Gas Siphoned: Word of Warning

[titelines]

Just thought I'd pass this along to hopefully help someone avoid it. Was grouse hunting just north of Duluth Saturday, parked my truck in a small spot right off the road and headed into the woods.

Came back out a couple hours later and noticed that my gas gauge was reading an almost empty tank (I had filled up earlier that day and had gone only 64 miles). Thought maybe I had a leak, but didn't see anything sign of it on the ground. Found that my gas cap was gone and I immediately knew that my tank had been siphoned. Had I been more than 15 miles from a gas station I may have been in trouble. I actually have a locking gas cap too, but I had removed it a couple days earlier as it tends to freeze up on me when the temps drop.

Lesson learned..Will always use my locking gas cap from here on. I know it's not a guarantee, but it's one more line of defense.

Is this a pretty well known problem? Pretty bold to siphon more than 15 gallons from a truck sitting right off of a pretty busy highway.

At any rate, be aware that it happened to me north of Duluth, in the Hoyt Lakes area. Keep your eyes open.

[JONOV]

It does happen. My old roommate walked up on a two gentleman sucking hoses at the tank of his Explorer, although that was in one of the less deluxe neighborhoods of Minneapolis. Locking gas caps are a good deterrent, especially because the gas in your truck is no different than the gas in the next guys...

[nwhunter]

I'm always amazed when someone would pull something like this off in the woods. People walking all over the place with guns, and someone is sitting there siphoning gas?

[401TE]

I was up in that area Saturday, too. That's pretty bold considering how many others were driving around! Glad you made it to the gas station!