My take on driveway gates

[MoMower]

Yes, you can have your layers with the blankets pulled over the eyes. It suits you too.

Lol, if you say so seems you have it all figured out oh wise one….lol

 

[MoMower]

I apologize for not reading the entire thread, but could the OP's thief have taken the patio set by accident? The reason I ask is that around here, anything by the road is considered free unless it has a sign with a price. Unwritten rule, but stuff will move fast! I've intentionally left out old appliances, furniture, crappy firewood, lawn mowers, and bicycles. All taken within 24hrs and never had people take anything else.

No, past a private road sign, past 3 no trespassing signs, table had kids toys on it.

 

[kthompson]

I understand the concern on theft. I understand the need to protect your property and family along with ourselves. Can it be taken too far, of course. Can it be taken too lightly, of course. Take a few minutes and watch porch pirates on youtube. Downright dumb, brazen, drug addict, the list goes on and on. Those are in high population areas with cameras and eyes all over the rural areas. We have begun with signage and moving on to gates and cabling on some of our land. Some there really is no reasonable way to protect it but there is nothing there to steal.
My first recommendation is to be sure you don't do something that is illegal but also don't overdo it. We have a new neighbor who bought a few acres beside us. It is mostly wooded and has cleared area for his business shop and for a house. Has business shop built and installed a very impressive gate. Sadly, to me the gate he installed speaks of money behind it, night custom gate about six feet tall. On the fence on either side..none. You can walk around it. You can drive atv around it. All the while the gate looks like it is protecting a high price house. I think he now has created a place that will attrach attention where a simple cattle gate would have stopped traffice as well and not made people wonder what is so special behind it.

 

[ponytug]

X2 on not putting up fancy gates streetside.

The gate that we have street side has peeling paint, and is quite dilapidated. Our real gate, an automatic one with gate codes, is black, and offset 40' or so from the road and hidden by trees and brush.

"Just keep moving folks, nothing to see..."

All the best,

Peter

 

[GoldenCityMuse]

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

Also should have tossed the broken spark plug against the windows...

 

[bmaverick]

I understand the concern on theft. I understand the need to protect your property and family along with ourselves. Can it be taken too far, of course. Can it be taken too lightly, of course. Take a few minutes and watch porch pirates on youtube. Downright dumb, brazen, drug addict, the list goes on and on. Those are in high population areas with cameras and eyes all over the rural areas. We have begun with signage and moving on to gates and cabling on some of our land. Some there really is no reasonable way to protect it but there is nothing there to steal.
My first recommendation is to be sure you don't do something that is illegal but also don't overdo it. We have a new neighbor who bought a few acres beside us. It is mostly wooded and has cleared area for his business shop and for a house. Has business shop built and installed a very impressive gate. Sadly, to me the gate he installed speaks of money behind it, night custom gate about six feet tall. On the fence on either side..none. You can walk around it. You can drive atv around it. All the while the gate looks like it is protecting a high price house. I think he now has created a place that will attract attention where a simple cattle gate would have stopped traffic as well and not made people wonder what is so special behind it.

Excellent post. One great way not becoming a victim is to look as if you are so poor like dirt.

Oddly, thieves will steal just about anything and some even leave behind crap like old tires behind tossed in your yard, ditch or amongst the trees nearby.

 

[nyone]

We had it out by the road so we could sit and watch the kids when they’re playing on the driveway

You put an old patio set out by the road and expect someone not to think it was free?

 

[MoMower]

You put an old patio set out by the road and expect someone not to think it was free?

When I say road, it’s a private one lane road, properly marked as such and signed with multiple, legal no trespassing signs. The table and chairs was about 150 yards from any public road (where our garbage and trash goes for pick up).

Landscaped around with kids toys around it.

So yes I expect people to stay the **** off of private property and not touch what’s not theirs. Lol

 

[ning]

Dogs, camera's and Gun's, no better deterrent. We live on a State Highway with the houses back about 1000' from the highway. My neighbor to the west of me and my driveway are about 100' apart with barbed wire fence along the highway. These Mfer's will pull in my driveway and cross the grass to his driveway to turn around. By the time I get down there they are long gone. I would really like to find where they live and drive through their yard.

Caltrops.

 

[MoMower]

Update:

His hearing was held. He “waived” all charges into county court.

Meth addict….

I won’t be holding my breath for him to pay restitution.