Theft from lamma

[Still Farming]

The scrotes around here stole several hundred metres of 3/4 inch copper wire from alongside the main line train track near Coventry a few years ago.

I was spreading fertiliser on a standing crop of wheat on a frost and noticed some steel fittings laying on the ground, which I told the farmer about.

He said they must be left over from the refitting of the new wiring.

Apparently, the clever buggers team up and gently pull the insulated cable alongside the rails until they have just enough to pull it to the side and lay it on top of the rail. But they don’t do that until most of the gang have walked a few hundred yards , doing the same thing every 100 yards or so. Several of them, all at the same moment, lay the cable on top of the track in various places. The train then speeds by, instantly cutting the soft, malleable cable with its wheels against the track.

Then the scrotes simply drag it across the field and roll it up.

Think that was tried somewhere else with live cables on main line and the perpetrators got fired.
The caravan dwellers made them out a sort of" martyr ",allegedly???

 

[Cheesehead]

Cousin's had a bespoke made to measure copper roof the thieves were still parked opposite but even though it was a one of a kind they refused to do anything as they said there wasn't video footage of them taking it.

 

[Simon Chiles]

Youth of today, eh?

** is 36 “youth”? **

If it’s any consolation I was talking about the young lad on a local farm the other day and it suddenly occurred to me that he’s 50!

 

[Gerbert]

It’s quite telling those who’s first reaction on here was “bet there wasn’t any CCTV or they’d have posted it up “ rather than “how sad it’s likely to be one of our own that did it “

Do you get a fear of heights on that high horse?
1, it is a bloody cliche, 2, it isn't one of "our own". It is a dickhole that can't keep his greasy hands off of other peoples stuff

 

[neilo]

If it’s any consolation I was talking about the young lad on a local farm the other day and it suddenly occurred to me that he’s 50!

One if the GP's at our local surgery looks about 12.

I hope plod don't do a Zoom call if they enquire about my FAC application.

 

[JP1]

Do you get a fear of heights on that high horse?
1, it is a bloody cliche, 2, it isn't one of "our own". It is a dickhole that can't keep his greasy hands off of other peoples stuff

I could answer that in Dutch and beat the swear filter but I won't

 

[br jones]

Do you get a fear of heights on that high horse?
1, it is a bloody cliche, 2, it isn't one of "our own". It is a dickhole that can't keep his greasy hands off of other peoples stuff

Lots of big horseys on here

 

[Gerbert]

I could answer that in Dutch and beat the swear filter but I won't

So could I, so what?

 

[stev]

 

[Pigken]

Lots of big horseys on here

Quite a few donkeys, asses and mules too.

 

[flinty123]

Plenty threads about farm thefts, attributed to the transient ne’er do wells and foreigners - unanimous disapproval.

I’d say it’s worse if it’s a farmer/relation/employee who’s taken this for personal gain.

Complete breach of trust. Sad state of affairs.

Last year, I commented on a post on FB where its was alleged several hundred sheep were taken by foreigners.

I asked, when was the last time they had seen a foreigner driving a livestock lorry through the village, accompanied with sheep dogs?

The farming community simply refused to accept that they were stolen by other farmers, it must have been foreigners. Weird bunch some farmers.

 

[Gerbert]

Do you get a fear of heights on that high horse?
1, it is a bloody cliche, 2, it isn't one of "our own". It is a dickhole that can't keep his greasy hands off of other peoples stuff

I might have been a little unclear. I do not think farmers, or anyone, are above stealing. I simply do not consider someone stealing stuff on a show as one of "our own". Sod 'em.

 

[MrNoo]

No different to someone tapping into the main Esso oil pipeline up the road, tanker parked in the lay-by filling up. They were only found out when a member of the public reported a smell of fuel.
The Esso line runs through some of my land and I get a yearly meeting re H&S from them, the chap had a file showing numerous photographs etc of where people had tapped into the main high pressure pipe. I gather there certainly was online a list of what exactly was flowing through the pipe at any given time, they don't really help themselves publishing that info. I would hope it's not in the public domain any more but it certainly was.

 

[Barleycorn]

The scrotes around here stole several hundred metres of 3/4 inch copper wire from alongside the main line train track near Coventry a few years ago.

I was spreading fertiliser on a standing crop of wheat on a frost and noticed some steel fittings laying on the ground, which I told the farmer about.

He said they must be left over from the refitting of the new wiring.

Apparently, the clever buggers team up and gently pull the insulated cable alongside the rails until they have just enough to pull it to the side and lay it on top of the rail. But they don’t do that until most of the gang have walked a few hundred yards , doing the same thing every 100 yards or so. Several of them, all at the same moment, lay the cable on top of the track in various places. The train then speeds by, instantly cutting the soft, malleable cable with its wheels against the track.

Then the scrotes simply drag it across the field and roll it up.

I was grass judging down in the New Forest a couple of years ago. They had stolen some cable from the adjacent railway line. Unknown to the farmer they had left a length in the grass, resulting in him writing off his mower!

 

[Ramrod]

Grass judging ? WTF

 

[Agriimark]

update on the theft from lamma. it was returned on the second day of the show.

 

[thesilentone]

Very sad really, I do hope it's some young loon doing it to look big in front of his mates and not some Mr Average.

Farming is no different to any other walk of life, and has it's fair share of nugget heads.

I remember many moons ago an idiot hiding a drawbar pin in the swath at the National Grassland. It was in front of the NH Self Propelled, I mean, how stupid can you get ?

As it is, the SP driver saw him, stopped, climbed down and chinned him. I suppose these days you wouldn't dare deliver such instant retribution.

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

update on the theft from lamma. it was returned on the second day of the show.

Must be a TFFer then, or was it posted elsewhere?

 

[Agriimark]

Must be a TFFer then, or was it posted elsewhere?

wasn't informed of the person's name. just known as light fingers

 

[Barleycorn]

Grass judging ? WTF

For our local farming club.