Whether you own a golf cart for hitting the course, hunting or personal transportation, it is a sizable investment that needs protection. These vehicles are valuable, which also means they are targeted for theft. Like other recreational vehicles, golf carts are small enough for thieves to haul away in a pickup or trailer, making it easy for them to disappear many miles down the road in just minutes. Here are some golf cart theft prevention tips to help keep your golf cart safe and secure from would-be thieves.
Golf carts can sell for thousands of dollars, even used, making them desirable to thieves looking for a quick score. Keeping your golf cart safe and secure can deter many thieves, as will using an anti-theft device or alarm. Protect your golf cart investment by using these golf cart theft prevention tactics to keep it secure and make sure it is insured.
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Action Specialty Carts
1891 McFarland Pkwy
Alpharetta, GA 30005
(770) 888-0892
As golf carts become increasing popular modes of transportation in golf communities, planned communities, and retirement communities they are also becoming increasingly popular targets for thieves. Golf cart theft is on the rise due to a high demand for golf carts and the fact that they make relatively easy targets.
Used golf carts can sell for anywhere from a few thousand dollars to over ten thousand dollars for custom golf cart. In addition, the demand for golf cart parts makes it easy to strip a cart and sell the parts on the internet to unsuspecting buyers.
A golf cart left unsecured is easy for a thief to steal. They are light enough and small enough to be easily and quietly loaded onto a pickup truck, a trailer, or into a box truck. To keep your golf cart from becoming a statistic, you should take a few simple security measures. These will not guarantee your golf cart won’t be stolen, but in most cases thieves are opportunists. If your golf cart has some security measures that make it more difficult to steal, the thieves are likely to move on to an easier target.
At your home, securing the golf cart inside your garage not only makes the golf cart harder to steal, but also keeps it out of sight of would be thieves. If you cannot park your golf cart in a garage, or to secure it away from home, golf cart alarms are available that work just like a car alarm. Your local golf cart dealer can help you choose and install a good alarm for your golf cart.
Alternatively, you can use a chain or cable to lock the cart to a secure object like you would lock up a bicycle. You can also chain the steering wheel in the turned position which makes it more difficult to load the golf cart on a truck or trailer.
Implementing a few simple security measures will help you avoid becoming the victim of golf cart theft.
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