pettsy
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Was meaning more that if I invest in newer kit i could justify the expense of trackers. Mine generally only goes out and comes back with me.
Was meaning more that if I invest in newer kit i could justify the expense of trackers. Mine generally only goes out and comes back with me.
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bobthebuilder
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secret switches are the way to go
hiluxman
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It is what saved the e10. Every thing I've got has multiple switches on, I'd just not got round to the dx and I'd left enough room for it to be sneaked out.
I've always told the customer its me and only me who will collect the machine. I have been challenged picking my own stuff up in the past and quite happily told them to ring the number on the side of the digger to confirm.
doobin
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Multiple switches interrupting the ignition and servo circuits?
hiluxman
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Yep.
GazCro
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I do wonder how good or should i say difficult are coded keys to work round?
hiluxman
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Not very. It's all down to how much they want it...ie specifically that machine or whether the machine next to it with no coded key will do just as well.
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bobthebuilder
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simple switches confuse people
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
have said it many times ..... Hella plugs and sockets - servo and crank lines 
.... totally innocuous
.... totally innocuous 
Giles
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Sorry to hear about your dx10, need to add some switches to mine but mine lives at home behind big gates and under our bedroom window and cctv and dog
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DaveDCB
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Always done this myself, same on building sites, usually night shift guard came on at 4ish so made a point of speaking to him rather then ignoring like every other arrogant site worker!!Gunners point about telling the customer that nobody touches the kit is good, I make a point of telling my customers that anything I leave on site is owned outright and anyone trying to take it is stealing it
Sorry to hear of your loss and damages, bloody nightmare!!
Gunners
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Those nightshift guards aren't all that. Used to have them on my sites and we still had stuff nicked right outside the site office compound! They fall asleep or are constantly waffling on the phone and don't hear a thing until their alarm goes off to do the hourly walk around. Cant blame them because the pay is rubbish.
After all the lead off the dormer windows was stolen for the 3rd consecutive time even with the guard there - we ended up with a right weirdo who was up for the fight and after he chased them off a couple more times they went back to just robbing the site car park instead in the middle of the day.
Those two Hitatchi's in Aldershot look like they were a stolen to order thing especially as they went to such lengths to get the 3t going and they were both pretty new. Taking an 8t isn't opportunistic, you've got to be organised for that.
And realistically guys, those of us thinking we are going to get out of bed and go down there and have some kind of Jackie Chan scene with them are probably deluding ourselves. There's likely to be a few of them with nothing to loose, stolen van, we don't know where they live but they know where we are! Giving it the Hong Kong Phooey at them might scare them off or it might get you stabbed. Even if you took the shotgun out there are you actually going to shoot them? The law just isn't on our side for this one. Tough as we are, its not worth the risk I don't think.
They hate alarms, noise, lights and effort. Give them plenty of that and they will soon scamper when the whole neighbourhood wakes up with spotlights and the foghorn going off. Harder to achieve at our yards I appreciate but the more you do, you might stop the less organised ones at least. The guys who do this professionally you are unlikely to stop lets face it.
JD450A
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They also hate the chance of being blocked in.
Gunners
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DaveDCB
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Someone photoshop gunners onto Hong Kong Phooey please
JD450A
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hiluxman
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I've has a report of the vehicle 8n question been seen in Dover yesterday evening.
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