Author Topic: REWARD---URBAN LOWLIFE (Read 4971 times)

rebocardo · « **Reply #20 on:** October 05, 2003, 12:43:07 PM »

> There was also a guy who had walnut trees lining his lane.
> When he came home from work, they were gone.

That just blows my mind how it could happen and people not get caught or shot. Someone had to use the wood locally.

Ron Wenrich · « **Reply #21 on:** October 06, 2003, 03:10:35 PM »

I think somebody stopped by and the guy said he bought the trees. Nothing else was asked.

Most guys in the business had an idea who it was and those logs didn't end up anywhere local. He only cut the veneer butts off and left the rest of the tree.

After the tree is gone, you will never be able to connect the cutter to theft without any proof.

There are also guys who drive around state lands with their tri-axle. Nice trees next to the road usually get snipped pretty quick. The state knows who it is, they just can't catch him.

Den Socling · « **Reply #22 on:** October 06, 2003, 03:50:50 PM »

I used to do some work for a company who would buy as little as a single log off a pickup. This practice apparently attracted jerks who stole trees. I've seen both state foresters and state police walking around their logpiles with a slice off a stump. The logs were numbered so, if rings matched, the company ID'd the supplier.

Jason_WI · « **Reply #23 on:** October 07, 2003, 04:54:13 PM »

FL,

Attach one of these to your driveway and catch the Lil buggers on camera.

http://www.x10.com/products/x10_vt38a.htm

It is a RF camera and can be hooked to PC or VCR to record the video.

Jason

Fixed spelling

DanG · « **Reply #24 on:** October 08, 2003, 10:37:55 AM »

Jason, that looks like a sweet deal. Only problem is, my shop is 300+ feet from the house, and the cam only transmits 100 feet. Any ideas how I could extend the range without resorting to extraordinary means? I suppose I could mount a vcr in the shop and bury 300+ feet of coax to a tv in the house, but that falls under the category of the above mentioned "extraordinary means." :-/

Jason_WI · « **Reply #25 on:** October 08, 2003, 11:31:23 AM »

There are a few other companies that sell longer range transmitters but they cost more $$$$.

I'll dig around the net some more to see what I can find.

Jason

Furby · « **Reply #26 on:** October 09, 2003, 01:30:02 PM »

northern tool Note:Please read the Forestry Forum's postion on this company has one in he latest catalog for $150. Not as cheap as X10 but it does claim a 300' range, and is 2.4 GHz and color. Just remember that most of these wireless have their range rated on a line of site basis. They will go through walls and stuff, but it will cut a little bit out of the range. If your shop is 300' out, you may be a little bit short on range.

Den Socling · « **Reply #27 on:** October 09, 2003, 03:51:20 PM »

put a $150 camera out there and that suckers gonna get stolen

DanG · « **Reply #28 on:** October 09, 2003, 03:59:16 PM »

Ya gotta point dere, Den.

I think I'll just leave ol' Goofy and the gang out there. They been doing a good job so far, and nobody would steal them ugly things.

Jason_WI · « **Reply #29 on:** October 09, 2003, 07:57:13 PM »

If there stealing the security camera then it's time fer some rock salt...

or a few booby traps.......

hook an electric fencer to all the metal parts, like the frame of a bandmill

problem is you'll forget ya hooked her up the night before and get your batteries charged in the morning when you check the oil

DanG · « **Reply #30 on:** October 09, 2003, 08:04:09 PM »

I think I'll pass on that idea. I'm bad ta fergit things, p'tickly in the early morning. Sometimes I fergit ta git up.

I'm getting a "new" computer, the first one I've actually owned since the Vic-20.

There's even a chance I'll finally be able to post pics. If it works out, I'll show a shot of "Goofy and the gang" and you'll see why I don't really need the camera.

Furby · « **Reply #31 on:** October 10, 2003, 05:23:06 PM »

$150 is cheap when you are looking at $1500 cameras.
Good point about the camera getting stolen, but atleast you would have a close up of the thief.

I bet "the Gang" is more fun then the camera anyways.

Den Socling · « **Reply #32 on:** October 10, 2003, 05:47:13 PM »

Last week, News of the Weird reported that some clown in Wisconsin was arrested after he stole an "electronic gadget" from a front yard. It turned out to be the base station for one of those ankle monitors used to keep track of people in trouble with the law.

http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/nw030928.html

DanG · « **Reply #33 on:** October 10, 2003, 07:53:31 PM »

That's just one of the many reasons I don't steal stuff. Murphy is my shadow.

If I stole something, and went to sell it, I guaranDanGtee the buyer would be the guy I stole it from, and would have his name in a hidden place. :-/

Fla._Deadheader · « **Reply #34 on:** October 11, 2003, 05:08:22 PM »

Jason, guess what

I got the whole schmear from X-10. It's JUNK !!!!!!!!!!
One camera got so hot, it nearly set the wall socket it was plugged into, on fire. The base station, that sat on the TV, leaked some kinda goop all over the place. The VCR converter thingy NEVER DID work right. It would show the images on a small TV, but, never would record.
Got the new replacements in. Just gotta figger how to thief-proof 'em before puttin them on.
If ya wanna see how easy it is to steal whole tail lights, go to any GM pickup, and open the tail gate and you will find 2 screws that hold the assembly in place.
For now, I'm gonna Epoxy some blocks of wood between the metal rods that lock down the hard cover and the inside of the hard cover. When they stole the lights, the rods were bent up, in a curve, where they forced the top up. HAD to be 2 of 'em. I tried to do that myself, right after I bought the truck.

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