UM loooook Im not trying to be a smart ass here
I know first hand what the OPs going through as Ive been cleaned out twice and was nothing like well off and not insured at the time
Having said that I cant help but wonder how vulnerable we leave ourselves to the crooks that sit on CB UHF VHF Radio and the internet forums and let us advertise just what we have in the shed
whats on ya bench
waddaya ride drive
show us ya wood pile
we slip up n tell folks we trust were we are
Crooks are smart bastards
there like crows , ever watch the buggars hunt , smart, calculative ruthless couldn't give a ratz how poor you are AND WILL BE WATCHING to what you replace you lost goods with for next time
catch em cut their hands off ? nah just slit their throats:msp_wink:
I am sorry for your loss OP yeah
cant afford to replace your gear and may be cant work with out it WHAT THE HELL AM I GONNA DO NOW
I know exactly how ya are right now
Oh that's true and all, hear what you are saying. I mean it could be a roving saw thief who lurks on this site, but I am thinking just a local skunk. They steal good stuff, they steel scrap, they still good stuff for scrap. boss lost an AC unit, next to a building, next to the street. they just chained it up and yanked it out. maybe took them two minutes tops.
I mean it gets to the point, how much can you lock stuff up? I don't have much resources, if I can't keep some tools and whatnot in the shed and barn, I am screwed, that is all there is here, and I'm just a hired hand. Got a teensy cabin to live in, no way I can fit all my good stuff/tools inside.
Thing is, the dogs were barking a lot, but I thought it was *just* that oddball stray dog they were barking at. People dump dogs off out in the country all the time, that's how I got all my dogs, they are all abandoned or rescue dogs. Unless I am with them, they have to stay chained, I live next to the street and they would run down and like scare people wealking by etc if I didn't. Don't know if they would bite someone like that, but not gonna chance it. If I lived way the heck up a oprivate road I would let them run loose, but I can't.
I didn't see or hear anything else last night, and they could have gone into the barn from the back and I wouldn't have known it. There are no doors, just big openings.
I don't have the resources to put up like wireless cams all over heck. It would be nice, I know they exist and can do a good job, but I just don't have the resources for that.
Basically, I have no place to lock stuff up except inside my cabin, and we already never both leave at the same time, always someone home now.
Ya, I am just venting now, just steamed.
I was this close to thinking I could finally open a shop here, small shop, to make some extra ...this changes things. I realize I just can't keep much stuff anymore, certainly not customers gear and even more tools, etc.
