Stolen gate

Cordless grinders are cheap these days, thats half the problem
Not much you can do except be inventive with the way you hang the gate and your choice of materials.

A cheap way would be to paint the gate or part of the gate. Using 2 colours would be better. On large motorway schemes, gates would be hung and weld is then put on the top of the gate at the hanger side. When the weld is put on, you cannot remove gate. you would then need an angle grinder to remove weld to remove gate.

I have one of those hunting trail cameras pointed at the front gate. If they steal it again at least I might get some video evidence.

Del2005 wrote: »

If you mark it with an engraver all they need to do is run a grinder along it and you've wasted your time and money. Someone buying a cheap gate knows how it was acquired.

Very true but couldnt the same be said for welding it on too.

How about instead of your eircode being welded or engraved on.
Just weld or engrave on "STOLEN".

Just paint half the gate and have STOLEN somewhere on the gate.
The back of the gate if you don't want the neighbours getting ideas about yourself and it'll do the job of deterring any potential purchasers from the thieves.

Do gates get stolen often. I haven't seen any travelling sales people selling gates in years.

Gates aren't awful expensive brand new in the co-op unless it's a full mesh gate so would need to be sold on at a low price. They're also very big and awkward to transport around compared to smaller more high value items.

job seeker wrote: »

Not at all often. I haven't heard of a gate being stolen in years. That gate which was stolen was about 10 years old. It was a good quality gate though. Heavy enough. It's difficult to really know who it was!

100 euro would have been the cost of this particular gate these days. The Garda who we reported this too, informed us that his thinking would be that the thief would likely hold the gate and use it themselves. Take it out after 5-6 years of storage. He would be a part-time farmer too.. May be wrong though..

No your definitely right all part time farmers are known for stealing gates, they are the scum of the agri world.
Can you enlighten me to how you come to the conclusion it’s a part time farmer stole the gate?

Haven't seen them being sold door to door for ages, they can still sell them online I guess. They used steal gates for scrap but now the price of scrap must be gone through the floor.

80sDiesel wrote: »

I have one of those hunting trail cameras pointed at the front gate. If they steal it again at least I might get some video evidence.

You need a sign sayin CCTV in operation otherwise you can't use the footage in a prosecution.

irishgeo wrote: »

You need a sign sayin CCTV in operation otherwise you can't use the footage in a prosecution.

They are hunting trail cameras set up to watch deer , hares and whatever wildlife happens to come by. Dash cam footage is used in prosecutions so I would say there would be an angle there somewhere. Not my fault if it picked up lowlife instead of wildlife

Still waters wrote: »

A fella near me had 3 bars stolen out of a crush hed only use a couple of times a year, why would you bother for all youd save out of it

Someone took a plate off my tractor - the one that goes to hold the lift arm on the stabiliser (hope I explained that properly).

I would have assumed it somehow fell off only that it had one of them special clips holding and he (or her) put that back in a different place.

Only €50 for a new one and they had to come in across a locked gate during the day to take it (tractor is in locked shed every night). I had the bale carrier on the back and it came off with no bale on it but it could easily have come off with a bale on it and seriously injured someone.

I wish that individual every misfortune for the rest of their life.