dave1949
Super Star Member
Since that's a new word, can we assume you've only been in The Big House once?
I really like Moss' car horn setup. That would be a good deterent and alarm all in one.
Dave.
Someone was in my shop Friday night
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Since that's a new word, can we assume you've only been in The Big House once?
I really like Moss' car horn setup. That would be a good deterent and alarm all in one.
Dave.
Redbug
Veteran Member
A comment or two...
Just wondering Eddie...Do you have "No Trespassing", or some such signs at the entrance to your road? It seems that if you do have an obnoxious sign or two that stand out and cannot be ignored on the way in...then anyone going in is certainly up to some monkey business. I think a normal person would not go beyond that point. Good idea about the license number list. If you get burglarized at least you have something concrete to give to the sheriff. Other than possible pictures. I cannot understand why someone would ignore warnings/signs and continue on...unless they have another motive in mind.
Moss...That's certainly an Award Winning idea with the horns and lights. Takes a little time to set up, but would be in place for years. What if someone is with you when you open up? You don't want the secret to get out...
Just wondering Eddie...Do you have "No Trespassing", or some such signs at the entrance to your road? It seems that if you do have an obnoxious sign or two that stand out and cannot be ignored on the way in...then anyone going in is certainly up to some monkey business. I think a normal person would not go beyond that point. Good idea about the license number list. If you get burglarized at least you have something concrete to give to the sheriff. Other than possible pictures. I cannot understand why someone would ignore warnings/signs and continue on...unless they have another motive in mind.
Moss...That's certainly an Award Winning idea with the horns and lights. Takes a little time to set up, but would be in place for years. What if someone is with you when you open up? You don't want the secret to get out...
weldingisfun
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This is all you need to do to adequately mark your property in Texas. Read Section 30.05. Criminal Trespass, PENAL CODE CHAPTER 30. BURGLARY AND CRIMINAL TRESPASS
dmccarty
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That cracks me up. Redbug I am not making fun of you. I own, well me and the bank, the last 1200ish feet of a dead end gravel road. There is a gate across said road with not one. Not two. But THREE no posted signs. And a gate attached to a fence.
From the gate all you see is a gravel road and woods. You cannot see our house from the gate. Looking up the road you would think there is nothing back there but land.
I have "normal" people drive up the road ALL of the time if we leave the gate open during the day. The last one was a tractor trailer with a load of trusses. He turned on our road by mistake. Was not even close to following his own directions. Then he wanted to back down the road instead of turning around at the end of the road. I could see him hitting my gate if he tried to back down 1200 feet of windy road. He did eventually get it that he was going to turn around and not back down the road.
I have had women drive up the road obviously lost. What I don't get is why a woman would drive up a desolate lonely road with no way out.
HELLO!. I "caught" a lady in the turning circle at the house one day. I easily could block her in by just stopping in the driveway but I could see she had kids and she was scared witless so I just let her go. The wifey was about 5 minutes behind me so I called her to let her now a car was going to meet her at the gate. The driveway goes from the road to the house. Towards the front of the house is a turning circle and parking area. The driveway also goes back another 200ish feet to the "barn."
One day after it had been raining pretty good and still looked like it would keep raining a "normal" woman drove up to the house in a Jeep. She kept going past the turning circle and was heading back to the barn. She had a dog with her in the Jeep. She finally realized that this was not a road and that she was at someone's house.
She backed up and left. I don't think she was up to no good since I don't think she saw me in the house. She was just lost or looking for a place to pay with the dog. But I think she was lost.Just because there are "Signs, Signs, everywhere there are signs." does not mean people read them or do what the signs say. Mostly people will drive up the road if the gate is open. They do it all of the time. I would guess that most of them are "normal." Only one has been up to no good.
One day we will have some extra money and set up a gate operator...
Later,
Dan
forgeblast
Elite Member
What parts would you need to hook up that car battery horn alarm?
deerefan
Veteran Member
Now that my great uncle is dead, I can share this really wonderful story. He lived by himsself way back in the woods off a narrow gravel road. He made his living scrapping old cars by day and digesting whiskey by night, if you catch my drift. He was a great mechanic but mean as a rattler. One evening, he was sitting on his porch when an old car with a busted muffler pulled up and woke him from his nap. He watched 4 guys jump out and throw what scrap they could in their trunk and tear out of there. His property was posted and then some, so unless they were illiterate, there was no need for them to be there. He did not confront them, just sat back and watched it happen. The next time, a couple days later, they showed up again, this time in a pickup. He let them get out the truck and then unleashed it on them. He shot the trucks tires out and blew a hole in the gas tank, letting all the gas run out. They started to run but a few shots at their feet stopped them dead in their tracks. He made them strip, clothes and shoes,(except underwear) and walk the 11 miles back to town. The idiots told the sheriff what happened and why they were walking near naked thru town. He proceeded to arrest them for trespassing and theft. I was not allowed to tell the story until he died a few years ago b/c he did not want people to think he was nuts!!!! Plus, my grandfather, who is also now deceased, asked me not to out of respect for him. But when they both died, everyone began telling the story...its just too great to keep quiet and I am proud to be related to a man who stood up and protected his property. He may have been mean, drunk and a loner, but he knew right from wrong.
EddieWalker
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Dan pretty much summed up my experiences. I have two signs at my entrance. I have two gates, and each gate has it's own sign. One is bright yellow, the other is white with red lettering. Both say "No Tresspassing." I think they both do the job for most people, but some people are just living life in a daze.
I had a convoy of four nice cars with elderly black women in them. It looked like they were going to church in their nice clothes. When they got to the house, they stoped and looked around like they had ended up on mars or someplace just as foreign. I asked them if I could help them, and they told me there were looking for such and such a place. They were on the right road, but about 20 miles the wrong direction. There is a North and South side to the road, and I'm onthe North side. They thought they were close, and gave my driveway a try.
I've had others come in with directions in their hands and tell me that they think this is the place they are looking for. I've looked at their maps, read their notes and try real hard not to laugh at them. Some people really shouldn't be allowed to drive. I've had that North South thing happen several times, but some people are off by more then 50 miles. While it's possible that they are using the lost map thing as an angle for checking out my place, I sure didn't get that impression.
I still wright down their licese plate numbers and other information that I think might be relevant, but those are not the ones I worry about.
As for the others, they see the signs, but give me the lie about looking for a dog or a friend who they think lives here. Like Dan, you cannot see my house from the road. You have to drive 600 feet until you can even get a glimps of it from the driveway. It's tucked into the trees, and impossible to see until you are almost there.
Sometimes I see them stop on the driveway as soon as the see the house, but not quite too it. I've seen cars back up down the driveway so quickly that I could only tell what type of car it is and the color. I think that's what I would do myself if I drove onto somebodies place by mistake. Just get out as fast as possible. Other times, they try to do a quick U turn in my parking space and get out as fast as possible. I make a big show of writing down their info on my notepad, but don't force them to stop and explain themselves.
This usually happens in the spring more then any other time. I'd guess that it's less then half a dozen times a year that it happens. Thinking about it right now, I cant think of a single incident that it happened this year. There was one guy who showed up when my parents where here, but he asked for me. He gave his name, but I didn't recognize it, so I don't know what that was about since I never heard from him again.
Signs keep out honest people and those who pay attention to those things. There are just too many people who don't pay attention, or think that this is the place they are looking for, so the sign doesn't apply to them. I guess it's just part of living in the country.
Eddie
I had a convoy of four nice cars with elderly black women in them. It looked like they were going to church in their nice clothes. When they got to the house, they stoped and looked around like they had ended up on mars or someplace just as foreign. I asked them if I could help them, and they told me there were looking for such and such a place. They were on the right road, but about 20 miles the wrong direction. There is a North and South side to the road, and I'm onthe North side. They thought they were close, and gave my driveway a try.
I've had others come in with directions in their hands and tell me that they think this is the place they are looking for. I've looked at their maps, read their notes and try real hard not to laugh at them. Some people really shouldn't be allowed to drive. I've had that North South thing happen several times, but some people are off by more then 50 miles. While it's possible that they are using the lost map thing as an angle for checking out my place, I sure didn't get that impression.
I still wright down their licese plate numbers and other information that I think might be relevant, but those are not the ones I worry about.
As for the others, they see the signs, but give me the lie about looking for a dog or a friend who they think lives here. Like Dan, you cannot see my house from the road. You have to drive 600 feet until you can even get a glimps of it from the driveway. It's tucked into the trees, and impossible to see until you are almost there.
Sometimes I see them stop on the driveway as soon as the see the house, but not quite too it. I've seen cars back up down the driveway so quickly that I could only tell what type of car it is and the color. I think that's what I would do myself if I drove onto somebodies place by mistake. Just get out as fast as possible. Other times, they try to do a quick U turn in my parking space and get out as fast as possible. I make a big show of writing down their info on my notepad, but don't force them to stop and explain themselves.
This usually happens in the spring more then any other time. I'd guess that it's less then half a dozen times a year that it happens. Thinking about it right now, I cant think of a single incident that it happened this year. There was one guy who showed up when my parents where here, but he asked for me. He gave his name, but I didn't recognize it, so I don't know what that was about since I never heard from him again.
Signs keep out honest people and those who pay attention to those things. There are just too many people who don't pay attention, or think that this is the place they are looking for, so the sign doesn't apply to them. I guess it's just part of living in the country.
Eddie
dodge man
Super Star Member
My house is also about 600 feet from the road and at times seems pretty isolated. During the day is when someone could break in and we would never know it until we got home. The other day we had a work truck at my house cleaning it in my shop, and when we backed out, my co-worker almost had a wreck since a car was buzzing down the driveway. It was an older gentleman, probably just lost or curious. If I had to do it again, I would have blocked the driveway until I talked to him, just to see what he was up to.
The only way to really protect your self is to get an alaram system, most likely installed by a pro, and its going to cost you several thousand bucks.
The only way to really protect your self is to get an alaram system, most likely installed by a pro, and its going to cost you several thousand bucks.
Redneck in training
Elite Member
I used to be a maintenance man working in a restaurant business about 20 years ago. One day our breakfast lady came late in the morning and said that her battery was stolen. She asked, "Why for god sake somebody would steal an old battery." I told her "Because you buy new one. That is the one they are after. Where is your car?" So we went to the parking to check her old beat up Plymouth. Then I drove to Radio Shack and bought a door switch, some wires etc. To make the story short I set it up so the horn would go off when somebody would lift the hood. Exactly two nights later the alarm went off, but the battery remained in the car.
Sometime later we had a rush of stolen money from the locker room. Somebody learned the lock combinations and was opening the lockers and stealing money people left in their clothes. We had a security camera in the hallway leading to the locker room and manager's office but not in the locker room itself. So I put a door switch in one of the affected lockers, and then run wires to a battery and flashlight bulb hanging from the ceiling in the view of the camera. Sure, few days later the guy reported stolen money. Reviewing the security camera tapes showed one of the cooks walking to the locker room the light went on for a less than a minute a we saw him walking back. The manager told him to pay 50 buck on top what he took to every guy he stole money from but kept him on staff because he figured he learned his lesson I suppose.
Sometime later we had a rush of stolen money from the locker room. Somebody learned the lock combinations and was opening the lockers and stealing money people left in their clothes. We had a security camera in the hallway leading to the locker room and manager's office but not in the locker room itself. So I put a door switch in one of the affected lockers, and then run wires to a battery and flashlight bulb hanging from the ceiling in the view of the camera. Sure, few days later the guy reported stolen money. Reviewing the security camera tapes showed one of the cooks walking to the locker room the light went on for a less than a minute a we saw him walking back. The manager told him to pay 50 buck on top what he took to every guy he stole money from but kept him on staff because he figured he learned his lesson I suppose.
PILOON
Super Star Member
I am on a lakeside and also owned the vacant lot next door.
As finances/time permitted, I created a driveway on the vacant lot and posted it private as well as installed a chain.
Fishermen would use it to access the waterfront and when asked to leave they would become belligerent and claim they had the right to fish as waters were public.
Well after enough was enough, I snuck over while they were baiting hooks and making their usual mess and slowly let the air out of their 2 rear tires.
Heard some cussing before they left and never saw them again!
They generally would make campfires and leave their trash which was not all that pleasant for us.
PS, they did not know that I lived next door otherwise I could have expected retaliation.
As finances/time permitted, I created a driveway on the vacant lot and posted it private as well as installed a chain.
Fishermen would use it to access the waterfront and when asked to leave they would become belligerent and claim they had the right to fish as waters were public.
Well after enough was enough, I snuck over while they were baiting hooks and making their usual mess and slowly let the air out of their 2 rear tires.
Heard some cussing before they left and never saw them again!
They generally would make campfires and leave their trash which was not all that pleasant for us.
PS, they did not know that I lived next door otherwise I could have expected retaliation.
