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Jul 22, 2008 23:58:06 GMT
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Are you going to question anyone who can hoik a 600x600 heavyweight manhole cover clean out of the ground and lob it into the back of a high-side transit pick-up? I don't think you would. Those bastards are HEAVY. And they take alot of effort to pull them out as they are normally filled with gunk doen the key-holes and jemmy-slots. We lift them daily for drainage surveys and they ain't easy I tell you, even with two fit-ish lads hoiking them. Alot of the time you have to wallop them with a 14lb sledge to get them 'bouncing' before they will slide out of the hole, then to actually pick and hurl them on a truck would need some serious strength...... i fear that a hi-ab would be better, than two 'fiitish lads' local to me, they are nicking cars and hiding them, until the scrap price goes up
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room.
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Jul 23, 2008 10:05:13 GMT
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A neighbour of mine had a car nicked off his driveway the other night. Nothing unusual about that you might think but who nicks a battered 1997 Mitsibishi Carisma is Mitsubishi Racing Pink? It hasn't shown up burned out yet. Odds on it's been weighed in.
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CIH
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Jul 23, 2008 10:42:21 GMT
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We had a van come in after the cat, and half the exhaust, was "liberated". That was just outside Manchester. Near Altrincham.
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Jul 23, 2008 12:34:56 GMT
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I wish they'd nick mine, then I'd have an excuse to sepnd money on a new exhaust with some decat pipes in the middle. At the moment, the missus won't even let me spend a measly £200 on some linked decats... mind you, I have spent a few grand on it lately so I'm not surprised
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Jul 23, 2008 14:08:17 GMT
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If you go over the snake pass towards Sheffield, all the road signs have a sticker on the back saying 'THIS SIGN HAS NO SCRAP VALUE'
Weighing in road signs FFS, people have no shame
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Jul 23, 2008 14:10:08 GMT
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The problem with catching cat thieves is that theres a high number of legit worn out cats being scrapped all the time. Newish ones and dead ones look identical and of course, theres no identifying marks to prove where they have come from. Easy money!
A load of gippos have moved in across the road from my house in the local supermarket car park and this has coincided with a huge increase in metal theft. A neighbour had his cast iron fencing smashed to bits and his water meter ripped out. Apparently they go about removing signs and railings e.t.c and hide them in a nearby hedge. Later on they return with a tranny, "find" the scrap and take it away. "just found it in the street, officer". I nearly ran into the back of a transit pickup when it did an emergency stop on a roundabout, so the four or so young lads could jump out and pick up a sign that way lying on the pavement.
Be vigilant peeps, and weigh your scrap in sooner rather than later!
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Last Edit: Jul 23, 2008 14:12:36 GMT by Lankytim
1987 Maestro 1.6 HL perkins diesel conversion 1986 Audi 100 Avant 1800cc on LPG 1979 Allegro Series 2 special 4 door 1500cc with vynil roof. IN BITS. HERITAGE ISSUES.
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Jul 23, 2008 16:45:59 GMT
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at the mo i don't have a car newer than 1982 so no worry for me. my mum and dad on the other hand have a 1994 mitsubishi sigma estate and a 1999 golf quite quiet round here tho so cant see it being a worry.............. i hope
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Jul 23, 2008 18:47:44 GMT
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... Later on they return with a tranny.... How's a guy dressed up as a woman going to help? You can't lift jack in a pair of stilletto's, and anyway, if they get sweaty their make up will run. Surely they would be better off turning up with a labourer or something? ;D
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Jul 23, 2008 18:54:14 GMT
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No idea how they do it but it seems to work!
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1987 Maestro 1.6 HL perkins diesel conversion 1986 Audi 100 Avant 1800cc on LPG 1979 Allegro Series 2 special 4 door 1500cc with vynil roof. IN BITS. HERITAGE ISSUES.
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Jul 23, 2008 19:22:11 GMT
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Hmmm.... Must be butch tranny's.... and here goes a fairly long story... My missus used to work in "diversity" for a local council and had to go to all sorts of events. One day she dragged me to a "gay lesbian and transperson" event while we went to lunch (yeah, don't ask!) anyway, we walked around the various stalls and displays while she chatted to various people she knew, and we ended up at one stall that was.... well... it must have been "curse word Tranny's anonymous". One of them looked like Matt Lucas in a wig, with bad halitosis. The other looked like.. well, a bloke in a dress. There's no other way of describing him, her, it. (s)he had a huge blonde beehive wig on, but hadn't shaved for a few days, had just slapped a bit of lippy on, clambered into a dress and a pair of high heels and turned up. He was also taller than me (6'3") and built like a baked clay lavatory. Jesus he was bloody awful as a woman!! Maybe it's him stealing all this metal... he could easily lift it all!
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Jul 23, 2008 19:31:40 GMT
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I think its just the clothes some fellas like, they don't actually want to be a woman.... I think.
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1987 Maestro 1.6 HL perkins diesel conversion 1986 Audi 100 Avant 1800cc on LPG 1979 Allegro Series 2 special 4 door 1500cc with vynil roof. IN BITS. HERITAGE ISSUES.
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Jul 23, 2008 19:42:58 GMT
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Don't knock it 'till you've tried it... erm... i mean... umm... not that I.....
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Jul 25, 2008 13:52:48 GMT
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If you go over the snake pass towards Sheffield, all the road signs have a sticker on the back saying 'THIS SIGN HAS NO SCRAP VALUE' Weighing in road signs FFS, people have no shame Agree, what a curse word-poor way of making a living, these knobbers need to think of something a bit more original than that. 0.6/10 and thats being generous.
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 Mazda 929 Coupé 1986 Mazda 929 Wagon 1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon 1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr 1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL 1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo 1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr 2000 Rover 45 V6 Club 1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel 1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon 1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler 2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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Stu_B
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Jul 25, 2008 14:09:01 GMT
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Don't believe the stickers on the roadsigns. I design 'em for a living, if a sign is over 5 square meters we have to have it manufactured in aluminium... we still put a sticker on the back that say's 'this sign is made of steel & has no scrap value' which is a lie anyway!
I think it's a waste of time as anyone nicking stuff knows what's what & what's worth the ££ anyway!!
It definately needs more control at the scrapmans end. He's accepting the goods & handing out the cash no questions asked!!
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Tim
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Jul 25, 2008 14:18:24 GMT
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You should have have ID to scrap metal - either a passport or driving licence, and everything should be logged and admin'd.
The idea of spending ages on a project, and then some complete scummy cnut nicking it just to make £100, is sickening
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bxer
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Jul 25, 2008 14:50:49 GMT
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... I think it's a waste of time as anyone nicking stuff knows what's what & what's worth the ££ doesn't bother about reading the stickers on the back anyway!! ....
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Tim
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Jul 25, 2008 14:57:44 GMT
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... I think it's a waste of time as anyone nicking stuff knows what's what & what's worth the ££ doesn't bother about reading the stickers on the back anyway!! .... well said ;D
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Jul 25, 2008 15:01:36 GMT
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Chatting to bloke from electricty board, they just had a tinker try to spike a HV cable, whilst standing either side of the cable. The spike worked, de-energised the cable and also removed his lower legs and wedding tackle. Darwin at work?
His mate dumped him at A&E, didn't even stop the car, just rolled him out. But guess who has to pay his hospital bills until he finally shuffles off to a grave - the taxpayer. Great.
I think we should parade him through the streets as an example? Or is that too harsh?
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Tim
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Jul 25, 2008 15:06:23 GMT
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Chatting to bloke from electricty board, they just had a tinker try to spike a HV cable, whilst standing either side of the cable. The spike worked, de-energised the cable and also removed his lower legs and wedding tackle. Darwin at work? His mate dumped him at A&E, didn't even stop the car, just rolled him out. But guess who has to pay his hospital bills until he finally shuffles off to a grave - the taxpayer. Great. I think we should parade him through the streets as an example? Or is that too harsh? nope he might find parading difficult thouugh
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Jul 25, 2008 15:30:52 GMT
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Vast majority of the cat thefts I've seen or heard about done down here have been cut off silently with a pipe cutter, always 4x4s, and always on the drive or parked right outside the house. Easy pickings for the scumbags and easier to turn into hard cash than anything else you can steal. Cash for scrap is why it happens, what kind of yard buys 1m lengths of railway signalling cable!? Moral of the story here is if you've got a car with a cat, make sure it's too low for the twunts to get under it. Airbags FTW.
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