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theft of garden equipment by criminals whilst working- warning !!

JUST A WARNING THAT I HAD MY    STIHL BACK-PACK BR600 BLOWER STOLEN,

RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME BY A  50 YR OLD male ,dark hair - leather jacket/jeans  5ft 10"  ginger beard .   Toyota Previa P reg ,  dark brown/near black colour,  back left brake light light not working / dirty vehicle.   

drove up behind into parking area for flats , sliding door passenger stole blower /ear-defenders & drove off right past me as i was moving my mower. !!    they are driving round targeting any workmen / tools & equipment.

 

police informed .

 

- note :  if it looks dodgy , it probably is !!   

 

insure , but better still   lock up , watch , put in van / alarm & tag trailers / ride-ons etc etc ---

 

robin.     

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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Stuart @ Eco Garden Maintenance on November 24, 2011 at 20:42

Hope they are caught and you get it back. Have you marked it with anything?

Permalink Reply by chris nangle on November 24, 2011 at 20:42

sorry too hear this Robin

I hope they catch the scum bag

 

Permalink Reply by David Channon on November 24, 2011 at 20:47

Sorry to hear that. its really despicable to steal the tools of a man's trade.

I hope he gets caught and soon


PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Gardens4u.co.uk on November 24, 2011 at 20:50

yellow big spray dot on top !    post code in perm 'marker pen'  tf----.     frjones sticker /  broken split fuel primer /  scratched 2009 i think -   serial number here on handbook !!     ran out of fuel .  (also peltor grey/black ear defenders)

 

unbelievable ,  had hammer ready to kill him if i saw him again !     eastern European or gipo ?    


PRO MemberPermalink Reply by andy@ Doughty Garden Maintenance on November 24, 2011 at 21:06

Not good at all!!  Probably pikeys

Permalink Reply by andrew magill on November 24, 2011 at 21:12

sorry to hear about your trouble being a belfast boy not sure what pikeys are

Permalink Reply by Neil Petrie BSc Landscape Mgt on November 24, 2011 at 21:47

We had a husky 346xp stolen 2 weeks ago from front driveway of garden we were working in.  Nice area.  Dead end street. Large in/out driveway.  Medium size white van.  One fatty, one medium size and...one small boy who was probably being shown the ropes.  Cracked front windscreen.

Scum-bags.  Never seen again...yet.  Police said they would check all cctv around the route we saw them take(the boys tried to chase on foot to no avail.)


PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Austin Powell-Allen on November 24, 2011 at 22:42

I always lock up after collecting tools out as this is always a worry. I do it without thinking as a matter of course.

But the van also has built in auto locking after a while (just make sure the keys are in your pocket and not in the van!!!!)

At the moment I do not have sign writing but have thought about it however this has crossed my mind weather it would encourage thefts of my tools from the Van.

 

Permalink Reply by David Benson on November 24, 2011 at 22:48

a gardener i know had his power tools stolen on Monday. just taken some tools into the back garden came strait back and they had gone it has cost him £3000 to replace them. I have been to one of my regulars today and they have had some garden ornaments stolen this week i would not like to guess the price of them but one was a bronze statue (naked lady with a hat)


PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Gardens4u.co.uk on November 24, 2011 at 22:59

oh dear £3k      -  i had trailer & break into vehicle total about the same 3-4 yrs ago .

David Benson said:

a gardener i know had his power tools stolen on Monday. just taken some tools into the back garden came strait back and they had gone it has cost him £3000 to replace them. I have been to one of my regulars today and they have had some garden ornaments stolen this week i would not like to guess the price of them but one was a bronze statue (naked lady with a hat)

Permalink Reply by Colin Hunt on November 25, 2011 at 6:29

About 10 years ago, we had our truck driven out of a garden and away while we were working the other side of it - 6' away! Phoned police as it was going up the road with the tailboard flapping and they intercepted the toe rag 5 miles away. 2 hours later we had it back.  Lesson learned - don't leave your keys in the ignition........EVER!

 

 

 


PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Chris Auld on November 25, 2011 at 7:50

thats the english word for gypsy Drew.

andrew magill said:

sorry to hear about your trouble being a belfast boy not sure what pikeys are

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