If you are an honest, law-abiding individual like the majority of us it can be difficult to visualise how anyone could be so heartless as to steal a much loved pet, your horse or any associated gear and tack. However, the state of the overall economy being like it is we need to be sensible and realise that we need to be far more aware than we would usually be as we head out for any weekend adventure. If you value the very idea of camping in the backwoods and going out for rides on your horse with a few buddies during the daytime, you need to make some arrangements before you go and through your adventure to make certain that you only go back home with great memories.
Tip number one when you go out on this type of venture is to pack lightly. Anything which is precious, yet isn’t essential should be left at home. If you tend to carry around all sorts of valuables for no genuine purpose, don’t believe that it’s going to be safe simply to leave it in one of the vehicles. Just take your identification and a few essentials, a bit of funds and keep it alongside you all the time. This simply means placing it in your saddlebag if you are mounted, as it could be very difficult to keep anything actually on your person when wearing jodhpurs, of course.
When you leave the truck and horse trailer behind ensure that each and every door is secured and the windows are latched. Always make certain you take the keys with you and it is a good idea to back up your rig right into a corner so it isn’t easy for anyone to basically unhitch the trailer and hook it up to their getaway car.
It’s incredible what some people leave inside their horse trailers for storage purposes. We’ve heard of these trailers being used to store everything from childrens jodhpurs to turnout rugs. There’s no reason to store these products here, as it’s yet another magnet for robbers.
