My take on driveway gates

[MoMower]

So a forked carry-all on my 3PT can pick them up and haul them away with ease. I deal with round hay bales weighing much more.

Your point? My machine put them in place, so what. tweakers usually don’t have machines with them.

 

[jaxs]

I don’t care about the patio set, but with equipment, trailers and implements around…..

All about layers and making them work. They’ll move on to easier targets.

I hope the layer I added a while back will break the thief from stealing fuel. My equipment is down the road behind locked gate but it didn't stop them from walking in to steal diesel for my machines. I temporarly borrowed the camera from my BoarBuster and set it up covering the entrance. I had a couple of late night alerts that was only cars turing around before the culprit parked and climbed over the gate with fuel cans and syphon hoses (two hose and multiple cans so he could have two cans filling while full cans where carried to his truck.) I loaded my dog and rushed over there. As I suspected,he started towards his truck when he saw another vehicle pull up by it. He shouted "get away and stop F***ing with my %@!*% truck you #@*^%". I shouted back "I'm not F***ing with your truck I'm just taking a whiz and will shortly be on my way then I whispered GITIM to the dog. The dog went a ways down the drive barking and I could hear the guy cussing as he retreated and kept his distance. The keys were in ignition so I took keys from the ignition before using a cordless drill to drive big long screws through bottom lip of doors and into body of truck. After that it only took me a few more seconds to rip out all 4 valve stems with a pair of hoof nippers,call the dog and leave. Over the loud whistling air it sounded like he raised his voice and called me some more ugly names. Knowing he would watch my lights as I left I went in opposite direction of my house. I had previously heard DOT was really active dipping tanks for off-road diesel around construction sites,truck yards and auction parking. I had previously called DOT and asked for the field inspector's cell in case I witnessed illegal use of off-road. I left a message that night and when the DOT man called me next morning I told him the truck was probably still there and gave him the license number in the event truck was gone. As requested, the DOT man called me a few weeks later to confirm my tip was right and truck owner was facing penalties up to $25k for illegal use of off-road fuel. If he's convicted, I will receive a reward.

 

[jaxs]

As CW McCall sang in CONVOY, I crashed that gate doing 98, let them truckers roll 10-4.

This gate would be more like, I can crash that gate doing 9mph with the tractor with a loader bending those arms into a pretzel. The linear actuator would snap the ball screw into several pieces too. And those are not cheap by any means. In fact, that might just get stolen right there.
FYI, solar panel theft right now is at an ALL TIME HIGH. Even with cameras in place, there are ways around it.

So a forked carry-all on my 3PT can pick them up and haul them away with ease. I deal with round hay bales weighing much more.

Well boys you could also ram though the glass entrance of stores but owners still lock their places up and leave surveillance equipment on. So what's your point?

 

[scootr]

I hope the layer I added a while back will break the thief from stealing fuel. My equipment is down the road behind locked gate but it didn't stop them from walking in to steal diesel for my machines. I temporarly borrowed the camera from my BoarBuster and set it up covering the entrance. I had a couple of late night alerts that was only cars turing around before the culprit parked and climbed over the gate with fuel cans and syphon hoses (two hose and multiple cans so he could have two cans filling while full cans where carried to his truck.) I loaded my dog and rushed over there. As I suspected,he started towards his truck when he saw another vehicle pull up by it. He shouted "get away and stop F***ing with my %@!*% truck you #@*^%". I shouted back "I'm not F***ing with your truck I'm just taking a whiz and will shortly be on my way then I whispered GITIM to the dog. The dog went a ways down the drive barking and I could hear the guy cussing as he retreated and kept his distance. The keys were in ignition so I took keys from the ignition before using a cordless drill to drive big long screws through bottom lip of doors and into body of truck. After that it only took me a few more seconds to rip out all 4 valve stems with a pair of hoof nippers,call the dog and leave. Over the loud whistling air it sounded like he raised his voice and called me some more ugly names. Knowing he would watch my lights as I left I went in opposite direction of my house. I had the phone # of 24 hour towing in my contacts and called to say someone abandoned a truck in my drive and I need out right away. A few days later i talked to the driver and he said the guy didn't want his truck towed but had lost the keys and couldn't move it. The driver told the guy to pay him for the call and he wouldn't tow the truck so the guy said go ahead and tow it. I had previously heard DOT was really active dipping tanks for off-road diesel around construction sites,truck yards and auction parking. I had previously called DOT and asked for the field inspector's cell in case I witnessed illegal use of off-road. I left a message that night and when the DOT man called me next morning I told him the truck was probably still at towing yard and gave him the license number in the event truck was gone. As requested, the DOT man called me a few weeks later to confirm my tip was right and truck owner was facing penalties up to $25k for illegal use of off-road fuel. If he's convicted, I will receive a reward.

LOL - Obviously you are nobody to F with. That free fuel was the most expensive fuel that feller ever got.

 

[Eagle1]

Yeah but he did get to walk away........

 

[oosik]

I have a mile long gravel driveway and outer and inner gates. From the county road you can look down about 3/4 of a mile of my driveway. I think the sight of that length keeps most folks out. The gates keep the neighbors cows off the county road( outer gate ) and off my property ( inner gate ).

 

[newbury]

<snip> I had previously heard DOT was really active dipping tanks for off-road diesel around construction sites,truck yards and auction parking. I had previously called DOT and asked for the field inspector's cell in case I witnessed illegal use of off-road. I left a message that night and when the DOT man called me next morning I told him the truck was probably still at towing yard and gave him the license number in the event truck was gone. As requested, the DOT man called me a few weeks later to confirm my tip was right and truck owner was facing penalties up to $25k for illegal use of off-road fuel. If he's convicted, I will receive a reward.

Now that gives thought of how to combat tresspassers. Find their vehicle, squirt some dye into their tank, call them in.

 

[ddbackhoe]

I shouted back "I'm not F***ing with your truck I'm just taking a whiz and will shortly be on my way then I whispered GITIM to the dog. The dog went a ways down the drive barking and I could hear the guy cussing as he retreated and kept his distance. The keys were in ignition so I took keys from the ignition before using a cordless drill to drive big long screws through bottom lip of doors and into body of truck. After that it only took me a few more seconds to rip out all 4 valve stems with a pair of hoof nippers,call the dog and leave. Over the loud whistling air it sounded like he raised his voice and called me some more ugly names. Knowing he would watch my lights as I left I went in opposite direction of my house. I had the phone # of 24 hour towing in my contacts and called to say someone abandoned a truck in my drive and I need out right away. . If he's convicted, I will receive a reward.

in Md, they would probably lock you up for destroying personal property. I need to move.

 

[5030]

No need for driveway gates out here. We aren't paranoid in the first place and we have a 'Barkley' pup that tells us when anyone comes in the driveway.

 

[oosik]

In the summer the two gates on my driveway can be a PITA. Stop - get out - open gate - drive thru - stop - close gate. TWO times.

In the winter the gates are pinned open. Neighbors cows are all in his feed yards. However - I do take an added precaution. I don't plow the driveway unless/until there is, at least, 8 inches of snow on the ground. Tends to keep all those city folks at bay. They see my unplowed driveway - stretching on forever and they back down. I have no trouble driving thru the snow with the Taco Wagon ( Ram 2500 Power Wagon ).