Break in at Thorncombe Woods,nr Dorchester.

[Matthew Arnold]

Last night we had a break in at our western base. We had 2 Stihl brushcutters stolen (fs 450 and fs480) both with metal tri blade heads. And a Stihl KM130 Kombi with polesaw and hedgecutter attachment. They all have DCC security stickers on them. Our gates are padlocked shut as are the steel doors for the office door, windows and store. They had used a vehicle to snap the padlock and chain on the gates and did the same on the store doors. They had also gone through the drawers in the office but nothing was stolen. We have an alarm system for the store and one for the garage which contains our chipper, quadbike, and trailer. Sadly this failed to go off until my colleagues entered the store this morning. If anyone finds anything on ebay or other websites please let me know. This isnt the first break in sadly. We had 30 litres of petrol stolen from our outside fuel store.

[zeroluke]

You should get a twich type alarm they were on about on here. It is silent and sends a message to your phone if the device feels movement in itself, or a trip wire. Ones I've seen are key fob activated. For the amount of it, and the 20 quid simcard I'd say its worth it

[Matthew Arnold]

We could get that but the problem we have is mice may set off the alarm. We have to use humane traps as we have dormice in the woods. Our store is a known bat roost as well but the mice are the main issue. They've set off the alarm once before. We have CCTV pointed at the gate which has a floodlight with a motion sensor directly beneath it. But this failed to go off whch makes us think they approached from the back but they used a vehicle to break the padlock n chain on the gate. Alot of things don't add up at the mo.

[delabodge]

We could get that but the problem we have is mice may set off the alarm. We have to use humane traps as we have dormice in the woods. Our store is a known bat roost as well but the mice are the main issue. They've set off the alarm once before. We have CCTV pointed at the gate which has a floodlight with a motion sensor directly beneath it. But this failed to go off whch makes us think they approached from the back but they used a vehicle to break the padlock n chain on the gate. Alot of things don't add up at the mo.

 

sorry to hear about this,sounds like someone in the know?

[Matthew Arnold]

Exactly my thoughts. Someone has obviousily been scouting out the location right under our noses. We have alot of volunteers come out and help us out so any one of them could have been scouting the site out. And they knew what they were after. We have 5 chainsaws down there (2 of which are brand spanking) but they left those normally its a clean sweep.

[APC]

Crap news. Hope they get caught and get their hands nailed to the floor.

 

Did they take the skanky kettle?

[Matthew Arnold]

Sadly not but we incinerated the kettle and destroyed the sink when we had the big clear up just before lawrence started. There was a frightening amount of crap in there. We had 2 18 x 8 skips full of crap. What was combustible was burnt on site.

[APC]

Sadly not but we incinerated the kettle and destroyed the sink when we had the big clear up just before lawrence started. There was a frightening amount of crap in there. We had 2 18 x 8 skips full of crap. What was combustible was burnt on site.

 

Jesus. The sink. When I was there, that sink was baaaaaaaaad.

[Matthew Arnold]

We had a new one put and new taps. Soon after Lawrence, Adam and their apprentice went down with nasty stomach bugs. We had the water tested that comes from an underground spring directly under the base. Turns out we have to boil the water before drinking as it contains Coliform bacteria. Not nice at all. We are trying to secure funding for a new base/visitor centre combo. But they want to put it in the same space as the whole current store. I did mention about having it down in the main car park where the current visitor centre thingy is. Much more room down there.

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

We have a lot of volunteers come out and help us out so any one of them could have been scouting the site out.

 

Take on some well paid staff then if free unpaid workers are a risk.

 

More like some scum that have been following the vehicle back from a site:thumbdown:

 

Not nice to assume because someone is a volunteer that the person is also a thief. I had people come to do free work at weekends and one was a local doctor.