Not only is spare stealing common, those bastards like to take your tailgate too.
You'd be surprised at what a nice tailgate is worth.
Ryan K
'99 R/T RC
fawcett@uism.bu.edu wrote:
> Geez, you guys are starting to make me nervous... Is this a common thing, I.E.
> shitheads stealing the spare tire? How many people out there have had their
> spares ripped off??? I have an alarm system, but never really thought about
> the spare. One of those out-of-sight, out-of-mind sorta' things I suppose.
> Tom
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: Re: DML: Looking for spare tire...
> Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
> Date: 7/2/99 7:34 AM
>
> At 11:12 PM 7/1/99 -0700, you wrote:
> (does DC use 31" spares on trucks equipped w/ 31" tires?)
>
> Yes, 31" spare - identical to the other 4
>
> This is disconcerting. I too installed a mopar lock. Maybe it is possible
> to replace the winch cable with one that is tamper-proof - a thicker gauge
> made out of titanium or something impervious to cable cutters.
>
> Tamer.
>
> >--- Chris Reck <creck@ais.net> wrote:
> I recently had my spare tire stolen (even with the Mopar lock). The
> thiefs just reached around somehow and cut the wire holding the thing up.
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