Posted by NCWayne on February 27, 2011 at 09:02:59 from (69.40.232.189):
In Reply to: Neighbor was Robbed posted by Beatles65 on February 27, 2011 at 08:20:50:
Got a local guy that has several pieces of heavy equipment setting on a property where he is taking down a hill made of 'concord gravel' to make it buildable. In the last year ot so they have robbed the radiator out of his crane, cut the wiring harness out of a Liebherer front shovel for maybe $2 worth of copper, did the same and more to a 988 CAT loader, along with stealing any other metal they found setting around. Fortunately the cops have been taking things like this seriously around here. Between the ones the cops caught and a few more that thr owner and area neighbors that watch the place have caught he has, I think he said, 11 convictions on people for sealing from him.
It's unfortunate that the economy is so bad that people are resorting to doign crap like this to make a dollar. Funny thing is the fact our economy is so bad is one of the reasons scrap prices are so high because all of it is going to China, or where ever, and eliminating the very jobs needed to make things better....Regardless of the situation it's still no excuse for stealing. The worst thing about the whole situation is the guys stealing get nothing but a few dollars for the "scrap" and a jail term while the guy getting stolen from is gonna get a largely dispraportinate bill to get the everything repaired and replaced so he can use his machines again.
One thing about it, things have gotten to the point now that if you show up on his property and anybody sees you it takes less than 10 minutes before the 'calvary' rolls in. I discovered this for myself the other day when I stopped to look at rewiring one of the machines for him and Dad, who works with the guy, forgot to tell him I was stopping. In less than ten minutes there were 8 people showed up so see what was going on...and none left til the owner showed up and told them it was OK for me to be there. It's good to have friends and neighbors watching out for you like that.
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