Preventative measures.

[John Barleycorn]

Your right, I didnt even read the thread title, just started reading posts , in which case the best preventative measure is.............. to live in your shipping container with an AK.

 

Round here a couple of shipping containers were nicked complete with contents.

[Dean Lofthouse]

I know Dean has a nice alarm system so hopefully he will explain a bit more on that.

 

 

Any other tips/tricks or good bits of security gear welcome.

 

Sorry, missed this one.

 

I used the Snitcher bike alarm connected to a wagon battery that lasts twelve month between charges and used micros switches as the trigger.

 

The alarm was less than £90 and I know whereever I am I will know the moment someone touches my containers

[Ian Flatters]

IMO i have my buisness address as my home address not my yard, so if they want to break into my house then the most expensive thing they are going to get is my computer.

[Paul Jenks]

There is so much information on the internet that to think not publishing your address will somehow obscure your whereabouts from would be thieves is living in dreamland. For small operations keeping low key can work but once you start dragging a chipper round with a 4x4 or van with greedy boards it's kind of obvious what you do and people follow you.

Once you have signwritten vehicles, website, yellow pages etc your'e on the map. Making your place a bit riskier to get into is the most realistic preventative measure. Knowing they're doing it is not much help as even if you manage to stop them once, if they are serious they'll come back harder and with more resources next time, IMO.

Jump through the insurance hoops, ensure site and yard security is culture with your workforce and hope.

[armchairarborist]

these are pretty good, think its 120db, any slight knock/vibration and away it screams, they only last about 6-12mth outdoors, just turn shackle round to enable/disable.

[Ian Flatters]

these are pretty good, think its 120db, any slight knock/vibration and away it screams, they only last about 6-12mth outdoors, just turn shackle round to enable/disable.

 

mate of mines got one of them, he set it off in the steel container, very unplesent.