Stopping van from getting stolen?

AndyMc.....

Strider590 wrote: »

I'd agree, trackers would be no good, you have to stop it being taken in the first place, the Police will likely track it (if they bother) to a traveller park and then write it off as unrecoverable. It's not worth calling in armed police units just to recover a stolen van.

Well that won't happen in the real world, but it'll make you feel better by saying it.

tedted

AndyMc..... wrote: »

Well that won't happen in the real world, but it'll make you feel better by saying it.

but it does happen,where near i live there are two camps which according to the police are no go areas,stolen items that are known to be there they wont do anything about it

Strider590

tedted wrote: »

but it does happen,where near i live there are two camps which according to the police are no go areas,stolen items that are known to be there they wont do anything about it

I live not far from one (4 miles), they tried to steal my first car off our driveway (a Metro), I also recently worked near to one and where I worked they used to walk around the business park with bolt cutters and battery powered angle grinders, looking for bikes.
I mentioned it somewhere else on these forums recently, but basically the Police wouldn't do anything and every time they started eyeing up my colleagues ebike, we basically all had to leave the office and try to get them to move on despite being advised to just leave them alone.

But this isn't about bashing anyone, this is about the truth and it's about how the OP should proceed with securing their property.

Pincher

The Mad Max approach of rigging explosives to blow the car up comes to mind.

Get old bangers. Rig them to blow, and kill thieves.

Saves loads on trials, prisons, etc.

I want to rig lethal traps t trip burglars so they trip and die, when I'm on holiday, but I just know they will still prosecute me: no planning permission for deadly burglar traps.

applepicker

Do you agree with striders idea of slicing fuel pump with a switch? When I get an auto electrician to fit my reverse sensors get him to fit a secret switch. No alarm on it I think and it's 2013.

Turn_to_Grey

At the risk of showing my age, I suggest taking the rotor arm out...........:-)

Geodark

phill99 wrote: »

Absolute rubbish.


It is very easy to steal a van. Amazon and ebay sell Tibbe Copy Keys for Fords which has resulted in an incredible amount of thefts from or thefts of Transits, Transit Customs, Transit Connects etc.

Christ I didnt even know things like that existed! that can't be legal surely????

rich13348

applepicker wrote: »

Do you agree with striders idea of slicing fuel pump with a switch? When I get an auto electrician to fit my reverse sensors get him to fit a secret switch. No alarm on it I think and it's 2013.

I agree with that and a wheel clamp. Visual deterrents will mean they leave you alone and go for an easier target. And padlock any valuable portable tools in a lock box bolted to the chassis.

System

You can buy a GPS tracker out of Ebay of course for around £20 upwards. I used to use them on my bike which I hid in an old Everready light fitting.They work well once set up and wired to a 12 volt battery source. When I had my bike nicked ( I did my job on a bike and had many nicked over the years ) I simply went to the house a few hundred yards away where the tracker showed me it was located and retrieved it from the kid who fancied taking it. They track to couple of metres accurately. I think its also possible to track a mobile phone to a couple of metres.You do not need an expensive monthly contract

System

Geodark wrote: »

Christ I didnt even know things like that existed! that can't be legal surely????

It gets worse..anyone with a Euro lock on their front or back door, can have people "bump locking " their way into your property in 20 seconds and quietly. Bump locking kits are available online as are instructions how to do it.. In my job I met people who had had the back doors bump locked who claimed to be super light sleepers and had the car keys and their car nicked..Going for the car keys seems to be the big draw nowadays on burglaries with the bump lock technique..It does nt matter how many bars on the door there are, bump locking opens them all.. The cheap council properties tend to have the £5 Euro locks in them ..Squire Snap Safe locks are the best to stop it.