back. Thank-fully it and it's contents were insured.

With regard to being re-birthed etc. For a tent camper trailer (ours looked like the one in the expoloroz picture that comes up on this page), I would imagine that it would be quite easy to do.

The camper "VIN" plate was simply riveted onto the tailgate and the VIN number was just engraved on the plate.

Apart from the rego plate, the VIN plate and the manufacturers transfers (plastic stickers) that was all that identified the camper trailer. Pretty easy to remove.

Imagine my surprise when down at the local caravan supply place (some time later) I found that you could by new blank camper / caravan VIN plates.

To be fair I think that the Average Joe would be hard pressed to know if a camper like the one we had stolen had new plates etc.

Things might have changed, but one area that possibly needs better regulation is the technical requirements for identity markers on campers. ie Stamping of VIN numbers on different structural elements on trailers etc.


Cheers,
Mal

Most C/Trailers and C/Vans now have a number welded on the draw bar. Still possible to grind off but would be more noticeable
Cheers

Just a Warning!

Some insurers won't regard padlock or cable & chain as approved secure storage, & may not approve the claim.
They stipulate that it be kept be in a locked yard or shed, otherwise it must be fitted with any retail, purpose built trailer locking device.

*Sounds like a great idea and might assist in the recovery of these items.*

Yeah your right DIO i dont own one personally but bloody thieves,cut most digits off and leave him a nose picker,surely everyone at least deserves to be able to do that !

Oh apart from Pedeophiles and thats another story !


Cheers

There is also a stolen caravan list at

http://www.goseeaustralia.com.au/stolen.asp

Pooley
www.bycompass.com