Jobsite Security Issues

[civesnedfield]

Not unless you are a card carrying Union member.

 

[Dougster]

Not unless you are a card carrying Union member.

United Ditch Diggers of America (UDDA), Local #777 AFL-CIO

Wanna see my card???

Dougster

 

[tlbuser]

Guess I'm being a little thick-headed. It doesn't take me much additional time to load up and take everything home at night, especially while I'm still "on their clock ". In our area, vandalism is a bigger issue than outright theft. If everything is lockable (oil, fuel, hydro, etc.) and outriggers, it's almost safe to leave it in the yard while you go to lunch

 

[tlbuser]

Do you have one of these yet? The Equipment Lock Company, Stabilizer Lock

 

[hazmat]

There's an excavation company working in Haverhill (doing some sewer / drainage work) for the last couple summers. He has metal plates that he puts over the cab of his equipment. I'll have to take a pic sometime. They are hinged somehow. He's working in the nice part too (Bradford) not "downtown".

If you need the work, price it with the extra hauling. No sense getting your tractor vandalized or stolen.

 

[Dougster]

Guess I'm being a little thick-headed. It doesn't take me much additional time to load up and take everything home at night, especially while I'm still "on their clock ".

That's certainly my normal method of operation... but I often find myself loading up at the jobsite and unloading at home in pitch darkness. You must be much faster than me!

In our area, vandalism is a bigger issue than outright theft. If everything is lockable (oil, fuel, hydro, etc.) and outriggers, it's almost safe to leave it in the yard while you go to lunch

And that's the key issue... nothing on my machine is currently lockable. Even the ignition key is a bad joke.

Dougster

 

[Dougster]

Do you have one of these yet? The Equipment Lock Company, Stabilizer Lock

I do not! That's a very cool device!!!

Dougster

 

[Dougster]

There's an excavation company working in Haverhill (doing some sewer / drainage work) for the last couple summers. He has metal plates that he puts over the cab of his equipment. I'll have to take a pic sometime. They are hinged somehow. He's working in the nice part too (Bradford) not "downtown". If you need the work, price it with the extra hauling. No sense getting your tractor vandalized or stolen.

You know Boston... and that part of Boston that keeps setting records for most people killed in the streets. Would you take a couple day backhoe assignment in there???

Dougster

 

[civesnedfield]

I do not! That's a very cool device!!!

Dougster

Aw I knew it. Someone shows Doug a shiny new toy and now he has to have one.

 

[hazmat]

You know Boston... and that part of Boston that keeps setting records for most people killed in the streets. Would you take a couple day backhoe assignment in there???

Dougster

Bid in a police detail as well - Heck the they get to watch the phone company pull wire...