Manhole covers stolen for scrap

agentcrow

RESIDENTS are being urged to stay vigilant and exercise caution after a number of manhole covers were stolen in the Tallaght area:rolleyes: – due to a reported increase in the value of scrap metal.
Last week two manhole covers went missing on the Fortunestown Road, one off a standard manhole and the other from a deep, pumping station which was located near St Aidan’s National School.

http://www.echo.ie/p_32/News_Article/a_198/Manhole_covers_stolen_for_scrap

LighterGuy

Heard about this before. Knackers isnt it.

Phoenix Park

Its at times like this i'm glad we're all so depressed as to be staring blankly at our feet while out walking, too miserable to attempt eye contact with another human being. Cheers Fianna Fail, saved a few accidents there!

44leto

LighterGuy wrote: »

Heard about this before. Knackers isnt it.

No its anyone its become very lucrative and beyond a joke. Not only manhole covers but lightning rods, street art, statues and a dregs man told me 10000 empty beer kegs went missing in November last year.

If they want to stop this escalating they have to deal with the scrupulous scrap dealers that accept obviously stolen material.

InkSlinger67

Recycling manholes?

LBGT forum???

TeddyTedson

This will result in a traveler bashing thread most likely but I've personally had cables cut, and stolen by travelers.
I don't know who they sell it too but whoever it is should be demanding information to explain where they got it from, by everyone.

Joey the lips

Dont know why they are steeling manhole covers they are still and worthless.

xsiborg

TeddyTedson wrote: »

This will result in a traveler bashing thread most likely but I've personally had cables cut, and stolen by travelers.
I don't know who they sell it too but whoever it is should be demanding information to explain where they got it from, by everyone.

travellers committing these thefts is only a... "cover" story!

boom boom/ gets coat...

biko

Link added to OP

LighterGuy wrote: »

Heard about this before. Knackers isnt it.

Banned.

Run_to_da_hills

The Government must clamp down on scrap metal merchants making it illegal for them to deal in cash. People should now accept travellers cheques and a receipt for any scrap that they want to sell.

TheZohanS

Where is this Tallaght place you speak of?

Deus Ex Machina

Jail wouldn't be much a deterrent for this particular offender. An individual with that much experience at tearing open manholes would go down a storm in any prison shower.

gcgirl

Scrap metal is the in thing to get that extra cash, the ex used to fleece his employer between copper and metal and bring it up to a yard on south Dublin

cade

Worrying. I already look out for manholes when driving the bike in wet conditions as the damed things get really slippy in comparison to the road; But to be driving and suddenly have the front wheel disappear down a hole, well I doubt I'd simply do the John Wayne stagger afterwards and have no lasting damage.

Though a friend had it happen before, the council dug a few feet down in the road and then some people swipped the barriers that had been put up, he was somehow fine bar the expected damage from falling off a bike, that however was a write off :mad:

weeder

Joey the lips wrote: »

Dont know why they are steeling manhole covers they are still and worthless.

a ton of them is worth a few pound.

Run_to_da_hills

cade wrote: »

Worrying. I already look out for manholes when driving the bike in wet conditions as the damed things get really slippy in comparison to the road; But to be driving and suddenly have the front wheel disappear down a hole, well I doubt I'd simply do the John Wayne stagger afterwards and have no lasting damage.

Though a friend had it happen before, the council dug a few feet down in the road and then some people swipped the barriers that had been put up, he was somehow fine bar the expected damage from falling off a bike, that however was a write off :mad:

As a biker myself I wouldn't see much hope of anyone coming out ok after hitting one of these irrespective of speed.

Anyone caught swiping covers should be named and shamed by every rag in the country along with doing time for attempted manslaughter.

The UK is taking metal swiping very serious, many have already received their Darwin awards for trespassing on High voltage Electric sub stations.

Socialist_Pig

TeddyTedson wrote: »

This will result in a traveler bashing thread

and like most cliches there's a touch of truth to them...

Jesus Shaves

Apparently 1 manhole cover will get you €7.84

marketty

TheZohan wrote: »

Where is this Tallaght place you speak of?

Town

gsxr1

No expert on scrap, but how many manhole covers would it take to make a ton.

Its like 150euro a ton

You would need a grand few . And its not great quality steel so they would not get a good price. If Any .. Most scrap yards report the likes of manhole covers, kegs and rail to the cops.

Not worth the hassle.

Fools waiting to get caught.

bfocusd

Thats pathectic, stealing cables, copper heating systems and lead/copper roofing, all still pathetic but not putting people lives in direct danger, someone could fall down it or a car could take a dip, how f*cking stupid and broke do you have to be to steal manhole covers!

they will be taking the bulbs out of traffic lights soon too!

gsxr1

Domo230 wrote: »

Where can I (legally) sell scrap metal and roughly how much are we talking cash wise.

Would a few thousand empty cans be worth anything decent? Or how about some copper wire? Where is the money at?

http://hammondlanemetal.goldenpages.ie/

unless you have loads. Over a tonne . Keep saving it. Copper is where the money is.

Copper is nearly 5 euro a KG. If you have a few copper cylinders and a load of pipe and wire, get going.

44leto

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

As a biker myself I wouldn't see much hope of anyone coming out ok after hitting one of these irrespective of speed.

Anyone caught swiping covers should be named and shamed by every rag in the country along with doing time for attempted manslaughter.

The UK is taking metal swiping very serious, many have already received their Darwin awards for trespassing on High voltage Electric sub stations.

It really is that serious, like the average irresponsible scumbag is just going to take the cover and not put a warning sign up, its a bad accident waiting to happen.

Johnny Foreigner

When I lived in England there was a spate of aluminium road signs being stolen for scrap. The Council's were having so many road signs stolen that they had to replace them with plastic ones with stickers on the back saying they were not metal. The stupid thieves kept stealing the plastic ones by mistake.

tjones64

garda: where'd ya get those?
manhole thief: i just found them lying on the street lol

recyclebin

I heard some of these thieves have a van with a hole in the floor. They pull up over a manhole, swipe it and drive off without anyone knowing. This would make it very easy to steal a few hundred of them.

EddyC15

I'm just waiting for the Tallafornia Whodunnit?! Special.

It'd be like a dickhead version of The Famous Five.

44leto

44leto wrote: »

No its anyone its become very lucrative and beyond a joke. Not only manhole covers but lightning rods, street art, statues and a dregs man told me 10000 empty beer kegs went missing in November last year.

There's a sign at the local scrapyard saying, "No beer kegs accepted, not even full ones!"

As it was I had a load of odds-n-sods to sell and the car was weighed going in and weighed going out, I unloaded the metal, it was never inspected at any point, Name and address was taken and was given a cheque for the scrap.

Maybe if I looked the "type" they may have taken more interest in the load.

recyclebin

recyclebin wrote: »

I heard some of these thieves have a van with a hole in the floor. They pull up over a manhole, swipe it and drive off without anyone knowing. This would make it very easy to steal a few hundred of them.

There have been several prosecutions for using a van like that to steal petrol from petrol stations forecourts, they used to park the van over the manhole covers to the tanks and pump away!

strobe

'Twas me.

Guy:Incognito

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

The Government must clamp down on scrap metal merchants making it illegal for them to deal in cash. People should now accept travellers cheques and a receipt for any scrap that they want to sell.

Well they are already buying obviously stolen metal so they are hardly the most law abiding guys around.

RiseToTheTop

LighterGuy wrote: »

Heard about this before. Knackers isnt it.

No it wasn't.

Run_to_da_hills

Despite what we say about the Daily Fail, this paper dose a good job at exposing the problem in the UK.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096266/Daily-Mail-War-Memorial-investigation-Scrap-metal-dealers-fuelling-sickening-crimewave.html

The Vigilant Citizen

Let's get this guy on the case...

http://dublin.gumtree.ie/c-Community-other-Partners-in-Justice-W0QQAdIdZ351968425

mikom

LighterGuy wrote: »

Heard about this before. Knackers isnt it.

No, Ninja Turtles.....