Tips to prevent theft

[nepia]

After reading about far too many things being stolen,I thought that together we might be able to offer some tips to keep our gear secure.Wether it be chippers,Vans,lockups etc.

 

 

 

In case I failed to bore first time here's one I made earlier (a couple of days ago):

 

I'm going to get boring here and bang on about marking property again... yawn.

Spoke to a mate the other day who's a Crime Prevention Office in the Police and asked him for his general advice in arb circumstances. The answer was simple;

1) Mark it loud; it will obviously look stolen if nicked or will have to be vandalised to remove the markings.

2) Register it - for free with http://www.immobilise.com for smaller stuff (saws etc.), TER for plant (http://www.ter-europe.org).

 

For those who would prefer professional looking/corporate marking rather than home done stuff there are etching kits and similar available, e.g. http://www.cremark.co.uk, http://www.selectamark.co.uk and http://www.smartwater.co.uk. Immobilise also do their own kit (shown on the home page).

 

I'm done.

[stevie]

You want one of these!!!!!!!!!!!!! You wont kill em, but airsoft hurts especially when your on fully auto!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Spikey]

All our kit was old and *%$@!d but they still cleaned out our place including my 10x5 tipping IWT

[Dean Lofthouse]

They will take kit whatever it looks like, even if they only get a tenner for it. Scribed up saws would probably be sold as spares, ie just the engine without plastics.

[log supplier]

if you get 1 saw nicked (well its prob an opportunist thieve)..

but i think if people get wipped out, then it has to be someone that knows you, (or knows of you)????

[penfold]

Its just as well they are all non-lethal then. If you were in South Africa, where they know a thing or two about booby traps, you would probably have burnt your own ankles off by now!

 

Didn't jeremy clarkson visit a firm in jo'burg that did these when he did jeremy clarkson's motorworld?

[Bob Rolfe]

if they want it that bad the'll do anything to get it...

a mate of mine sprayed all his saws and tools pink...

 

 

thats bad enough i work for the council and all our vans are PINK !

[athelstan]

In the shed I use an alarm mine. This is an old gamekeepers device which connects a trip wire firing a blank 12 bore cartridge. It is a truly brown trousers device and has already saved my dump truck.

 

http://www.solwayfeeders.com/ProductsDetail1.asp?STOCK_CODE=1636

 

PS Don't even think about using a live 12 bore cartridge - you may forget!

[MasterBlaster]

 

Problems solved.

[athelstan]

Following on from MasterBlaster this dog's for sale.

Apparently the owner cannot afford to feed him anymore, as there are no more thieves, murderers, or molesters left in the neighbourhood for him to eat.

 

Most of them knew him as 'Holy Sh*t'.