How easy is it to steal these trucks?

[HammerHead]

I know it's old but I still use the Club, $15 dollars from auto zone. Not bullet proof but gives the thief one more thing to consider when he's looking for something to steal.

 

[Pull Ya]

Sometimes it's a matter of elimination, is your truck easier to steal than the car/truck parked next to you? Same way with parts/tires /wheels--if we are parked next to each other and I got wheel locks and you don't whose wheels and tires do you think they will take?
Jay

 

[poweredbyhemi]

Sounds like a repo man in a chally he repoed earlier & was looking into repossessing your truck.That's just from my prior collection agent experience.But if the insurance & notes are up to date that would most likely rule that out.

 

[poweredbyhemi]

I know it's old but I still use the Club, $15 dollars from auto zone. Not bullet proof but gives the thief one more thing to consider when he's looking for something to steal.

Those are a freaking joke

 

[danam]

In my hood I leave the doors open (I got heavy storm doors) garage open (nobody messes with my charger or my truck), and I have my German Shepard.

I am more worried about racoons and skunks coming in the garage and getting close to the truck. I guess I am fortunate

Well in this thread I was going on about how safe my neighborhood is and the only thing I needed to worry about was over privilege kids being bored and egging my charger or ram if not in the garage.


Got a knock from the neighbors this morning and they had a serious look on their faces. Somebody hit my beater. Too bad, I was thinking of garaging the ram so no salt gets on her this winter but, now I have to drive her. My charger would not go in the snow and ice even if I pushed it, LOL. The ram was intended to be a beater upgrade mod for the charger anyways. So, 3rd car is now totaled and next one up is the Ram.

Looks like the trail of radiator fluid and transmission fluid leads to recently paved streets around the corner so the police lost the trail.

I wondered why my German Shepard got out of bed around 3:30 AM. She did not come back to bed until like 4:30. Never thought to get up with her, thought she was getting up to sneak the cats food.

Anyways, Ram gets parked in driveway or garage no matter what going forward. Just about had a heart attack when the neighbors told make my truck was busted up, looked at the ram immediately and they said no, the one parked on the street. ****** me off, all these landscaper workers around here with no citizenship, licences, yet alone auto insurance, cleaning out the local carryout everyday of beer and cheap booze. Freaking low life alcoholics, wanting 40 / 50 bucks and hour to cut trim hedges and sling mulch. LOL, GTF out of here and get your green card and stop leaching.

Anyways, no more bragging about how safe Dublin Ohio is. **** happens. Thanks for reading.

 

[KarL45]

Think I would conceal a heavy gauge extension cord with a bare ended lead wire. One end to a good ground and the other to an bare metal surface. Let them grab that once and suspect your problem will be over. Just park well away from the public right of way so un suspecting kids or innocent people won't readily touch it. Doubt it would kill and if worried, use a GFI outlet that will readily disconnect. Me, I wouldn't be so kind. Today, even if caught, probably they would get probation only and then be right back out doing what they were caught at. OR an electric fence controller. Same thing as getting shocked from an automotive coil and definitely won't kill, just detour.

 

[Hootbro]

Think I would conceal a heavy gauge extension cord with a bare ended lead wire. One end to a good ground and the other to an bare metal surface. Let them grab that once and suspect your problem will be over. Just park well away from the public right of way so un suspecting kids or innocent people won't readily touch it. Doubt it would kill and if worried, use a GFI outlet that will readily disconnect. Me, I wouldn't be so kind. Today, even if caught, probably they would get probation only and then be right back out doing what they were caught at. OR an electric fence controller. Same thing as getting shocked from an automotive coil and definitely won't kill, just detour.

You left out the advise to get extra home owners insurance coverage and having a lawyer on retainer when the perp or the perps family sues you for having an illegal "boobie trap" and causing either physical harm or possibly even death and manslaughter charges.

It is one thing to catch someone in the "act" and to defend ones property, it is another to lay traps that indiscriminately can harm anyone whether they are a perp or not.

 

[Jmhm17]

danam how the heck did you not hear that? That looks like a good hit! Was there paint transfer? Maybe that will help in getting the drunken **** head that did that

 

[SitKneelBend]

danam how the heck did you not hear that? That looks like a good hit! Was there paint transfer? Maybe that will help in getting the drunken **** head that did that

Paint transfer? They probably transferred parts!

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[Jmhm17]

lol... there has to be color on his fender from that hit.

 

[kccustom]

Well they never stole it.

 

[GTyankee]

6 screws removes the ignition

wonder if it would set off the alarm

 

[Sherman Bird]

Dam you guys got that horrible white crap ready. I believe they are very easy to steal. The thiefs have gizmos now that they plug into the obd2 and reprogram the truck to a different key. Takes a few seconds and the truck is gone. Best deterrent to a thief is a nice 12 gauge.

Seriously that sucks hope, some does catch them in the act. And hopefully that someone is Samuel colt or one of his buddies.

Here is a recount of what happened to me YEARS ago when someone cased my 1969 Mustang Mach 1. It was Red with Blacked out mirrors, and had the wide matte black dorsal decal. It sported the 351W high compression engine and was stupid fast, and loud!
One night in the wee hours of the morning, my dog went ape-****. There was a car with several guys creeping down the street and casing my prized car. I saw them as I looked out the window, got my 12 gauge, went out and parked it in the front lawn up close to the house where the porch light afforded better light, and sat on the hood (I was a featherweight then LOL!) with that gun across my lap. each time they crept past my house, I gave them the evil eye and slightly raised that shotgun to enhance how serious I was about protecting my property.

2 more trips around the block was all they needed to figure out that the risk outweighed the consequences. They never cased my car again, but, I took precautions that spring when we as a family went on a week long trip in the family
Pontiac Catalina. My neighbor down the street was generous enough to allow me to park my prized car in his garage during that VayCay.

Try the club, disconnect the battery, jack up the truck and put it on stands... Do something to show potential thieves that you are diligent. These guys are lazy and looking for the easy, quick buck, otherwise, they'd have day jobs like us honest folk. They generally will see your thwarting efforts and look elsewhere for an easier mark. Good luck!

 

[express2014]

Apple Airtag under the truck. 30 bucks and Siri finds my truck for me. Only problem is I am 35 miles from the Mexican border!

 

[Sherman Bird]

I don't know how hard it is for them to steal it. The factory alarm is a joke. All I know is they can steal mine as long as it doesn't come ba

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If no one else knows about it, don't call the cops. Bunch of grief.