$%$*(*%#@ing theives

[woowoo2]

Mount the new one one the roof, near the power lines.

 

[eric001]

Well, I don't think there's anything illegal about putting a custom version of the standard farmer's electric fence around the AC unit. Go ahead and build a chain link "cage", and just put the battery and electric fence portion on the inside of the cage but connected to it--it's not lethal, but I'm sure it'd be a pain for the thieves to get through.

 

[gunman41mag]

Well, I don't think there's anything illegal about putting a custom version of the standard farmer's electric fence around the AC unit. Go ahead and build a chain link "cage", and just put the battery and electric fence portion on the inside of the cage but connected to it--it's not lethal, but I'm sure it'd be a pain for the thieves to get through.

Make it hot enough that it will knock them out, then you can kick them in the nuts & take their wallets

 

[Hanu]

Do you think it would make a difference if you had to have some type of license or permit to sell scrap, except maybe for consumer products like aluminum cans? The penalty would be to the scrapyards that couldn't produce the license or permit number that matches the name on the check they write (no more cash payouts).

 

[U.S. Patriot]

Some people are not worth the wasted air they breath!

 

[gunman41mag]

Some people are not worth the wasted air they breath!

They should get these guy & take their organs, that way they were useful for something

 

[45fan]

One of the few places that I prefer muslim law, just cut the theif's hand off as punishment. Eventually the message will get out that thieves arent wanted in this country.
It would make it very difficult for the politicians to sign any new laws if this happened too, as most wouldnt have a hand to hold a pen.

 

[rhart]

Same thing happened to me this week. A 2 year old unit. It was the second one I have lost at rentals. The last one had never even been turned on. All for scrap. Both of these houses were over by the old airport in "decent neighborhoods" . Do your homework before you make a claim. In my case at least, by the time I pay the deductable and calculate the increase in my policy, I just eat it. Hard to swallow though.

 

[Yukon227]

I spent a couple hours today on a friends pontoon, re-wiring the starter wires and lights, etc. He's had 3 batteries stolen this summer. This last time they just cut all the wires and cut the chain on the battery box. I'm building a new box for him this week to bolt through the floor of the pontoon so he can possibly leave a battery on the boat. People will steal anything.

 

[88GT]

Another reason I refused to rent out any of the 3 houses I sold. I would have burnt them down first.

Well it's a good thing these were purchased for the express purpose of renting them out then isn't it, so I wouldn't have to make that difficult choice. I am not a landlord out of desperation or circumstance but choice. It is my 401K and hubby's FU money.

 

[91FXRS]

As far as rental property do you have to give them a.c.? I always thought that was not a necessity like heat.

 

[IndySSD]

Well it's a good thing these were purchased for the express purpose of renting them out then isn't it, so I wouldn't have to make that difficult choice. I am not a landlord out of desperation or circumstance but choice. It is my 401K and hubby's FU money.

That is a great plan. My wife and I plan on turning our current home into a rental when we buy some land. The plan is to have several in the same area by the time little man goes to college and make one of them his "graduation gift" from college as long as he goes along with helping me maintain them as he grows up (He's only 15 months now). The plan is to let him start out in a paid for home or he can manage it as a rental to pay for wherever he decides to live.