heating oil stolen in athlone

chatchick

Hi just taught id let people know that some rotten ******* is stealing home heating oil... and not just some of it but emptying the lot! :mad:

Dose anyone have any ideas as to the best way to protect home heating oil??

Logical Fallacy

Well most people rather stupidly have their oil tank in plain view and secured by a ****ty lock.

So don't do that.

Kasabian

Move out of Athlone.

mikom

chatchick wrote: »

Dose anyone have any ideas as to the best way to protect home heating oil??

Dose them with what?

Kasabian

mikom wrote: »

Dose them with what?

Well it won't be heating oil. What else can you get a dose of in Athlone?

Abi

chatchick wrote: »

Hi just taught id let people know that some rotten ******* is stealing home heating oil... and not just some of it but emptying the lot! :mad:

Dose anyone have any ideas as to the best way to protect home heating oil??

A rottweiler.

telekon

The durty fcuking gowls...isn't that what you athlone people say?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8C7ZTbsF-E

boomkatalog

Happens at home too, its always the inbred family down the road.

Better locks on the tank, or cctv. They'll only steal a rottweiler too.

Kevin Duffy

Set fire to it at night before you go to bed and it'll be impossible to get near enough to steal it. You're welcome.

Kasabian

Change to gas, it's hard to steal gas.

Is it?

Turtyturd

chatchick wrote: »

Hi just taught id let people know that some rotten ******* is stealing home heating oil... and not just some of it but emptying the lot! :mad:

Dose anyone have any ideas as to the best way to protect home heating oil??

It's like Wheel of fortune...I'll go with K.

mackg

Happened to my cousin in Kerry a few weeks ago, one thing I'll say about this is travellers always get blamed for this kind of thing and I'm beginning to think other people take advantage of that.

chatchick

Does!!!!
And I'm renting so nothing i can do about where the tank is situated.

lock or not won't make a difference, the outlet pipe was disconnected!

Abi

boomkatalog wrote: »

Happens at home too, its always the inbred family down the road.

Better locks on the tank, or cctv. They'll only steal a rottweiler too.

CCTV, good idea. I'd say it would be a barrel of laughs watching an oil thief stealing oil and a spur of the moment dog theft. He'd more likely wind up wearing the dog on his face.

I'd never get sick of watching that.

CreepingDeath

chatchick wrote: »

Dose anyone have any ideas as to the best way to protect home heating oil??

Switch to gas.

telekon

mackg wrote: »

Happened to my cousin in Kerry a few weeks ago, one thing I'll say about this is travellers always get blamed for this kind of thinng and I'm beginning to think other people take advantage of that.

The tinkers?

Cantona's Collars

boomkatalog wrote: »

Happens at home too, its always the inbred family down the road.

Better locks on the tank, or cctv. They'll only steal a rottweiler too.

No point locking the tank,they'll undo the pipes and drain it quicker.Build a small shed around the tank.Even stick up some sensor lights,they're only about a tenner each.If they think it's too much effort to steal your oil they won't bother.

This was discussed on RTE a couple of weeks ago,they said it was akin to leaving up to €1000 in your yard which is true.

Kasabian

Turtyturd wrote: »

It's like Wheel of fortune...I'll go with K.

Don't start Turdy.

Sky King

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

Well most people rather stupidly have their oil tank in plain view and secured by a ****ty lock.

So don't do that.

What's the alternative? A 20 euro lock? Most oil tanks are plastic and a battery drill will chew them up in about 10 seconds. Locks arent worth a fcuk.

I have my back garden locked and oil tank is never more than half full. Not great but what can ya do?

pavb2

@ OP You haven't got a recently damaged fence have you?

philkelly32

i did see ad for a fuel protection system in carlow not sure if the do nationwide there is a load of people getting oil robbed in carlow at the min think the called jsec or jsic or something

Sky King

No.

Sky King

Be funny to replace the oil in the tank with something nasty and hope they come rob it.

Like feces.

CamperMan

Abi wrote: »

A rottweiler.

that does NOT work. we had one at the caravan sales yard and all the tinkers did was knock it over the head with a bat then proceeded to steal some caravans! :mad:

CamperMan

Sky King wrote: »

Be funny to replace the oil in the tank with something nasty and hope they come rob it.

Like feces.

Acid!

pragmatic1

Cover it in poo.

CamperMan

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Cover it in poo.

Pikeys like the scent of poo, so not much of a deterrent eh?

Sky King

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Cover it in poo.

Nah you want them to bring it home in a barrel before they discover it's [something nasty]

chatchick

pavb2 wrote: »

@ OP You haven't got a recently damaged fence have you?

no

artanevilla

Which Athlone?

theTinker

telekon wrote: »

The tinkers?

It wasnt me. F*** off

Sky King

It was your dad/brother/uncle.

Definitely him I saw him.

CamperMan

maybe the oil guy took it back!

pragmatic1

Sky King wrote: »

Nah you want them to bring it home in a barrel before they discover it's [something nasty]

Something nasty like poo? :eek:

Keith186

Put a neighborhood watch sticker on it that'll scare the bejesus outta them!

Seriously though I think you can get a light sensor with a camera on it and a speaker that announces they're being recorded.

That or a noisy dog that'll wake you and a big shotgun.

Nforce

Where in Athlone did this happen? Check your home insurance details as it might be covered.

Sky King

Nforce wrote: »

Where in Athlone did this happen? Check your home insurance details as it might be covered.

The company won't accept them if there's kerosene all over them.

ejmaztec

It's got to be the Americans, they're drawn to oil like flies to sh1t.

chatchick

Nforce wrote: »

Where in Athlone did this happen? Check your home insurance details as it might be covered.

I'm only renting the house

Naomi00

Someone on Dragon's Den last year invented something to stop oil being stolen. Can't remember if it was on RTE or BBC but it would be worth looking up I think.

This happens everywhere in Ireland though.

Nforce

Sky King wrote: »

The company won't accept them if there's kerosene all over them.

Hmmm

biko

Let the people in Athlone forum know asap.