Oil tank security

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snooze77 wrote: »

I've just filled up my Titan oil tank and it cost £890, just what we need post-xmas-over-spend!
Hubby considering the Tank Arm from w w w.tanklocks . com

touting for some business perhaps?

G_M

I've read the various recomendations with interest and have three comments:

1) For a Harlequin tank (may work with others) consider the Yale Tank alarm/lock which covers several access points in one.

2) But I agree NO lock will stop determined thieves. These are not casual guys who happen to be passing and see a vulnerable target - as are most house burglers. These guys have targets. They follow delivery lorries to identify houses with full tanks. They come prepared and equipped. And if a tank has a lock that stumps them, they'll just drill the tank, take what they want and leave the rest of the oil to leech into your garden. The price of the oil will be nothing compared to the environmental clean-up and the new tank cost!

Even the Yale alarm I linked above - I suspect it would take 5 seconds to cut it, then drop into the tank where the alarm would be muffled.

Maybe you need to trigger a wireless alarm in/on the house that they can't switch off.....

3) Physical barriers and prevention/deterence are the best options. Now locks might provide part of the deterence, but CCTV, PIR lighting, warning signs, helpful and well-informed neighbours ("please don't ignore a tanker driver just because he has a yellow jacket on!") etc all have a part to play