Broken in to - Whitehawk
I went to pick up my Whitehawk 28DSBH from storage yesterday and arrived to find my front passenger side storage hatch wide open. Very frustrating - we keep it in a facility with cameras, gated key coded access and barbed wire fencing.
The good news - I don't believe the loser took anything. All our stuff appears to be in there and we didn't really have anything of value in the storage except our Outland firepit, which they didn't take. They also didn't try to get in to the living space.
The bad news - looking at how they got in, it appears the style of door/latch on the Whitehawk is useless from a security perspective. Yes the latches lock. However, if you look closely, there is a good 1/4" gap between the bottom of the hatch and the frame of the door. You can easily use a knife or a screw driver to simply lift the two latches (the wedged latches like you see on a regular door) up and the door is now wide open. It doesn't do any damage and in face didn't even leave a mark, but really there is zero security.
Anyone else experienced this? Any hacks to make it more challenging to get in?
I am torn - if I make it more difficult the odds of things getting damaged by someone who wants in are increased. If I leave it, I basically can't leave anything I care about in the storage. Or I just hope that this was a one-off and maybe I get lucky. The people who work there (and live on the premises) said this was an anomaly. They are reviewing the camera data to see what happened.
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2015 Ram 3500 Laramie Crew Cummins Diesel
2017 Whitehawk 28DSBH
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