Steel thieves

jaybird*oh · Jul 14, 2011

Steel thieves are alive and well here in northeast Ohio. Along with other items stolen was a set of spin adjustable wheels and pie weights from my 961.So far they have not broken into any buildings but I have spent a couple weeks moving stuff to less available places. Very discouraging.

Michael Williams · Jul 14, 2011

Hey JayBird,

What city are you close to? - I'm near Springfield..

Mike

RLA · Jul 14, 2011

Near Meadville pa, a friend of mine lost over
80 wheels he had in a pile ready for the scrap
yard, a set of cultivators for a Farmall A &
the snow plow for the same tractor. Doesn"t
seem to matter if stuff is bolted down or not.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 14, 2011

Its called spreading the wealth all they did was cut the gov out.

oldtanker · Jul 14, 2011

At least they aint to lazy to steel.....

hope they get caught.....

Rick

INCase · Jul 14, 2011

grand father inlaw in NE Ohio had their rental house (close to the farm) broken into and the copper pipes stolen. They're in 90's and haven't fixed it yet... someone broke in again but didn't take anything. probably wanted the pipes someone else already stole.

DownSouth · Jul 14, 2011

Same thing happened to a neighbor here in South Texas. They didn't get it all, I told him they will be back since they know there is more. He called the scrap yard and had a roll off delivered, he filled it up and told them to come get it before dark. They did. At least he got the money from what was left instead of the thieves. No doubt they have come back since then and wondered where everything went.

RGMartin · Jul 14, 2011

(quoted from post at 07:48:26 07/14/11) Near Meadville pa, a friend of mine lost over
80 wheels he had in a pile ready for the scrap
yard, a set of cultivators for a Farmall A &
the snow plow for the same tractor. Doesn"t
seem to matter if stuff is bolted down or not.

I'm about 20 miles south of you.

We have a stash of pre- WW2 machinery hidden 3/4 of a mile off the road. I went down there yesterday to get a part for my potato digger. When I arrived, anything that was light enough to carry away by hand had been stripped, including most of the steel wheels.

RGMartin · Jul 14, 2011

Whoops... double tap

NCWayne · Jul 14, 2011

Got a friend/customer who has already had part of the wiring harness cut out of a machine, had the radiator stolen out of another one, along with alot of other stuff that wasn't tied down. The stealing in itself is bad enough but what's really bad is that some of the people doing the stealing, at least in his case, have already been caught multiple times and are let right back out to steal from him again. When does law enforcement say enough is enough and actually enforce the law. Just because a man only steals $2 worth of machine parts at scrap value doesn't mean it's not costing the guy he stold the parts from $2000 to replace the parts and repair the damage done. Personally I think they oght to bring back hangings and buggy whippings on the town square to handle people like this. I don't think the problem would be nearly as bad if the ones doing the steeling knew they were gonna get more than a slap on the wrist and be let go if they got caught.

DeltaRed · Jul 14, 2011

Aren't the scrapyaards contributing?do they ever check on the ownership of the scrap?Do they even consider that the 'merchandise' is stolen-especially 'good,useable',machinery,running tractors?P eople here have had syphontubes and gated pipe stolen-right out of the water!What if the same people keep bringing in 'scrap'?I would say that the salvage yards know they are buying stolen property,and should bedealt with accordingly.maybe there should be a waiting period-just like a pawn shop?Sorry for the rant

Dick W. · Jul 14, 2011

Same crowd was back looking for the new copper pipes?

olliekid · Jul 14, 2011

i am in NE Ohio as well. luckily, we havent had anything stolen. hopefully they catch these crooks. its ashamed because its near impossible to get everything you own that has value in a safe place.

oldtanker · Jul 14, 2011

(quoted from post at 08:01:07 07/14/11) i am in NE Ohio as well. luckily, we havent had anything stolen. hopefully they catch these crooks. its ashamed because its near impossible to get everything you own that has value in a safe place.

LOL mines safe.....it's all in range of the house.....darn near pistol range in fact!

We really haven't had too much of a problem here.....yet, but then again except for the realators and contractors the area has not been badly affected by the recession.

Rick

mkirsch · Jul 14, 2011

Could you prove ownership of most of the items on your place that someone might load up and take to the scrap yard?

If you took an old plow that had been sitting in the woods on your place since the mid 1940's to the scrap yard, and they asked you for proof of ownership, could you provide it? There's no way you could.

Scrap yards know this and cry about it all the way to the bank. About the only things they have to worry about are cars, because those are easily traceable.

Mike (WA) · Jul 14, 2011

Local scrapyard takes a copy of your picture ID and jots down date, time, license # of your rig, and the major items in your load on the same paper. Also, no pay for 14 days if you bring in over $30 worth of aluminum.

Cute little gal with nametag "Brandy" weighed me in. Then when scale was clear, she went over and operated a forklift to help a guy unload. Weighed me out, then said to go to the office for $$. Went in, and there she was again. Had her own office, with name on the the door, and she handed me my cash. Turns out she is the boss's daughter, and pretty much runs the place.

Lanse's name came up in my mind. . .

just another old geezer · Jul 14, 2011

want proof of ownership? walk around your place for an afternoon with a video camera, and save the media.

old · Jul 14, 2011

May not help but report it to the law. Now days things like that are things the cops will check out at the local scrap yards and if they catch them the people end up behind bars. That is the reason in my area you have to have a title to scrap a car due to the fact people would see one broke down on the side of the road and load it up and sell it

CJ3b_jeep · Jul 14, 2011

I'm in N.E. Ohio too, have not had it happen to me, but a buddy of mine has had a bunch of radiators stolen.

teddy52food · Jul 14, 2011

$ 30.00 of aluminum isn't much. One winter I scraped out a bunch of automatic transmissions & hauled in between 3 and 4 tons. Even scrap man said the loads were worth more than the pickup.

Les Va. · Jul 14, 2011

I just wanted to say How much I agree with your way of dealing with theses thugs I really like hanging at sunrise,or the 3 S's shoot,shovel,and shut up.

Dean Olson · Jul 14, 2011

Same here around Houston.

Spent most of a day dragging & piling scrap metal out of a dried up creek bed, been years since it was dry enough to get a tractor in their.

Probably several thousand pounds. Some pieces too big to move by hand. Old disc cutter, car body, etc.

Pulled up with the trailer the next am and it was all gone.

They obviously saw me working during the course of the day.

jaybird*oh · Jul 14, 2011

Mike; Conneaut,Ohio on Lake Erie at Pa. line.

504 · Jul 14, 2011

This was years ago; In late June in Missouri along the border with Illinois people set up fire works stands for the 4th. Ol boy that scraped for a living set up every year, and would buy right there if he could get it brought to him there. A kid goes over with three car batterys and Bob paid good money for them. 1.25 each, next day the kid showed up and that Ford Galaxy, was dragging the ground, twenty that day, next day more. The Sheriff showed up and asked if he was buying and he told him yes, then they looked at the batterys(they were all still on the truck), it turns out they were stealing them from Bob s Son(in the scrap business too) and selling them to Dad! And before someone asks it was a new 7000 GMC.

Heavyduty1 · Jul 14, 2011

I was out in the country this week, hauling my tractor to another farm and I see a car parked in the road, in a sharp curve. I first thought they might be having car trouble, nope, the driver and passsenger were both getting aluminum cans out of someones recycle container. What is the world coming too? :roll:

oldironman · Jul 14, 2011

Check this out and post it. We can stop this if we want to.

http://stolenitemsbigandsmall.blogspot.com/

RoyIA · Jul 14, 2011

About a month ago I heard that during a new house construction, the electrician spent a day running wire. Next morning it was all gone, along with what was still on the rolls.

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