Before leaving on your next trip, have a full set of extra keys made including the coach ignition key, compartment keys, and any other special keys. Test them and then store keys in a plastic zipper-lock storage bag. Add a small squirt of lubricant like WD-40 to help prevent corrosion.

Then insert this bag inside an empty plastic storage bag to provide extra protection. Wrap the bagged keys tightly and crawl under your RV to place the rolled-up bag on TOP of one of your frame rails.

Using lots of black tape, wrap/seal/fasten this set of keys in place. Two things to consider:

• First, make sure you place the hidden keys on TOP of the frame so no one will accidentally see them – such as the person servicing your RV.

• Second, make the bag hard to get to – in a location extreme enough that you would have to crawl around in the mud to reach it. After all, you are only going to use it in a real emergency.


Weekly RV tips provided by Ronald Jones and Robert Lowe from their book, "All the Stuff You Need to Know About RVing." Ron and Sandy Jones write RV articles and books and present RV-related seminars.
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