Trailhead Vehicle Surveillance
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Trailhead Vehicle Surveillance
I'm a frequent hiker around town and have several 14ers and backpacking trips planned this year. With the uptick in vehicle break ins and catalytic converter craze I have been thinking about buying a cheap security camera to hang up at some of the less traveled trailheads to keep an eye on my vehicle. Wondering if anyone else does something similar or has a recommendation for a CHEAP, battery powered camera that records to an internal memory or SD card?
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Re: Trailhead Vehicle Surveillance
a trail camera might work
im not sure if it will prevent anything though, you'll look at the footage and be like yep, meth
im not sure if it will prevent anything though, you'll look at the footage and be like yep, meth
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Re: Trailhead Vehicle Surveillance
Skip the camera. Two pit bulls and a ring of cattle fencing (the roll up kind.) Effective against marmots too.
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Re: Trailhead Vehicle Surveillance
cottonmountaineering wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 9:00 am im not sure if it will prevent anything though, you'll look at the footage and be like yep, meth
Some jackasses stole our bikes from the back of our car in the armpit town of Council Bluffs, Iowa (can't say bad enough things about that place), and it was caught on hotel camera.
Not clear enough to capture license plates, and never got the bikes back.
I did get to watch the video several times and get angry, though!
And I learned about extensive meth problems there.
Re: Trailhead Vehicle Surveillance
Trail camera would be way to go.cottonmountaineering wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 9:00 am a trail camera might work
im not sure if it will prevent anything though, you'll look at the footage and be like yep, meth
Keep in mind, unless you get a good clear shot of their license plates, photos aren't worth much.
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Re: Trailhead Vehicle Surveillance
Here's a pro tip - plaster your car with bumper stickers, lots of it of don't tread on me snakes and MAGA and USA flags, and leave empty cans of Nat Light beer on your back seat.
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Re: Trailhead Vehicle Surveillance
I've never had a break in or problem at trailheads. I don't worry about it.
If you're concerned, leave your doors unlocked and leave nothing you value in your vehicle. As for the catalytic converter, heck, if they're so determined they'll travel to a remote trailhead to get one, its theirs! Odds of that seem pretty low when so much easier to snatch in town.
Setting up a camera seems like a waste of time to me, but to each his own. I'd be more worried about someone pilfering my beer from the creek!
If you're concerned, leave your doors unlocked and leave nothing you value in your vehicle. As for the catalytic converter, heck, if they're so determined they'll travel to a remote trailhead to get one, its theirs! Odds of that seem pretty low when so much easier to snatch in town.
Setting up a camera seems like a waste of time to me, but to each his own. I'd be more worried about someone pilfering my beer from the creek!
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Re: Trailhead Vehicle Surveillance
Why wouldn't you just use an always-on pair of dash/reverse cameras? Will also help you capture the much more likely event of a traffic accident on the way to the trailhead.
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Well if they broke into the car, wouldn't they just steal the dash camera too?ezabielski wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:18 pm Why wouldn't you just use an always-on pair of dash/reverse cameras? Will also help you capture the much more likely event of a traffic accident on the way to the trailhead.
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Re: Trailhead Vehicle Surveillance
Good points brought up everyone....or almost everyone . Maybe not worth the effort. I do have a few trail cameras that I use for scouting and maybe I'll throw one of the cheap ones out there sometime. Appreciate the feedback!