Stolen

[maxi]

We got done two weeks ago ms660, 2 ms 200t, ms341 ,ms460 ,long reach hedge trimmer and an ifor williams tipping trailer Gutted

[Stevie Mac]

That's low mate! Hope it doesn't put you out of business and I hope your not blaming yourself too much.

[bushy]

Sorry to hear that , your out trying to earn a living, to pay some tax, to keep some lazy scrotum in benefits . He then robs your tools. Chop their hands off , medieval justice. I'd love to catch them for you.

[rapidlee]

shame about that. dam freekin jerks strike again.

[geoff]

Sad news,sounds `like they are at it a fair bit round your way.

[Frankie Lawrence]

wow sorry to hear that buddy, Ask around local gangs you may know for a bit of kit to tick you along until insurance pays out or chuck a thread up on here. theres alot of friendly tree folk out there

[ArbLloyd]

Sorry to hear that mate that's alot of equipment, will keep an eye out in the local rags around Worcester / Pershore / Evesham for you.

[Paul Jenks]

Sorry to hear about that Debbie, Lorraine told us yesterday. We had a couple of vanloads of the fookers casing us on a site in the middle of Oxford a couple of weeks ago. It's difficult to know how to respond to theft other than making it as awkward as possible for the perps, without endangering yourself or your staff. Most clued up thieves know where all the big operators are based so if your'e targeted on site and manage to stop them 'they know where you live' as it were.

Until it happens it's difficult to know how you'll react when faced with someone trying to grab your stuff. It doesn't appear that our police force is too happy to involve themselves in these issues so starting a scrap in the middle of the street or your yard isn't likely to turn out favourably in the medium to long term.

Of course if the insurance pays out and you get a new suite of saws and a chipper the perps may come over again when security becomes a little lax after 6-8 weeks.

[John Barleycorn]

What about somebody compiling a list of the types of security measures that are being overcome by thieves & what could be done better ?

[Paul Jenks]

There aren't many readily affordable security systems that cannot be overcome by a committed criminal.

My theory is to make your own place much more obnoxious and time consuming than somewhere else and hope they realise that's the case.