CH751 Key

[WickedLady]

Apparently 70 to 75% of all RVs come from the factory with the CH751 key which means many people have access to the outside storage bays of your RVs.
You might want to check this out and change the locks.

[avalen]

oh yes, this is true

[JudyJB]

Once when I had locked myself out of my motorhome at Joshua Tree natl park, I knew I had a door key hidden in a storage bin. I Knew the bin key was a 751. I also knew it would take two hours for someone to come to jimmy the lock becaus I was at the south end of the park, so I stopped every RV asking if anyone had that key!!! I was so frustrated because there were mostly small trailers or popups stopping by. No one had basement storage, and it was a very slow day so I ended calling CoachNet anyway.

If a Class A or C had driven by, I was prepared to run into the road with my arms flailing!!

People must have thought I was a crazy lady asking if they had a 751 key!!

I got to know all the Rangers well, and I am afraid they still remember me. Check off one national park I can't return to.

[Bethers]

Having that common key has helped many an rver. In one park, while a couple was setting up, their toddler got out and locked the doors. The baby was inside, as were all the keys. We used one of our keys to open a compartment door that if we emptied the compartment and made the sofa into a sleeper (believe me this all took time, and making the sofa into a sleeper from outside was not so easy!) - then the toddler could fit through and get in - and unlock the doors he so smartly locked when leaving.

My common key now is a different one than what they all used to have. It's not the 751 and I'd probably have to work harder to find someone with it. No number on it, but I would recognize it.

[MelissaD]

I'm about to the point that if they are going to rip me off I hope they use the key and not pry or otherwise force and the damage the door/RV. It's probably cheaper to buy a couple of lawn chairs than repair the RV. Some 5er's have laundry chutes to the cargo area that people can crawl up through to enter the RV, I don't.

Bottom line: locks keep honest people honest. If a thief wants in you RV they will find a way and they don't care if they cause more damage than what they steal.

Thieves are stealing peoples home AC units for the copper scrap, catalytic converters off of vehicles and even the regen units off of semis (a $9,000 assembly) for precious metals. Bottom line is thieves steal stuff they can make a quick turn on. In trucking, they tend to steal laundry detergent, soda pop and other such stuff cause there are no serial numbers and once off the trailer you can't really prove they stole it. Easy to fence.

There is a major semi truck brand that only uses 8 different key codes. Had a driver lock himself out of his truck at a truck stop and after stopping 4 drivers (I was his 4th) my key unlocked his truck. We worked for different companies but drove a similar model truck. Kind of odd considering a semi tractor's average price is around $160,000.

[Birdie]

The cargo key is a concern to me. Because it is my stuff! I did change the cargo locks because I was traveling in places where someone walking up to a rig and opening a cargo door, taking stuff out, putting it in a car or pickup, is not uncommon. However, they were helping themselves to someone else's stuff. I figure they if they try my doors and it doesn't work, they will just go on to one where it will work. Night time raids when you are at the club house is not unusual in some areas. I never had anything missing in 8 years, but times they are changing. So I did make that change last November.

I was able to open Beth's cargo doors with my keys last spring!