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O/T Tractor weights a hot item for thieves in our area.

R

Rollie NE PA

Well-known Member
Several local farmer have had tractor weights stolen in the last few weeks. Some were taken off the tractors, even though they were bolted on. Theives also took old cast iron bathtubs used for drinking troughs.

My neighbor had cast iron radiators taken out of his tractor shed.
Hopefully they will get caught soon. Tractor weights are not cheap to replace.
 
Our Sheriff maintains a good relatioship with salvage yards. When somebody drives in with a load of wheel weights, etc. The salvage yard thinks of a reason to delay unloading and calls the Sheriff's office. You know the rest of the story.

Suggest you follow-up with your Sheriff.
 
they were always doing that with oil well pumpjack counterweights in W. Va. Scrapyards just held'em til the law got there. Since all the weights looked alike & had only one use,if an idiot brought'em in, they could only be stolen.
 
Any one remember about the thieves that stole too many log chains to swim across the river with. Of course that isn't the correct saying but let's just leave it at that.
 
The scrap yards in the Detroit area have to be the most complicit parties to the systematic stealing of metal. And the cops are no help. If you file a report, they'll just shrug their shoulders. I imagine it's because it happens so often, they don't have the manpower to go around to all the scrap yards looking for stolen stuff (and the yards sure won't call the cops on their best suppliers, i.e. thieves).

The thieves have taken all the access covers off of the street light poles for scrap, so the city is considering using plywood covers painted gray. Now, if someone walks into a scrap yard with a pile of access covers that are stamped with the utility name, wouldn't you think the yard would call the cops? It's sickening and as KIP says, the thieves need to be dealt with PERMANENTLY.
 
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