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« on: October 23, 2009, 01:35:00 PM » |
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Walked out in back this morning to check on things after all the rains yesterday.... and found that Someone wanted my heavy duty 16' lowboy trailer more than I do.... 10,000 lb rated trailer.... was locked up...GONE.... all $3500 worth. I HATE people takin my stuff.  Filed a police report with the county deputy.... Good thing I didn't catch 'em or I might be writin this from jail.  |
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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2009, 01:40:38 PM » |
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Sorry to hear this. Theft seems to be on the rise all over. Hope you get it bad and someone goes to jail.
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2009, 01:46:44 PM » |
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Thieves should be shot same as rats I've never had anything stolen from here in fact we don't even have keys for the house doors...Sorry to hear this Mark you go work and buy what you need and then some worthless prick take's it in the blink of a eye...Hope you get it back and a good clean shot at who took it  |
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2009, 02:05:05 PM » |
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I have two friends that had car trailers stolen up here in Wisconsin within the last 60 days.
It must have something to do with the fact that they are easy to hook up and there is always a market for them. What makes it worse in Wisconsin is that we don't even need plates on trailers that are used for recreational use, therefore no titles, that makes it easy to dispose of.
I started locking mine after I heard theirs were stolen.
Jim
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2009, 02:15:53 PM » |
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They were helpimg ya make more space for a bigger BBQ  Sorry for yer loss! |
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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2009, 02:34:54 PM » |
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One of the things that makes me want to move to Texas is the law allows you to use deadly force to protect your property as well as your life. hoser |
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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2009, 03:29:40 PM » |
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Sorry to hear about the violation, HG.
Come on down, Hoser! We both have hot summers, but I'd bet our winters are a bit more "rideable".
I remember proudly sitting on a grand jury that no-billed a guy for using a deer rifle out the window of his house on a thief who had broken into his pickup and was in the middle of stealing the stereo out of it. We weren't sure if the thief was the same criminal who had stolen the several that had been taken prior to this event, but we were sure that the criminal wouldn't steal any more car stereos.
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hotglue #43
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2009, 03:51:44 PM » |
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Well... the trailer was locked up..... but that just keeps honest people honest.
Yep.. you can shoot 'em here ... but ya can't build boobie traps for 'em... Guess I need to move EVERYTHING line of sight.
A buddy of mine was gonna borrow the trailer. I didn't have a spare for it, and told him if he got one I would pay him for it.... so now I owe for a spare for a trailer I don't have....I will pay him for it, bet I can use it for something....it's a 16" 8 lug wheel... bet it would fit the front of the tractor!
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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2009, 04:45:45 PM » |
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or something from your cook shed? Might be time to sell out and move to the hills. ???
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« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2009, 05:03:56 PM » |
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What did they do, get it while you were leaving oil drippings up here in Yankee country?
How did you have it secured?
Chain still there?
Got a picture of it you could post?
A lot of items from the South seem to come over the Mason Dixon line this time of year.
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« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2009, 05:33:01 PM » |
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« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2009, 06:47:36 PM » |
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That really sucks! So sorry to hear about your loss.
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« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2009, 07:51:31 PM » |
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Yea, post a pic of it and if it is still in the area, I'll keep a look out for it. Anything unique about it? What kind of tongue Jack ? Hate to hear that. Hay.  Jimmyt |
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« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2009, 08:57:05 PM » |
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Keep yor fingers crossed Mark, it may show up. I had one stolen about 6 yrs ago and after 6 months I went and bought another one. Two weeks after that the police found my old one. |
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« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2009, 03:19:20 AM » |
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I know your pain some low life bought in to my little shed the other day and helped themself to all my dewalt tools. They probably got about $75 bucks for $500 worth of tools. Sorry for your lost, could be that high crime area you live in.HaHa
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hotglue #43
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« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2009, 07:06:02 AM » |
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My next trailer ...I will paint HOT PINK...
should be less desireable, and easy to find...
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« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2009, 07:55:16 AM » |
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Had numerous tools stolen two years ago. Bet the scum didn't get over a $100. for it for drugs. I feel for ya. Course our government leaders are stealing our wealth with fractional banking and fiat money. Maybe we will get outraged enough to do something about it.
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« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2009, 08:27:34 AM » |
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I had a Bobcat trailer stolen from the back of my shop a few years ago. I had welded on a rim around the lights as they were always getting broke??? My son and I were driving to a job one day and seen a bobcat trailer behind a nice 4 truck. Looked closer and it still had the rings I welded on. Called the LEO and followed the rig. Stopped him and the trailer was taken to impound. To make a long story shorter He said he bought it at a bar and had a trailer before and used the plates off of it? He walked. I did get the trailer back and I had to pay the $100 storage fee? Still URKS me yet! No shop any more either but that's another story.
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« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2009, 08:35:58 AM » |
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remove 1 wheel and put it somewhere away from the trailer.. including the spare... We have done this on the farm for 30 years. Started when several expensive farm machines dissappeared...
Yes, it's a tad of a pain, but we only do it if they are gonna sit more than a week. Like winter storage..
The expensive machines get stored in a big locked building. And if that doesn't work then the dogs will stop them..
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« Reply #19 on: October 25, 2009, 01:11:17 PM » |
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Sorry to hear that Mark. I got burglarized of some tools several years back. I was building my workshop building, and they came in and took them. I called the sheriff. Before he came, I went back in the house to get one of my 12 gauge riot guns. I had it laying on the workbench right inside the door where he would see it. I told him when it happened, and that I had been waiting ( or was that hoping) for them to return. I don't know what it was he wrote down in his report, but it took him 10 minutes to write it while he sat in his car at the edge of the property before he left. Guns (plural) are still loaded with 000, and I'm still waiting.  And as for booby traps, never heard of them and have no idea what one looks like  |
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« Reply #20 on: October 25, 2009, 03:51:57 PM » |
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Well... the trailer was locked up..... but that just keeps honest people honest.
Yep.. you can shoot 'em here ... but ya can't build boobie traps for 'em... Guess I need to move EVERYTHING line of sight.
A buddy of mine was gonna borrow the trailer. I didn't have a spare for it, and told him if he got one I would pay him for it.... so now I owe for a spare for a trailer I don't have....I will pay him for it, bet I can use it for something....it's a 16" 8 lug wheel... bet it would fit the front of the tractor!
dam i think if ya find the a holes that took it we should take them for a long oneway ride !! |
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« Reply #21 on: October 25, 2009, 03:52:59 PM » |
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Sorry to hear this. I hope your insurance will cover your loss! |
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« Reply #22 on: October 26, 2009, 05:30:32 AM » |
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I hate petty thieves with an absolute passion... and I call these guys petty... 'cause it's just like the arseholes that ripped my den door from its hinges and stole my TV, stereo, and all my DVD's... in the long haul it won't kill me... but I FEEL SO DAMN VIOLATED!
These bastards have violated the sanctity of my home... and violated that sacrosanct rule that permits all of us to live in relative freedom... our right to possess property without fear of confiscation.
15 years later, I think I'd still beat the sorry bastids within an inch of their worthless lives if I could find them.
Get another trailer... and chalk it up to another chapter in God's plan to help you grow.
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« Reply #23 on: October 26, 2009, 09:55:00 AM » |
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In the Tomball area where I live a friend of mine that had some 300 acres of family land set up some deer stands and auto feeders full of corn. Someone got to going in there and backing thier truck up to the feeders and just laying them over in a bed of the truck and stealing them. My buddy finally got the idea and put a 5 gallon bucket of lime green floresent paint with no lid just sitting in the bottom of a feeder. Sure enough the culprit backed up to the feeder and layed it over and when the paint spilled everywhere he chunked it off onto the ground and my buddy found a whole roll of paper towels on the ground with lime green paint.......end of problem. My buddy put the word out for everyone to be lookng for a pickup with limegreen paint all over it but the culpret never showed up.......but he did at least quit stealing the feeders.
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« Reply #24 on: October 26, 2009, 12:11:03 PM » |
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Been thinking about it..... besides painting the trailer HOT PINK... I think I will put a keyed switch on it that takes ALL the trailer lights to a dead short, and puts power to the trailer brakes. Will blow all the truck's running light fuses and make it hard to pull with the brakes locked up. Chain it to the tree.... chain it to the other trailer....put another hitch lock on it.... May at least slow them down. BUT it will take 1/2 a day to hook up to use it..LOL Also thinking about putting an ad in Craigs list ...want to buy... and see if someone will try to sell it back to me  |
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« Reply #25 on: October 26, 2009, 04:23:46 PM » |
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Dang it!!!! OK... so pee in the beer keg and booby trap the trailer. Sad world we live in when it comes to that! But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do!
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« Reply #26 on: October 26, 2009, 04:29:28 PM » |
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Dang it!!!! OK... so pee in the beer keg and booby trap the trailer. Sad world we live in when it comes to that! But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do!
I've always heard that saying......but I also always wondered......what's a woman gotta do? |
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« Reply #27 on: October 26, 2009, 04:34:24 PM » |
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Dang it!!!! OK... so pee in the beer keg and booby trap the trailer. Sad world we live in when it comes to that! But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do!
I've always heard that saying......but I also always wondered......what's a woman gotta do? I guess get her man to DO IT!  |
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« Reply #28 on: October 26, 2009, 05:07:09 PM » |
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That sucks Hotglue!
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