Urgent, need security help

[Tororider]

Check some solar options. Lights at the gate would be a priority for me. Harbor freight has 36 led solar security lights with coupon for $18. Good luck.

 

[Stihlrunner]

I doubt any kind of gate is going to deter thieves that have the property to themselves. Have you considered allowing a caretaker to live there?

 

[zzvyb6]

12v car battery powered. 9v sensors. Range 2000+ feet. Self contained. Could be solar charged. Day and night operation. Receivers have relays that fire the signal flasher and bell. Tone sounds in the house and on my golf car with a rotating beacon triggered.

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Then I would put a gate right out at the main road that's the most secure with a ditch and stone pillars with wings. This means that to work on the gate, they would be visible at the entrance. Then a secondary gate and even a third. You need to ditch the entrance to keep them from driving around the gate posts. Cut some of the trees down to tell them you are better prepared for them now. Visit the place more often, at night and during the week for a while. Game cameras, yes, but no fake ones. Fake ones don't have working nightime illuminators. So anybody on a scout mission can tell whether they are live or not. Put them in bird houses.

And presume they will still come around. For all you know, they could be your neighbors. On a moonlite night, do a dry run at scouting your own place. You'll be astounded at how vulnerable your place is. Put posters up in town advertising for information. Don't bother with "leading to a conviction" nonsense. You want an address and maybe a few names. Don't bother with the Law. Its the ADDRESS you want. Careless smoking is still a common terrible accident.

 

[gcp]

Grumpy, I AM NOT SELLING! I don't cut and run and you telling me to sell to someone else, for whatever reason, is not germane to the situation, nor is it helpful to my pissed off attitude.

Tororider, I had two HF lights on the gate posts, they took one.

Stihlrunner, I have but there's a price to be paid with that as well, it's called privacy. These 60 acres is our slice of weekend paradise.

ZZ, I like the way you think!

I'll find a way to stop them. It may take some doing....

 

[forgeblast]

On a moonlite night, do a dry run at scouting your own place. You'll be astounded at how vulnerable your place is.

Really true! My buddy took a shot with the bow but the arrow was deflected so we went looking for the deer (found two little drops of blood I think he scratched him when the arrow deflected off the branch). It was a full moon and walking around our property I could see some areas of concern. It was pretty eye opening.

 

[gcp]

forgeblast, I realize the vulnerabilities of living in the country. I've taken many moonlit walks, for various reasons , and I know there's no practical way to stop a determined group of criminals without applying extreme physical force but I feel that if I make it difficult enough they'll go to easier pickings. It was my fault for not having the trailer locked, I got complaisant and that won't happen again.

 

[BeezFun]

Might try posting some reward for information signs in town, if there's a town. Long time locals usually know who the thieves are.

 

[Lloyd_E]

The lumber/forest companies up here mount a swinging 8"+ diameter thick pipe to a vertical support with another pipe going from horizontal pipe to post at an angle for support. This gate locks into another post via a locked pin. The pad lock in up inside a steel box(bottom open) you reach inside, unlock, remove lock and pull pin. The gate opens. The lock box is made from 1/2" plate and the pin is usually 1.5"+. I am no expert but I think the only way to get in with this set-up is to use oxy/acet torch. It is massive and the pipes are buried into a large and probably very deep concrete block on both points of ground contact.

Can you get a remote sensor that will turn on lights, radio(and or recording of a loud barking dog with random pattern) - in the house and barn/workshop before the idiots get there. This might slow them down. I would post as much as possible and use as much remote sensing units as you can afford. If it is a continual problem you may find your insurance rates going up... would try to put the money up front into protection.

I would also invite friends/relatives to use the place more often when you are not there and set up a random pattern of visitation. This will keep the idiots guessing...

Feel for ya - good luck.

 

[Kyle241]

More good ideas, thank you!

Kyle, the dog can't stay by itself all week, unlike our beloved barn cat who does well alone because he is quite the hunter (we have a month痴 worth of food/water for him also). I only wish he was 200+ pounds and I'd have no theft problems, to be sure
I've thought of getting a couple of the 6 foot HWY dividers delivered but that would require me moving them with the front end loader each and every time we arrive and depart a real PITA because I'll have to walk 1K yards after the fact or leave my IH in the elements, non of which I relish?.plus my wife would not be able to do this. I am coming up with some gate fabrication ideas and swinging spiked barriers which can be easily put in place upon our arrival/departure, even by my wife alone.

A 200lb cat, now that is an idea! Perhaps a pet cougar to prowl your grounds? Hope you can find a solution as this was a big concern for me several years ago and I agree moving cement dividers would be a PITA everytime but they would keep vehicles out.

 

[1bush2hog]

Maybe you can get the power company to install one of their outdoor security lights and posts at your gate/entrance? You could then have power and a place to hang a camera as well.