How do I keep my ATV safe at a campsite or trailhead?

Trailheads and campsites are prime hunting grounds — machines sit unattended for hours in predictable places, and thieves know exactly where those places are. Some crews literally cruise popular riding areas on weekends. But a few habits take you off the menu.

• Chain to something immovable. Run a hardened chain through the frame to your trailer, a large tree, or another machine. Two ATVs chained together are dramatically harder to take than either one alone.
• Lock the trailer too. A coupler lock and hitch pin lock stop the classic move: hitching your whole trailer, ATV included, to someone else's truck.
• Take the keys — always. Keys left in the ignition at a trailhead are the single most preventable theft there is.
• Park where people are. Near the trailhead entrance, in view of other campers, not tucked at the empty end of the lot. Witnesses are a deterrent.
• Camouflage helps. A cover over the machine at camp makes it a question mark instead of a target.
• Hide a GPS tracker on the frame. Cell coverage reaches most trailhead lots, and a magnetic tracker means a movement alert on your phone while you're on the trail — and a live location for police if the worst happens. ATVs have no plates; tracking is how they come home.

Ride with people you trust, and watch each other's machines. Community is a security layer too.

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