Remote Building Security

[DT86]

Very clever but quite an undertaking.

Is there a echo in here?

 

[dclynch]

In the first picture what is that machine with the tracks on it?

 

[quicksandfarmer]

Am I the only one thinking that the thieves could have had more reward with less effort through honest work?

 

[johnk]

Am I the only one thinking that the thieves could have had more reward with less effort through honest work?

Honest work requires getting up on schedule and having a boss. The thief or thieves work when they need to and feel up to it...

 

[joshuabardwell]

I had all my stuff in a 20ft shipping container

Here's what I've always wondered about that: what's to stop someone hiring a semi to come move it and stealing all your stuff in one go?

 

[BeezFun]

Here's what I've always wondered about that: what's to stop someone hiring a semi to come move it and stealing all your stuff in one go?

When I drove a truck the only way to get a container loaded was one of those huge rolling cranes down at the dock or rail yards. Maybe there's some way to drag them up the way the waste haulers do with their drop boxes. You'd need a killer fork lift to load them from the side.

 

[aczlan]

When I drove a truck the only way to get a container loaded was one of those huge rolling cranes down at the dock or rail yards. Maybe there's some way to drag them up the way the waste haulers do with their drop boxes. You'd need a killer fork lift to load them from the side.

The place near us that sells/rents containers has several trailers can self load 40' containers and a rollback truck that can handle a 20' container.
They have some pictures on their site: https://averdi.com/about/delivery_setup

Aaron Z

 

[joshuabardwell]

When I drove a truck the only way to get a container loaded was one of those huge rolling cranes down at the dock or rail yards. Maybe there's some way to drag them up the way the waste haulers do with their drop boxes. You'd need a killer fork lift to load them from the side.

I don't know the details, but if you think about it, when you buy one, they bring it to you, and they get it off the truck somehow. One of the people I know who owns one uses it to store infrastructure for an annual event. They normally store the container at the site where the event is held, but they were considering having it moved from there to Atlanta, where a lot of event prep was going on. Ultimately, they didn't move it, but that's how I learned that container moving was a service that one could buy. So then I got to thinking, it's not like a car where the wrecker guy might ask to see the registration or something. What's to stop you from calling up a container moving service and having them "move" (i.e. steal) a container that wasn't yours?

 

[DT86]

Here's what I've always wondered about that: what's to stop someone hiring a semi to come move it and stealing all your stuff in one go?

I had never thought of that. It would take some big cojones but I suppose it could be done.

 

[bcp]

Here's what I've always wondered about that: what's to stop someone hiring a semi to come move it and stealing all your stuff in one go?

Reminds me of an ancient Chinese philosopher:


The precautions taken against thieves who open trunks, search bags, or ransack tills,
consist in securing with cords and fastening with bolts and locks. This is what
the world calls wit. But a strong thief comes and carries off the till on his shoulders,
with box and bag, and runs away with them. His only fear is that the cords and locks
should not be strong enough! Therefore, does not what the world used to call wit
simply amount to saving up for the strong thief?

Chuang Tzu