Workshop breakin

allenview

Went out to go to work this morning and discovered side sheeting pulled away from wall,I unlock the doors with trepidation to see what was going to greet me,all sides down on pickup ,tools box's scattered around,when I got to big tool box I saw that my 2 stihl saws were gone as well as a still hedgecutter,and lawnmower,generator,they left loads off small hand tools and other power tools,they seem to be going for well branded equipment,they came in across paddock and strip sheet of the side out of range of cameras and intruder beams,where are they getting rid of this gear or are they shipping it out of this country, this is my third time to be hit in 12 years,this is equipment I used for every day work.

kk.man

I am so sorry to hear your plight..
I bet it was gut wrenching when you discovered it.

I bet whoever did it knows the run of the place..as u say know the beams etc..
Theses goods end up in car boot sales...donedeal is worth a try..town markets etc..they even go to building sites to unload them...
You should consider a good dog.....

Grueller

where are they getting rid of this gear or are they shipping it out of this country, this is my third time to be hit in 12 years,this is equipment I used for every day work.[/quote]


This is the nub of it. They have ready customers. Anybody who buys off the pric*s should be shunned in the farming community. Heard a story of an ai man recently who was scouting farms for lads just after buying silage wrap and passing the info on.

pedigree 6

That's a f#cker. :mad:

It does make you wonder though if these robberies are done to order.
It's a case for the guards now but you would have to think the easiest place for these to be offloaded would be some crooked dealer who would be selling a lot of secondhand machines as trade ins. But then you have Donedeal as well.:cool:

However anybody buying these from roadside sellers is as bad as these scum.

Salrub

Pure scum, only job for them is gunshot in the knees

Who2

I've been cleaned a few times too. Tools from the northern half of the country usually get sold on in an yuk market in Wexford. A lot of the southern stuff goes to balbriggan market. Both places you need to be there early like 7-8 am if you've any chance of finding it. I know it's a pain but get a half dozen cans of expanding foam and foam to as many purlins and corners in as many places as possible . It won't stop them but it slows them down. Pir sensors and lights everywhere you can too, there not that dear but my best solution was an Alsatian.

Farmer

Post the model numbers of the sawa. It's a long shot that any of us would come across them together but you have nothing to lose at this point

allenview

Farmer wrote: »

Post the model numbers of the sawa. It's a long shot that any of us would come across them together but you have nothing to lose at this point

Sorry for delay,it's been a long day especially if you are relying on borrowed tools,nothing like your own tools for comfort,
Saws missing stihl ms 181c-be new , stihl ms c-241 2year old , stihl hedge trimmers hs81 R as new ,all with covers also Viking self drive lawnmower.
Return to work to day (large fencing contract) only to find out that the lads who are erecting handhelds on farm had their jeep and trailer(new iw)stolen from outside a job they were doing in Dublin yesterday evening,also on this farm is hedge cutter contractor who is doing saw work here who has spent the last four Sunday mornings going to Sunday markets to look for his stolen saws as well,these were large saws for taking down mature trees.

So there is 3 different parties working on this job,and all of us have been effected by this thieving epidemic that is happening all over
,imagine if this is reciprocated across the country there must be huge amount of people buying and dealing in stolen property and yet very from few are caught in the act of robbing or receiving,so there must be a well organized gang who have a away of offloading this equipment without been detected.

allenview

Meant to say erecting hay sheds, not handhelds

MfMan

Where (in general) are you based?

allenview

Leinster

patsy_mccabe

Talking to a friend, a guard recently. He was saying how they caught a local elderly farmer redhanded with stolen property one Sunday morning. There he was in the back of the squadcar, saying the rosary.:rolleyes:

Reggie.

allenview wrote: »

Leinster

Thought they caught the local gang near castlepollard recently

I said

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Talking to a friend, a guard recently. He was saying how they caught a local elderly farmer redhanded with stolen property one Sunday morning. There he was in the back of the squadcar, saying the rosary.:rolleyes:

Fcuk him see this ****e get the fools pardon again typical Irish response no more than that murdering bastard above in Cavan last week ah shur he's not right.
Usual Irish ****e everyone apologise for the poor auld craytur

tabby aspreme

There is also a small market near Athy on a Saturday morning, € 4000 worth of stolen tools recovered recently and one arrest made