Anyone ever seen a grown man cry?

[Orchard]

Gutted to hear your news mate

[Mesterh]

Really sorry to hear of the theft, utter scum.

 

Ime you've got to follow the old saying of don't let the bastards grind you down, don't let them have another one over you. Do what you can to pick yourself up and carry on. It's not worth throwing the towel in.

 

I hope you can sort something out quickly to carry on earning.

[scraggs]

Sorry to hear about this, it's completely gutting.

Not good at any time of year.

I hope you can get back up and running soon

 

 

is there a battery powered tracker available (I'm thinking long life batteries) that could be concealed inside the box section frame of a chipper, even burn an opening, pop the tracker inside on some araldite etc and weld a patch over grind flush and paint.Suppose it depends if a tracker emits through steel plate, but surely a possibility, even with a better location for concealing it, fuel tank?

 

I don't want to derail this thread, but here is some info I have after some pretty extensive research and a trial with Tracker that may be of use to others.

We found a GPS tracker gave such an intermittent signal once you put it inside or conceal it within large amounts of steel that it becomes pretty worthless, also they need a constant power supply or at least recharging every few days, as they don't actually last that long once they transmit a signal, the test unit we had was only picked up 3 times in one day but we had traveled a couple of hundred miles that day.

 

A combined GPS/VHF was a much better option, you need some seriously expensive kit to find or block VHF and it can still transmit through steel which is ideal for stuff that ends up in shipping containers, but it still needs a power supply, from memory I believe they needed charging every few days, and if the battery went flat it was an engineer out job.

 

There is/was a GPS/VHF unit out that if you have several machines parked next to each other with them all fitted and one is tampered with or turned off the others send a signal to tell it has been messed with.

 

You could spend serious amounts of money on it and there is still no guarantees you would get your kit back.

 

This was a couple of years back and things may have changed a bit since.

[RichieR]

When are the police going to realise these aren't isolated incidents. All this equipment is never seen again in this country so it's got to be pinched to order and being shipped abroad.

[Aunt Maud]

I bet it's in the UK still.

 

I had my Ifor Williams flatbed stolen in Somerset and it ended up being a chap over the way who had been stealing them for years and flogging them on. It doesn't just happen in the UK either, theft is rife in Denmark, so if you're ever up this way, make sure it's bolted down to something good and proper.

[RichieR]

I used to deliver to a small train station right out in the country. Most of the passengers used to commute to London so the cars were all the top of the range and parked there all day . They brought in car transporters to pinch them straight down to the docks and shipped to Russia. Apparently the coppers were following them but by the time they figured out what to do it was too late and the ship was allowed to sail away

[daveindales]

This is utterly heartbreaking. When will the law clamp down on the scum who steal from others??? It's time that when caught and proved guilty, they should be sentenced to hard labour. I really mean that. This country's too soft on criminals.

 

It doesn't matter what your own personal circumstances are. It's no excuse if your unemployed or on benefits. If I was in charge, I'd sentence them to hard labour, take away any assets, stop their benefits, and give them food vouchers to exist on. Thieving scum.

[Aunt Maud]

It's also really common for people to be robbed twice within a short period, as the tea leaves know that most things need to be replaced asap, especially plant.

[Daythe trees]

Just bought a new yard and am planning my security. I want to be legal but find myself leaning towards some Vietcong nail board traps etc. if it's in my yard and signed that the yard is incredibly dangerous and the yard is only penetrable by climbing a six foot palisade with a treble stack of dannet coil razor wire inside the fence. Then surely if anyone does get hurt by scaling the barrier I am not culpable? Mole traps are legal and you could easily get your foot caught in one of those!

[Kveldssanger]

^ check the Occupiers Liabilty Acts.