Funny, just been looking at this sort of thing for insurance purposes, as overall we've got a few different vehicles to worry about on the fleet policy.
They wanted Van Vaults in the back of the Estates, together with light steel cage bars on the rear and side rear windows. When I pointed out to them that with everything the guys already have to carry, that lot would probably overload the axle plate rating, I got told "Oh, OK, don't worry then!"
As it goes, we don't like leaving anything on show above the parcel shelf line (or pull over cover) on the Estates, and anything that can't fit under that needs taking in at night - we've seen a rise in job kits getting targeted over the last year or so, especially CCTV kit.
We haven't (touch wood) had anything actually go from a vehicle, though I have in the past, twice. Second guy was unlucky, because I was playing darts with the team the other side of the wall that night - it was a Vauxhall Nova just to show how long ago....
Well, he was heard, and caught - fourteen guys piling out the two doors of the pub, catching him in the middle......he put everything back, nicely, and luckily had a couple of hundred quid handy to pay for replacing my window too!
The other one was a Vauxhall Vectra, and it got done in an NCP car park in Mayfair a few years back. Of course, the parking attendant didn't see a thing. Did the back window for 86p in change, a pair of £5 garage sunglasses (there for emergencies), half a tube of polos, and an iPod charging lead.
It beggars belief.
Lately, I've found snow to be a pretty effective deterrent though.
