Securing mobile handling systems
- Thread starter Mcnulty24
- Start date
I take the pins out of the draw bar of my Rappa pen, so if some nicked it they would get 100 yards down the road and the draw bar would come off (but I did forget to put the pins back in myself once!)
GreenerGrass
Member
- Location
- Wilts
Worth doing something, but don't forget they really only want the aluminium hurdles off it and into a transit rather than the trailer ?
- Location
- Cheshire
Mine sits on the floor in the yard with the drawbar taken off. On steel hurdles not ally. If they are gunna take it then at least they won't get it quick and hopefully wake the dogs up!
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
These yards are worth more to steal and sell on /stolen to order, than it is just for the ally hurdles...
GreenerGrass
Member
- Location
- Wilts
So is a toyota, but they only cut off the catalytic converter... They want easy in easy out, selling a handling yard more difficult than getting a good price for scrap. We're not dealing with Alan Sugar here
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Most cars are stolen to order these days. It's organised crime - not opportunist.
Same goes for quad bikes and Land Rovers.
You can't just walk into a scrappy any more and ask for cash...
GreenerGrass
Member
- Location
- Wilts
Well I'm just going on what Rappa said to me last year when I bought a yard from them and asked about buying their special ink to mark it. The honest answer from them was you can buy it from us if you want, but it's not a lot of help, because it's the aluminium hurdles they want and that will be melted pronto.
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
I think most cars are stolen and broken up for parts
- Location
- somerset
like lead off church roofs etc, there is only a limited amount of scrap yards, police must know, I don't think they are that stupid, if they kept raiding scrapyards randomly, and frequently, should slow the thefts down a bit. Accept there are 'other' places, but they are not easy to hide, and locals know where they are. Or, is it a simple case of, 'to much hassle' for them ?
- Location
- West Country
We wind it down and take the winch away with us. If your worried about someone taking just hurdles you could chain them to trailer base? Ultimately chains can be cut and if someone really wants it (and I’m not nearby with a length of 4x2) they will take it!!! However slows down opportunists and hopefully they go looking for easier target
- Location
- South east scotland
my mate had a sensor or somthing round his quad bike and it went of one night on his phone him and a couple of other guys he was with rushed up the far and caught the three guys and gave them a good hideing. Then a few days later two of his sheds went on fire. So just let them take it if the police cant get there.
- Location
- Fife
They should of just buried the bast.ards I the hills and said nothing.
I would not recommend confronting anyone.
But on the other hand, no one is going to report a missing burglar
- Location
- Cheshire
When it was just my grandparents living up at the farm (3/4 mile off the beaten track) my grandads anti burglar method was to wake up when the dogs set off, go get 12 bore. Out the bedroom window into the sky with both barrels. I had too stop this when we moved in as my wife nearly had a heart attack at 5am one morning! ??
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