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Quote: Originally posted by andyrbruce on 31/7/2013

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Sorry dont know how to put images up!

But you can right click on them to view (well you can on my mac!)

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Quote: Originally posted by jayc001 on 01/8/2013

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Quote: Originally posted by MadMum1972 on 31/7/2013

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So sorry to hear about the attempted theft. It is just awful that scumbags think they can just take what others have worked hard for. There are alot of bad people out there.

Going slightly off note here, I have just read about somebody who had £30k worth of caravan stolen, only to be found 18 months later being lived in by gypsies. The police are unable to evict them as it is a breach of the thieving watsits human rights!! Wtf??

We have something on our wheel, which I think is an Alko wheel lock. It seems pretty good although i have to ensure the hole it fits in is in exactly the right place so a bit fiddly. We also have the Alko hitch lock. Whatever we have, I guess the scum will find a way in if they are determined.

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Read the same story about the caravan. Problem is the police have no power to evict without a court order. The owner will have to apply to the court, wait for a hearing, and once found in their favour apply for a court baliff to evict them. This is likely to take several months. The biggest hurdle here is when applying for the court order the legal owner will need to have an address for serving the court papers on. The police are not passing this info onward (most likely for the safety of the owner) so it would be very tricky to get to court in the first place. Of course this is all assuming that the caravan's still in the same place. It's likely long gone.

The theft of the caravan is a criminal matter but the eviction is a civil one. Problem is the police are very unlikely to persue the criminal matter as it will be hard for them to get a conviction.

The lesson to be learnt here is if you can't afford to replace it, insure it.

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Quote: Originally posted by jtq4u on 17/8/2020

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I am tempted to get a jsb wheel lock, and have messaged them on facebook as I can't see why I couldn't defeat it using approaches I have needed to use on locking wheel nuts in the past.
Namely
1. Cherrying the nut up so hot it is soft and then hammering a socket on.
2. cutting a slot into the head of the nut and then using an impact screw driver.

or as the nuts are deeply recessed I could cut around the hublock (removing the stand) and then weld threaded bar into the recesses and bolt wheels onto that bar.

doesn't seem that hard, unless I am missing something. They will be successful, as long as we don't all use them (as there is easier pray).

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Quote: Originally posted by Mick S. on 20/8/2020

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A bloke rolled up with a brand new van to a site we were on last week. He said his old one (and a second) had been stolen, from what sounded like Fort Knox. It seems if someone wants your 'van, they will find a way to take it. This theft was from a 'gold' storage site, and involved going across 2 fields and the use of cutting torches. Need i say more.

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Quote: Originally posted by Grandad Kenny on 21/8/2020

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However, go and have a look at caravanid.com it’s a new initiative that is community based and taking off with local police forces and CCTV companies.

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