# How can I prevent truck theft?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-can-i-prevent-truck-theft/129375>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** chevrolet, silverado1500\
**Created:** [November 22, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-can-i-prevent-truck-theft/129375 "2018-11-22T21:21:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![eddo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/eddo/32/2594_2.png) [@eddo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eddo)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-can-i-prevent-truck-theft/129375/21 "2018-11-26T16:58:06Z")

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install a removable steering wheel. It’s hard to steal a car you cant drive- and who is gonna bring a steering wheel along with them?

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**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-can-i-prevent-truck-theft/129375/22 "2018-11-26T17:08:05Z")

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haha 🙂

let me tell a true story, happened to me…

back in 90s, I had my steering wheel “spokes” to break and I was left with it literally detached in my hands… so I had to drive for around 10 miles “steering” by the central pieces left, then found a farmer who had a welder and we “fixed it up” right there 🙂

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**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-can-i-prevent-truck-theft/129375/23 "2018-11-26T20:20:42Z")

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> [@thegreendrag0n](#):
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> I had my steering wheel “spokes” to break and I was left with it literally detached in my hands…

In 1970 the handlebar stem of my bicycle broke. I was pulling up at the time, so I straightened up quickly, handlebars in my hands in front of me, wondering what the &^\*$ had happened, then I fell. Fortunately I wasn’t going fast.

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**Author:** ![FlashD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@FlashD](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FlashD)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-can-i-prevent-truck-theft/129375/24 "2018-11-27T03:13:46Z")

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Garage would be one of the best solution to prevent theft. A buddy of mine had a couple of things stolen and damaged on his Ram. I recently helped him install the new rack and [steel force bed cover](https://4wheelonline.com/Steel-Force-Tonneau-Covers.222468) for kayak mount. It’s his third tonneau cover as other two were sliced. Since they moved to the house with a garage, he sleeps well at night.

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**Author:** ![donnaeastman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@donnaeastman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donnaeastman)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 9:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-can-i-prevent-truck-theft/129375/25 "2019-01-16T09:42:35Z")

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It’s gonna be really hard when the place is infested with thieves and thugs and you don’t have a place for your truck, good luck with that my guy. How about your neighbors? Do they not notice that something is going at your area? I suggest you put a tracker on your truck, I suggest using the trackimo tracker. [https://trackimo.com/truck-gps-tracker/](https://trackimo.com/truck-gps-tracker/)

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