Lock your vans

[tomspark93]

Just made the mistake of leaving my van unlocked for 10mins on a quiet cul-de-sac. Some scumbags managed to pinch my 18v Bosch grinder. Very lucky that it wasn't something more expensive like my fluke mft but just reinforces the fact that you can't be too careful

 

[Pete999]

Probably some scumbag who didn't know what a MFT was

 

[Amp David]

We had about 60% of a new build first fix cut out on Wednesday night. Must of been about a tenner of scrap, couldn't believe it

 

[tomspark93]

We had about 60% of a new build first fix cut out on Wednesday night. Must of been about a tenner of scrap, couldn't believe it

I had that on a job a few years ago when I was in training. It was so frustrating replacing it all. It looked like they had cut through the cables with scissors.

 

[Leesparkykent]

I had that on a job a few years ago when I was in training. It was so frustrating replacing it all. It looked like they had cut through the cables with scissors.

I had this on 35 flats over a weekend. Got paid twice for the 1st fix lovely jubbly

 

[kingeri]

Some scumbag walked into my living room whilst I was refurbing the whole house and tried to make off with the copper water cylinder I'd just removed. I came into the room and he was just standing there in my house, I asked who the hell he is and he said he was just taking this cos it's rubbish. I almost banged him out.

 

[Leesparkykent]

Some scumbag walked into my living room whilst I was refurbing the whole house and tried to make off with the copper water cylinder I'd just removed. I came into the room and he was just standing there in my house, I asked who the hell he is and he said he was just taking this cos it's rubbish. I almost banged him out.

Almost? I would of :63:

 

[Andy78]

We were fitting some floodlights round a pitch once and the sods nicked the swa that fed the feeder pillar out of the ducting. We put it back in, they nicked it again. We put it back in and energised it. They removed a duct cover, built a fire round the cable, burnt it till the ocpd went, nicked it, then buried a rotten fox in the hole for us to dig back out.
We had to rip up the ducting and bury it direct in the end.

 

[Octopus]

We were fitting some floodlights round a pitch once and the sods nicked the swa that fed the feeder pillar out of the ducting. We put it back in, they nicked it again. We put it back in and energised it. They removed a duct cover, built a fire round the cable, burnt it till the ocpd went, nicked it, then buried a rotten fox in the hole for us to dig back out.
We had to rip up the ducting and bury it direct in the end.

Classy.

Were you paid for all the effort and materials?

 

[Andy78]

Classy.

Were you paid for all the effort and materials?

I was employed at the time, but the company I was with were subbing to a building firm that had the council contract. I believe the main contractor's insurance company were the ones that coughed up. All our work was paid for.

 

[LankyWill]

I had this on 35 flats over a weekend. Got paid twice for the 1st fix lovely jubbly

all nicely boxed and drilled as well. Result!!!

 

[Leesparkykent]

all nicely boxed and drilled as well. Result!!!

ha yeah it was great.

 

[Dave OCD]

I was doing a load of work years ago on an old house out in the countryside being renovated and overnight before it was commissioned some thieving sh1te broke in and nicked the alarm panel and PIRs !

 

[7029 dave]

We had about 60% of a new build first fix cut out on Wednesday night. Must of been about a tenner of scrap, couldn't believe it

Scum bags, its just bloody annoying that time has to be taken to replace it all.!

 

[GMES]

I was doing a load of work years ago on an old house out in the countryside being renovated and overnight before it was commissioned some thieving sh1te broke in and nicked the alarm panel and PIRs !

Please tell me the panel wasn't armed at the time

 

[UNG]

About 20 years ago had a guy step into my Transit van as I opened the drivers door and started to get out as he looked through the mesh bulkhead behind the drivers seat I asked what he thought he was doing and got some comment about looking to see if there was something to nicking and my boss not minding told him I had just had a word with my boss and he did he stepped off the van and faced me looking puzzled and I told him I was my boss and I would just get my comb, pulled a 4ft wrecking bar out from under the drivers seat and the guy questioned my comb told him if he didn't ******* do one I would give him the biggest centre part he had ever had. Never saw anyone move as fast as he did

 

[Dave OCD]

Please tell me the panel wasn't armed at the time

Haha no not even powered up and no battery at that point - they actually disconnected around 9 6 core cables rather than chopping them off short though !

 

[richy3333]

Sounds like a considerate spark scumbag!

 

[richy3333]

Always handy to have that odd bit of scrap SWA laying around handy for those needy times.

 

[Gavin A]

I used to work on festival sites - one festival that had gone to ~@#' and gone bust with all the kit still on site but nobody getting paid, we were derigging and had been watching a crew in hiviz derigging the trackway onto a trailer, thinking they'd got onto site quick.

Turned out they'd nothing to do with the trackway company and had just rocked up, spent 2 hours on site then legged it with 30k of trackway.

Funny what you can get away with when wearing hiviz and acting like you're supposed to be doing what you're doing.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Please tell me the panel wasn't armed at the time

remember the Job with the 95 4 core.....

burned through it with the bottles....then 2 weeks later they had come back with stihlsaws...

 

[GMES]

remember the Job with the 95 4 core.....

burned through it with the bottles....then 2 weeks later they had come back with stihlsaws...

Yeah lol, I once had one a few years ago where it was a 35mm sub from one unit to Another, it ran about 50m along a wall on traywork well after it was robbed 4 times on the trot they decided it was better going in a trench. I earned a few quid out of the 4 replacements, Every cloud lol