How to stop a thief

[simonm]

I know their has been threads on here regarding keeping kit safe but after hearing of more and more stuff getting stolen thought id put my take on the subject. Keeping your tackle in a garden shed is NOT a secure place, neither is leaving it in the back of a van, landy etc. We always empty the van after work after catching scum on cctv looking through the windows, their is snotty old waterprofs inside and that's it. To stop a thief you have to think like 1! how would you break in? where would you look for stuff? locks locks and more locks! lights, cameras, Lock boxes bolted to the floor with extra locks welded and shielded, chains through saw handles, ground anchors etc. i got told that the key to not getting stuff nicked is to make your tackle look harder to steal than the next mans! I i know that if they are determined then they are going to get in, but you wanna make the bast*r#s work hard for their money!

 

Don't leave gear unattended on site, a chain on the cab floor and through saw handles is a good deterrent. Most scum bags who steal while your on site are opportunistic and are praying you forgot to lock the van, or left a saw for 30 secs while you get something. Its a Ball ache keeping your eye on stuff and faffing with locks but worth it if you get 1 over the thieving gits

 

A mate of mine constantly leaves his van unlocked on site with stuff inside, or leaves blowers on the path while he goes in the back garden to drag some brash. Then wonders why his stuff has got nicked

[Mark Bolam]

Sums it up for me.

 

 

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[biggarlogs]

Set up a perimeter with claymores. And a few hungry dogs .then get a digger to bury the rubbish

[simonm]

Set up a perimeter with claymores. And a few hungry dogs .then get a digger to bury the rubbish

 

Your on the right track their

[kentjames]

Think Onion .........

 

You'll never stop them but you can sure as hell make it difficult and time consuming.

[Guest the cleaner]

Electric fie the locks lol:thumbup:

[njmusk]

I have a sign on the garage....TRESSPASSERS WILL BE SHOT

 

SURVIVORS

 

WILL BE SHOT AGAIN

 

 

Its an old metal sign, and i have put a few bullet holes in it just to emphasise the point

 

The boss thought it was funny

[Guest the cleaner]

Good for you they have no care for the ones they steal off:thumbup1:

[RichieR]

A hand in the vice normally gets the word around oh and it tends to straighten out the morals of the offender so to speak

[njmusk]

We are a mile up a single track road, one way in one way out. But you never know.

 

Thought about hanging a gibbet with a skeleton inside from a tree with a sign saying Heede the warning