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Where do you store your portable?

bikeoutback

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Curious where others store thier portable shelter? Anybody keep it in the bed of a pickup truck at all and worry about having anything taken? Last year I had an Outback and kept it in the back alot cause I didn't want to haul it to the shed and couldn't fit it in the garage with other stuff in there at times. One morning I scraped snow/frost off the inside of my windshield due to all the water moisture inside the vehicle from the house. This was the last in a long line of reasons for getting a pickup but now worried about theft so might be back to pulling it through the backyard to the shed again every Sunday.

On the bright side on vacation all next week so it's loaded and ready for the ice the next 6 days straight.

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This might just be paranoid but easiest place to store this thing is directly in the truck so I rigged this up quickly with cables and locks I have for my bike:

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One cable around Auger handle in case runs over and through smaller cable's loop and is padlocked to the ice house. Bolt through ice house tow bar holder padlocked to cable that goes to auger. Small cable is looped through side tie down on bed of truck. I know it could be cut easily by someone knowing what they are doing but basically it locks the auger to the ice house and to the truck, should deter someone. I don't know the ice house so having the bolt isn't a hindrance. Old hitch pin went in when I bought the house and didn't come out till I did this. Overkill?

Note: topper locks, tailgate doesn't. Topper windw bottom broke when I bought it so tailgate easily opens with topper shut. Topper fix = $250, bolt/padlock/cables = free, already had them.

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anybody else had trouble with mice chewing holes in the canvas while stored? Keep mine in the garage, tried hanging it up on a wall, they still get it.

Dryer sheets have always served me very well. I might place 10-15 inside the tub and a few in the tarp thats flipped over. If I don't forget, I will replace them mid summer.

It may smell a bit after I pull it out in the fall but a few days set up in the garage and the dryer sheet smell is gone if there was any.

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I have one of those Racor racks that hoist it to the ceiling for summer storage or when I'm not going to be out on the ice for awhile. If not on the hoist then it's locked up in the back of the truck.

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mr_jman Experienced

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If I didn't live in the country or didn't have a machine shed to store it after going out, I would keep it in the back of the truck but only if I had a topper that locked tightly. I worked hard and spent a LOT of money on my gear and don't want it stolen.

I had a rod, GPS, tacklebox, and a bunch of non-fishing stuff stolen out of the cab of my truck while it was locked this summer so you can NEVER be too careful

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I always say that locks will only keep the honest "honest". if someone wants to steal something bad enough they will find a way to get it. My portable just goes under the front work bench in the garage when I am not using it.

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i dont like leaving expensive things in the back of my truck locked or not. those toppers and what not arent very hard to get into.. mine sits in my shed locked when im not using it. if i didnt have a place to put it around my house idk what i would do.. i just dont like the idea of having like $1500 worth of stuff in the back of my truck all the time

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The FIRST thing I did on my Yukon when I brought it home was to take that strip with the screws off the back (the one holds the tarp to the tub) and put on snaps in its place. Now to store it, I take the tent off the tub, the tub is in the garage rafters and the tent is in the spare room closet. Takes about 15 minutes to reassemble and it's just as secure as from the factory. I've done the 'mothball thing', the 'dryer sheet' thing, and the 'oil of peppermint' thing (that one was the best). A buddy works for Orkin pest control and he has shown me photos of mouse nests made from dryer sheets. Once they lose their fragrance, they're no longer effective. The more open to air the sheets are, the shorter the time they last. Phred52

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