Diesel thieves and how best to deal with

[Rich Rule]

Sad world we live in.

 

I know a guy who tried to defend against thieves.  He knew where they were entering his land through a gap in the hedgerow.  He left a scaffold board with some very large nails in it in the ditch they had to cross.

 

Halfway across the field all tires were flat.  So for the audacity of defending his own property the thieves took it out on his kit.  Smashed a pick through every panel and window on his work trucks, as well as all the spare tractor and mog sizes tires.  Basically tried to ruin his business just because he tried to defend his property against scum.

 

Careful how you proceed.

[woody paul]

6 hours ago, Steven P said:

A lot of the suggestions are tempting, but you'd have to sit out all night to catch them in the act or do some major work to the tractor to secure the fuel or build a barn. Not sure I'd put stuff in the fuel tank that makes the diesel unuseable unless you know it is going to go that night. Best way to go is to collect the evidence I reckon, cameras. Is there anywhere on the tractor that you could place a spy cam / trail cam pointing at the fuel tank? Couple of security lights on the tractor pointing in the right direction will get a stone through them but might scare them off that night. Not limited to where you can park if the camera goes with you. Could also use the camera as a dash cam in case of accidents? Use the tractor battery for power supply saves you buying AA batteries all the time.

 

Not sure what dash cam it is but my brother had one with move detector, so if you rocked or knocked car it would film. 

Years ago there was a couple of blokes pinching stuff, I cornered them in a cul-de-sac with a truck things got nasty so I backed off, got a message to someone how was trying to catch up with them, truck involved was found burnt out on a industrial site and there was no more crime in the area. Never asked questions if they court up with them. 

[Botty Cough]

1 hour ago, Rich Rule said:

Sad world we live in.

 

I know a guy who tried to defend against thieves.  He knew where they were entering his land through a gap in the hedgerow.  He left a scaffold board with some very large nails in it in the ditch they had to cross.

 

Halfway across the field all tires were flat.  So for the audacity of defending his own property the thieves took it out on his kit.  Smashed a pick through every panel and window on his work trucks, as well as all the spare tractor and mog sizes tires.  Basically tried to ruin his business just because he tried to defend his property against scum.

 

Careful how you proceed.

His mistake was allowing them to leave the field........