Caravan Wheel Clamp

Caravan security must include caravan wheel clamps, not only for insurance purposes but as a visual deterrent to potential thieves. Wheel clamps are often though of as something found in private carparks used to clamp you when you park without a ticket or in a location your shouldn't have. But these invaluable items of security protect your caravan as well as your car and you can easily find one to fit all wheel types and sizes.

Having a wheel clamp for your caravan is required as a minimum form of security by most caravan insurance companies so it's worth checking if your insurance company recommends or requires any particular make of clamp. At a minimum, if your insurance company has no preference, you should at least make sure an caravan wheel clamp you buy is "Sold Secure" approved. These types of wheel clamps have been attack-tested and approved by the most major insurance companies as being effective theft-prevention. Having a "Sold Secure" approved wheel clamp can often lower your insurance premium with some of the bigger caravan insurance companies.

Three key points to consider when buying any caravan wheel clamp are its ease of fitting and removal again, its weight, the number of pieces to assemble.

1. Caravan wheel clamps should always be simple to fit onto any caravan wheel and should only take you a few seconds to do so. The longer the clamp has to be worked to get onto the wheel the less likely you are to try and fit it, especially in poor weather. The better models, and more expensive, won't have the need for any keys to lock the wheel clamp once fitted. These types of wheel clamp locks will simple be locked by the pushing of a bolt through the clamp to secure the unit tight to your wheel.
2. Similarly to the easy of fitting If the wheel clamp is too heavy it will or could be very hard to get into place and onto the caravan wheels thus making it another task you are less likely to do when you park your caravan up. However it should be pointed out that a heavy wheel clamp can make it more difficult for any potential thief to remove it, so you are looking for the fine balance on this point.
3. Clamps that come in many parts not only make fitting it around your caravan wheel really complicated but it can provide potential caravan thieves with many attack points. Try and ensure that at most the wheel clamp you choose has only three parts, not including the lock. Not only is this more of a deterrent to the thief but it makes it really easy to fit and just as easy to remove when you remove the locking bolt.

You may notice there is a connection across these three points on caravan wheel clamp and that is the ease of fitting. You can buy the most secure wheel clamp on the market that is reccommended or required by your insurance companies but if it's too heavy or complicated to use then you wil be very unlikely to ensure it's fitted each and every time you stop.