Stolen junk

[newbury]

Somebody dropped by the barn Friday night and made off with half of my scrap pile. I feel two ways about it. If they had gotten it all I would have almost been happy to have had the mess cleaned up. On the other hand I'm wondering what they will come back for next. So I was thinking how nice it would be to have a camera on the barn but I am cheap so I was wondering if a dummy camera would do any good. What is your experience?

Chris

Depends on your purpose and geography/logistics.

I'd recommend a dummy camera with a sign saying premises are under video surveillance and a REAL CAMERA pretty well hidden monitoring the fake camera and your valuables. If it's close enough to a wireless net use an ip camera.


My preferred solution is the BBDB approach.
Big Black Dog with BARK.

 

[pennwalk]

My sister in law met the Officer out there this morning. He would like a description. How do you describe a pile of rusty metal? He told her there was a lot of scrap stealing going on in the area. Is it the recession? I guess I will have to follow your advise and get my lazy butt out there and load it up. Another job on my list.

Chris

 

[LD1]

My sister in law met the Officer out there this morning. He would like a description. How do you describe a pile of rusty metal? He told her there was a lot of scrap stealing going on in the area. Is it the recession? I guess I will have to follow your advise and get my lazy butt out there and load it up. Another job on my list.

Chris

I dont really think its the recession, rather that scrap prices are up.

10 years ago steel was $160/ton, now it is in the $300 neighborhood.
".........."...Aluminum was 25-30 cents/lb now it is 60-70 cents/lb
And copper was 1.25-1.50 and now is over $3/lb at times.

 

[Mud Mechanik]

same thing is happening down here. Here is a story of some farm equipment being stolen pretty close to my house..only difference is, these guys got caught. I have video cameras around my place and can view them from any computer at any time.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/06/vancleave_trio_arrested_for_st.html

 

[case245]

hey pennwalk how much they take they hit my place n took 8 ton and 2 days age i was water my garden like 12 strewberry plants were gone i dug down the roots were gone the ground hogs ddidnt eat them how low can the scam go

 

[hizoot]

hey pennwalk how much they take they hit my place n took 8 ton and 2 days age i was water my garden like 12 strewberry plants were gone i dug down the roots were gone the ground hogs ddidnt eat them how low can the scam go

I bet it wasnt a ballast box

 

[pennwalk]

It wasn't much. Maybe less that 1000 pounds. I was thinking of putting a couple of green marker paint marks on the big pieces and leaving them out so I can describe them to the officer when they disappear. Plus maybe they will get a hernia when they load them

Chris

 

[300UGUY]

It wasn't much. Maybe less that 1000 pounds. I was thinking of putting a couple of green marker paint marks on the big pieces and leaving them out so I can describe them to the officer when they disappear. Plus maybe they will get a hernia when they load them

Chris

Take some pics, store them on your phone or puter.

 

[gsganzer]

For years we have had problems with people dumping trash in one of our drainage ditch/gullies. I passed by there a few weeks ago and now people are actually dragging it out.:laughing:

The main reson for that is "meth heads". They're looking for anything they can sell to get another fix.

 

[pennwalk]

Take some pics, store them on your phone or puter.

Yeah, good idea.

Chris