Diesel thieves and how best to deal with

[monkeybusiness]

10 hours ago, swinny said:

https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/25237931.itinerant-man-stole-diesel-stay-road/

Was that your man?

[swinny]

7 hours ago, monkeybusiness said:

Was that your man?

He is the usual culprit.  Been doing this for years he has, all he has mostly ever done. 

[swinny]

What a sod! Have used the tractor a little recently so had put some in.... only put a good bit in on Friday and done over the weekend. Bastards  

 

Need to get sorted on this so does anyone know if these wild life cameras are OK on clarity wise of picture or am I pissing into the wind?

[Oldfeller]

41 minutes ago, swinny said:

What a sod! Have used the tractor a little recently so had put some in.... only put a good bit in on Friday and done over the weekend. Bastards  

 

Need to get sorted on this so does anyone know if these wild life cameras are OK on clarity wise of picture or am I pissing into the wind?

wildlife cameras work fine, a clear picture night and day, however they are easily spotted and taken too, if obvious they are aligned on the fuel tank, a system whereby a number of cameras filming each other can work as they rarely look for more once they think they have the one that captures their actions. the problem is the image will only show the individuals committing the theft and no detail as they will be wearing facemasks, or hoodies pulled over faces, and they don't look anywhere but down, so id is almost certainly impossible. have a covert look around, see if you can find any signs of a parked vehicle, even a little spillage from the stolen diesel, try placing a trail cam in that area, you may get an image before they cover up, and possibly a vehicle number,  at the least you might find out who is cheating in the village, I did!

confrontation is not an advisable option unless you don't have a problem taking a life over a tank of diesel,, and a lengthy court case as Tony Martin discovered.

they will certainly not want to get caught, and may not care about stabbing you, and leaving you to bleed out.

you may think all this somewhat dramatic,, but rather that than reading here you were found one morning.

I heard one fella thought he had found a deterrent, used a fuel bowser, filled the tractor and other machinery from it, end of the day pumped any surplus back in the bowser and took it home, evidence showed they visited and never got any diesel, two nights later they came and again got no diesel, they took the batteries, filled the cabs with straw and lit it up.

bloke gave up , moved to Canada with his entire family, said he'd rather risk  living with bears and wolves.

 

Edited July 14 by Oldfeller