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730 virgil 12-17-2012 15:56:29 69.35.216.124 Report to Moderator	i was talking to a friend last night who told me someone stole their pasture gate then went to their neighbors and stole their gate also [Reply]   [No Email]
George Marsh 12-17-2012 17:03:10 50.104.246.0 Report to Moderator	Re: Guess what people are stealing from farms now....... in reply to 730 virgil, 12-17-2012 15:56:29   I put a safety chain around my gate. Only slows them down if someone really wanted it. [Reply]  [No Email]
Mark - IN. 12-17-2012 17:02:08 68.60.243.152 Report to Moderator	Re: Guess what people are stealing from farms now....... in reply to 730 virgil, 12-17-2012 15:56:29   Gates. Thats a new one on me. Scrap metal. This past Saturday some neighbors down the road got their place broken into sometime after Noon and before 4:00 PM. Kicked the door in, stole a TV and some stuff. That's pretty close to me I figure. This weekend will take the family out target practicing on the property again since most everyone will be over. Gives practice, and what sounds like OK Corral echoing across the plowed fields isn't bad advertisement to those that might be eyeballing the place. Mark [Reply]  [No Email]
Karl in MD 12-18-2012 10:29:30 167.102.133.216 Report to Moderator	Re: Guess what people are stealing from farms now....... in reply to Mark - IN., 12-17-2012 17:02:08   Either that, or they'll watch until you leave home and break in and steal your guns. [Reply]  [No Email]
Mark - IN. 12-18-2012 19:26:20 24.15.144.28 Report to Moderator	Re: Guess what people are stealing from farms now....... in reply to Karl in MD, 12-18-2012 10:29:30   Hey Karl, Could be, but they are stored pretty well. When I was a kid, my best buddy had an area of his bedroom that was cedar planks. At some point he managed to remove some of the planks, and create a hiding spot in the walls behind the planks. He would simply put the planks back up, no one knew the difference. Mine is not exactly the same, but its based off of the same principal on a much larger scale. I'm guessing that they are going to be hard to find without dismantling the house, which they could do if they ever figure out where to start. Homes have some pretty big voids that can become useful instead of dead space. Its not a hard thing to build, just takes some imagination. Doesn't withstand heat of 1,700 degrees like a safe though, but unlike a safe, no on knows its there, and its vented for dryness. Good luck. Mark [Reply]  [No Email]
Karl in MD 12-19-2012 06:17:56 167.102.133.216 Report to Moderator	Re: Guess what people are stealing from farms now....... in reply to Mark - IN., 12-18-2012 19:26:20   Glad you're thinking along those lines. Stolen firearms are used in the commission of a majority of crimes. Please, everybody, own all the guns you want, but keep them secure from theft! (gunsmith, NRA Life Member, and prison employee) [Reply]  [No Email]
Spook 12-17-2012 17:33:53 99.18.28.105 Report to Moderator	Re: Guess what people are stealing from farms now....... in reply to Mark - IN., 12-17-2012 17:02:08   Somebody stole the garage doors off a house that had been repoed down the road. Friend of mine that lives across the road thought that somebody had forgotten to close the doors. The 2nd day, he walked over, the houses are about 1000ft apart, and saw that the doors were gone. 3 doors, insulated, looked like wood. The whole house had been gutted for the copper plumbing, and all the fixtures and appliances had been torn out. It had been appraised at 380K. The bank ended up selling it for 53K. But it needed a lot of work. [Reply]  [No Email]
Tom from Buckeye Lake 12-17-2012 19:48:33 69.160.178.218 Report to Moderator	Re: Guess what people are stealing from farms now....... in reply to Spook, 12-17-2012 17:33:53   When my Daughter was looking for 1st home, we looked at two that were gutted IE copper, wire, fixtures ect. Bank rep said the owners were in default and THEY (owners) gutted it and ran. [Reply]  [No Email]
Spook 12-18-2012 05:23:57 99.18.28.105 Report to Moderator	Re: Guess what people are stealing from farms now....... in reply to Tom from Buckeye Lake, 12-17-2012 19:48:33   That's what happened here. Guy bought the place on a land contract from his dad. Dad didn't pay the mortgage that he took out on the place, when the son got the notice, he went nuts and stripped the whole place. [Reply]  [No Email]
VernMI 12-18-2012 06:27:06 209.86.226.19 Report to Moderator	Re: Guess what people are stealing from farms now....... in reply to Spook, 12-18-2012 05:23:57   We looked at one home near Plymouth, MI that the PO took the furnace, ductwork, plumbing, paneling, carpet, cupboards, built-in appliances, wood deck, large landscape boulders, and some of the trees from the property. It looked like the PO went through a lot of work just moving the materials especially the landscape boulders that had to be moved with a FEL and heavy duty truck or trailer. [Reply]  [No Email]
casenut1 12-18-2012 21:09:15 107.8.39.45 Report to Moderator	Re: Guess what people are stealing from farms now....... in reply to VernMI, 12-18-2012 06:27:06   i know of a house that PO took the door knob set when he lost the house.also the ceiling fixtures. [Reply]  [No Email]