SOME DIRTY S.O.B. TOOK A TOOLBOX OUT OF MY TRUCK!!!
Made the mistake of stopping at a coffeehouse with the box sitting inside the unlocked cap. Luckily most are easily replaced sockets and wrenches as the buckets at home carry the goods.
All in all it was a cheap lesson in snapping to attention.
Still, broken fingers are too good for them.
Glad I didn’t catch them in the act as I wouldn’t want my name in the paper with assault charges.
Bunch of dogasses anyhow. Unroar.
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sorry for that Rez man..that blows.
I stopped in for a ride home quart of beer ( back when ya could get away that stuff)..in the bar a total of 4 minutes..came out an my truck was cleaned out..this was in Philly suburbs..shoulda and now do, KNOW BETTER.
They should call it self defense if ya kneecap a thief..defending your abilty to earn a living for youself.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations.
If I'm on the jury ,it is.
I hate a thief more than just about anything except a liar. Man that sucks... I wish SuperRon could help ya bro. But at leat they didnt make off with the expensive stuff. Man I hate thieves
Darkworksite4:
El americano pasado hacia fuera ase la bandera
beg's the question, just how far could ya beat a guy if you caught him red handed dipping into your stuff....
how far? drag the limp, lifeless body inside your house.."it was a home invasion Occifer"..that's how far.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations.
Put ot a better meaasage... Pike 'em...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
Here's hoping you have a low deductible.
I had the same happen a few years ago. The night before I had loaded a medium sized Kennedy box with some additional hand tools and a new fancy socket set.
Long story short I wasn't going to file a claim since I thought they wouldn't pay since I left the door unlocked and I had a $500 deductible.
But man after sitting down and trying to list everything I had I was amazed at how fast it added up.I had had a lot of the small tools for a long time, hadn't bought a low angle plane recently for example.
Anyway it added to about $650. This box measure about 10" x 10" x 20". The agent paid me almost $200, why, because I didn't include the box.
I couldn't replace all the tools since obviously I didnt get enough moneyand besides they were bought over a long time span when they were needed. So I started with a new box after all these years I still don't have some of those tools, must not have need them huh!
Here's hoping you have a great agent
"Agent? Don't need no stinkin' agent!"
Roar!
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One of my workers was on his way home. Stopped at a red light, and all of a suden a bunch of kids came swarming out of a side street, grabbed all of his tools out of the back of his pickup, and dissapeared back down the side streets. He chased one of them down anf got his tool belt back, but geeze, you have to watch out everywhere these days ..
That's another good reason to be driving a van.
A few years ago, my friend Don (the roofer) said he liked my airless spray equipment, would I go with him to buy something like it for maintaining his rental property. So we went, and he got the next smaller Binks pump below my rig. That afternoon I saw him at the local coffe shop... with the Binks in the back of his pickup. I said: Don, you better get a chain and lock that sprayer to your ladder rack before someone steals it. He said: No problem, It's going straight to my warehouse from here. A few weeks later, roofing was slow, so he sends a couple of his crew over to paint one of his rental houses... Using the spray rig for the first time. They started with spraying the eaves & soffets of the 2 story house first. They had been working about an hour when the guy spraying had the gun snatched out of his hand. It darn near yanked him off the ladder as well. All they could do is just stand there in awe as the beat up station wagon sped away with their new $3000. Binks pump in the back. Stolen right out from under them, you might say. The theives just pulled over to the curb, grabbed the pump and threw it in the back... and huled #### trailing 50 feet of hose and a Wagner G-10 gun with a Titan tip down the street. I finished painting the house for him in exchange for a roof job. He never bought another spray rig.
rez
Thats sux rusty nails bro.
Lie to me, take my money, but when you take my tools all my values are in the toilet if I catch ya....I'd become a raving lunitic on the friggin' thiefs face!!!!!!!
Thats our lively hood!!
As to the Kennedy box, it probably cost you more than the tools...Mine I bought about 15 years ago for a hundred bucks and its still kickin' but as I grow older I hate pickin it up more and more.
Must weigh over 100#. The box alone is heavy which is why I switched to a Duluth heavy duty canvas bag with wheels and a telescoping handles.....
Be to catch a thief
andy
The secret of Zen in two words is, "Not always so"!
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Memorial day and it's raining. I should be out doing something constructive.
Now it's making me think of security. A meager box of sockets and wrenches is one thing but what about the real stuff. When you start talking about nailguns and powertools plus the hand tools the $$s really start to add up.
I live in a country type setting in that I still leave my doors unlocked. A thief, kid or otherwise that would take a toolbox, would continue on to bigger items as well if given the opportunity.
I'm thinking how easy it would be to be liquidated. Maybe an enclosed trailer and alarm system with ID engraving on all tools is a necessity.
This is getting ugly. Whatever happened to joy in living?
Time to take on some more jobs for the trailer setup.
I hate it when that happens.
sorry, friend - - the worst is the feeling of violation - - I was cleaning up the mechanical shop last night and had a thought about losing my hand tools, stored in a kennedy box and collected over 30 years - - not real impressive to look at, but I can fix anything from a watch to a manure spreader with the collection I have - -
watch the Sears sale flyers and pick up a set about the right size to get back in business - all my tools (almost) are engraved - might help, ya never know -
sorry - "there's enough for everyone"
Sorry to hear of your misfortune.
There's not a single night that I lock the truck and the trailer up and have that awful thought run through my head. Makes me sick just to think about it. I've got digital pictures of every tool I own with closeups of the serial numbers. I also have a list of those tools, serial numbers, and cost to replace in both my computer and briefcase. I can't imagine that I'd be able to remember everything I own while in a homicidal rage after getting ripped off. Would probably still get screwed by the insurance company.
Other than a bodily injury, stolen tools are probably the worst job-related misfortune a tradesman could suffer through.
Crack some heads if you get the chance. I'll never convict ya.
People used to be able to shoot horse theives; maybe we should bring something similar back.
Sorry about your tools- lowlife crooks don't realize that we get attached to these inanimate objects and get pi**ed when they are stolen. they are interfering with our livelyhoods when they take 'em.
On the bright side, we should be seeing some posts from you over in the " what tool did you buy today"
Rez, sorry man...I feel for ya. Had my truck stolen off my 1/2 mile long country drive way. All my tools were in it. Cops made me list and price everything. When I got to $8,000 beans, I had to quit. Crying too hard thinking of all my lost friends. Dang good thing it was only a Mazda<G>
They caught the crack head in the truck, No tools. Gave him two years, but let him out early 'cause his daddy used to beat him. Not half as bad as I will, if I ever see him. Don't worry, we can fix that later!
What's up with this weekend? about 3 hours ago I surprised this kid (17) in my place. He dove out the window and was lost in the woods before I could get out the door and around back. He dropped his booty below the window, so I didn't lose anything.
He'll be 18 soon, and I won't forget how he paid me back for treating him like a repectable human.
SamT
rez.......just ask, we all have dbls and triples of everything and I know how hard small hand tools are to come by and acct for..
We'll all hook ya back up.
Aint about charity bro so don't even go there...its about all us BT'ers stickin together.
Makes us a nation in our own, home boy..
Just shout out and watch out for the UPS trucks!
Be feelin' better bro
We have yer back
Namaste
andyThe secret of Zen in two words is, "Not always so"!
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
rez
SOME DIRTY S.O.B. TOOK A TOOLBOX OUT OF MY TRUCK!!!
Damn do you live in my neighborhood, my wife went to work this morn, came back in and said the window on the passenger side of my truck was broken out.
Went out to check out the damages, my box of router bits(probably $3500 worth), Paslode impulse nail gun, Bosch plunge router, PC laminate trimmer, new Milwaukee 14.4 cordless gun. All gone. Must not have had time to get the slider and the Bosch table saw out, they were in plain site in the back end(camper shell). I was doing some side work and left the stuff in the truck thinking I would take it out later, guess someone beat me to it.
What bothers me most is that these dumb bastards will hock it all for $200, I'd be glad to give them $1000 for all of it. Dirty SOB's is right.
Doug
Good lord man, you're out there in hurtin' ground with that loss. Makes me feel lucky all I lost was my little easily replaceable stuff.
Couple years back a tractor chain store moved into the local mall. Guy bought a tractor there and loaded it on his trailer.
Pulled it a couple hundred yards to make a quick run into the K-Mart. When he came out the tractor and trailer were gone.
All those stories of the theft rings that study you as you go into HD, Lowes or the like and then rip you off as you go inside.
What can you do?
I'm sure after the insurance co. fleeces me I'll really be hurt'n.
I just changed my coverage about a month ago because I no longer had to carry my tools to work, dont know what is going to happen. I'm thinking I'm screwed though. Not a good feeling.
Edited to add;
All those stories of the theft rings that study you as you go into HD, Lowes or the like and then rip you off as you go inside.
The police officer that came out suggested that that might be the case, I live a block away from Lowes, stop in there all the time, yesterday was one of them. Says that any van or truck with a cab is prime target.
Doug
Edited 5/31/2004 9:07 pm ET by Doug@es
Pikeing is in order here....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
Not quit sure what "pikeing" is, anything like impailing, if'n so I all for it.
maybe a little extreme, but in this case...
This grizzly method of execution was in the style of the day. They would put you on the scaffold, "half" hang you so when you were removed from the gallows you were still conscious. Then they'd cut off your private parts and burn them in front of you! Next, they would slit open your belly from navel to nether then cut out your intestines and add them to the fire. All while the victim watched. Finally, your torso was hacked into four quarters and your head skewered onto a pike, later to be displayed and rot on London Bridge! (is anyone still yearning for the "good old days"?)"there's enough for everyone"
For the theives...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
Then they'd cut off your private parts and burn them in front of you!
That's just plain cruel!
Doug
Word gets out about what you did to a thief.. Others will go else where...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
What these urban rats need is a trip to the desert.
Seriously tho, the most stolen item, after money and jewelry, is tools. We should put some pressure on the police chief, the DA and the Mayor,legislators, et. al. to make them realize that this is a serious problem. These tools have an emotional value as well as providing your livlihood. Some of them are no longer made. I remember where and when I bought most of my tools.
I watch Law & Order and I watch Cops. In Law & Order they go all out, follow every clue to find the culptit. But that's fiction. In Cops, they sometimes stage stings to catch prostitutes, Johns and drug buyers. Why don't they stake out the HD parking lots?
Get a Dremel engraver for $21 and etch your driver's license number and state.
Tool theft should be treated as a felony.
~Peter
Capital crime....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
Here is an article from JLC on joh site thefts.
http://www.jlconline.com/jlcupdate/2004/0406/1.html
good link...thanks
a number of police departments participate in something , i believe, is clled Project Identification.
they will lend an engraver and provide decals to put up saying you participate in marking your property.
putting some of these decals on your truck and tool boxes may help deter. bobl Volo, non valeo
I'm actually a full-time cop, only a part time builder wannabe. At my precinct, we did a car prowl sting. We used a bait car with some tool boxes and cases in the hatch area and parked it at a Home Depot lot. Got a few crooks that way. As far as Law & Order goes, that's why it's TV......
are you familar with project id?
if you are, what do you think of it?bobl Volo, non valeo
Good tread A week or so ago I was working on the campus of Northeastern in Boston where I am a student. A buddy of mine had his car parked in just about the middle of campus we were using the headlights of the car to work from. Forgot we left the keys in the car walked inside the building for 2mins came back our car was gone with all his tools inside. Not sure the $ value of what he had but a full craftsman’s mechanic box of all sorts of hand tools plus a trunk full of power tools. Along with new auto parts for a car he was fixing up. Looks like they stared to go through my truck as well then noticed the keys in his and decided to take the whole thing. Car was found about a week later on the side of the road side-swiped and ever thing in side gone, Even the trash he had on the floor. Worst part of it he said was that some of the tools where his grandfathers, can’t replace something like that.
I feel for you guys that have had your tool stolen.
I don't know specifically what it is. But, I assume its some kind of marking or registration program. This is always a good idea.
In my city, pawnshops have to fill out a slip when they receive an item, with a description and serial #. Then, the slip goes to the police to get entered into a database. The pawnshop has to hold the item 30 days before they can sell it. Anytime we take a burglary or theft report, the items can be entered into the same system, as long as there's a serial #. In theory, the system spits out a match if there is one, and hopefully the owner can get their property back. However, most owners are really bad about keeping track of their property and serial #'s, so it's pretty rare that we can do much that way.
An earlier entry in this thread mentioned having a list of serial #'s for your tools, and several have mentioned engraving #'s or names on them (we all this an "owner applied number"). Someone else also takes digital photos of their things. I would endorse all of these things. I do it for all of my stuff. It can help recover stolen property, plus it helps establish value for insurance claims.
Well from Mr Zen here......lol.......I'd take a wedge and split open a large log/cutting block.
Drop the perpatrators nut sack in it and pull out the wedge.
So there
BE a love child : )))~
andyThe secret of Zen in two words is, "Not always so"!
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
A two pound ball peen hammer to the kneecaps and nuckles comes to my mind.
Pike 'em...
Get the message out...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
The less forgiving of the building bred have been known in Florida to take miscreants deep into the swamps and leave them. The particularly mean sort had been known to whack them in the foot or kneecap before waving goodbye.
Those who make it out are likely to be changed. Those the gators and mosquitoes eat. Well that too is a life changing experience.
There are stories about folks getting chained around the waist and left with a length of logging chain around a large tree in the deep woods. Used to be once in a while hunters would find a skeleton chained to a tree. Rough way to go.
Edited for clarity
Edited 6/3/2004 1:49 am ET by 4Lorn1
Very nice. I really like that Idea.
long, slow, rough......
perfect.
I recall somewhere that folks would strap a thief arms to a log, cut his legs up and dump him out of a boat in the ocean.
Adam
I was working in the "bad part of town" as if this town really has one, yesterday, and walked out and saw some kid eyeballing through the window into my cab.
I knew it wasn't the best place to leave a fully stocked truck, so things were locked down well, still managed to get a few threats off before he hauled asz.
Glad he didn't actually do anythign I'd hate to go to up the river for murder...
No body...
No witnesses...
No crime...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
Thats one of the reasons I watch "Law and Order"
I want to see how the other guys get caught so I won't make the same mistakes if the situation should arise.
"CSI" has valuable info, too.
I sometimes wonder how much the lowlifes in our society could actually improve their skills ( if you want to call it that ) if they watched some of these cop shows.
The same...
An impailling stick is 3 or 4 feet long....
A pike can be 15 feet long... It gets them up there where they'll be noticed...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
SOME DIRTY S.O.B
Feel your pain. I used to be related to the DSOB who "lost" his truck, the truck's tool box & $3200 worth of my tools. He claimed he left the truck outside the former family rental that was being rehabbed for him & the sister. Only liability on the truck, so no claim there. Family draws very definite lines on my taking him to court for the lost tools in his care ("he's Family" "it was an accident" "you work in an office" [yeah right, but only 5 days a week amd only until 1700]). Grrr. Always bugged me. Later on Sister announces that Daddy don't live at home any more--he's gone through all of his savings, all of the family savings, and all of Sister's savings, right up the nose . . .
I'm with Doug, busted fingers is too good for 'em.
Kick his azz, I won't tell.
Kick his azz, I won't tell.
Iffen he don't "get himself right" and right quick, he's about to become a felon. Add that to divorced for cause, not seeing his 2 kids w/o supervision (and a drug test), and a very likely DRO--I'm not sure I can do any more to him.
Greatest pain was the heirloom stuff (a bronze plumb bob with a certain fraternal organization on it, probably $1-2 at the pawn shop; worth a tad bit more to me and mine . . . ) Hmm, geting a bit cranky at the recollection, actually. (Being pointlessly at work all day today is not helping . . . ) I know soem HCSO that owe me a favor . . . Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
Pikeing is in order here....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming....
WOW!!! What a Ride!
I got robbed out of POD used for job-site security a few weeks ago. Sucks they took the generator. But the darndest thing -
they took a piece of crap skilsaw that had the cord cut off, I meant to repair it and I use it for grinding through stuff that would tear my nice pc saw up. But they left right next to it a dewalt sawzall.
remodeler