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Dirty oil thieves

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  • 11-02-2012 2:45pm
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    Cooperspale
    Registered Users Posts: 402 ✭✭


    What is it with this latest spate of robberies?
    I have a couple of cousins who have had home heating oil and diesel oil drained from their tanks in rural areas. And then after a refill, robbed again.
    And then, one cousin, after removing his diesel oil tank from its base after 2 robberies, and bringing it home from his out farm, the unfortunate tractor he left there got all of its windows smashed in, because the thieves were obviously pi@@ed
    It's disgusting.


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    Niles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Niles


    Where abouts is this happening?

    I know of cases were home heating oil was robbed in the Coolgreany area a while back.


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    audi a4 2008
    Registered Users Posts: 306 ✭✭audi a4 2008


    this is happening all over ireland,its a big problom now and geting worse every day.
    i posted allready on another tread how there doing it,very fast tanks emtey in less than 20 mins.
    these people are the lowest of the low,very few can afford oil now let alone get a refill after stolen oil.


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    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    And as for those tank lock yokes-don't bother with them.A thief would simply puncture the tank or disconnect the pipe from it.
    The price of oil is crazy and then some cunt robs it.:mad:

    Invest in some concrete blocks and build a bunker around the tank.


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    Cooperspale
    Registered Users Posts: 402 ✭✭Cooperspale


    Niles wrote: »
    Where abouts is this happening?

    I know of cases were home heating oil was robbed in the Coolgreany area a while back.

    All over.
    Cousins in Courtown, Ferns and Bunclody got done


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    allthedoyles
    Registered Users Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    What is the attraction ? - Is it been sold on again , or used in cars/vans .

    I doubt it is been stolen to use as home heating oil .

    In my opinion , CCTV is a good deterrent .....


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    bmaxi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭bmaxi


    allthedoyles wrote: »
    What is the attraction ? - Is it been sold on again , or used in cars/vans .

    I doubt it is been stolen to use as home heating oil .

    In my opinion , CCTV is a good deterrent .....

    Anecdotal evidence has it that the usual suspects are to blame. Hopefully they are using it in their own vehicles as it won't take long to fcuk them up.


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    Tzar Chasm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,069 ✭✭✭Tzar Chasm


    bmaxi wrote: »
    allthedoyles wrote: »
    What is the attraction ? - Is it been sold on again , or used in cars/vans .

    I doubt it is been stolen to use as home heating oil .

    In my opinion , CCTV is a good deterrent .....

    Anecdotal evidence has it that the usual suspects are to blame. Hopefully they are using it in their own vehicles as it won't take long to fcuk them up.
    I thought most home heating systems ran on kerosene which wouldn't be much use for engines.

    Have hear of a few lads replacing their main external tanks with a couple of smaller ones hidden in sheds and then filling the old tank with water


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    Niles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Niles


    I suppose it's possible they're using it for their own home heating/selling it on as home heating oil...
    Tzar Chasm wrote: »
    Have hear of a few lads replacing their main external tanks with a couple of smaller ones hidden in sheds and then filling the old tank with water

    Good idea, lace it with sugar & salt for added amusement. :D


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    bmaxi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭bmaxi


    Tzar Chasm wrote: »
    I thought most home heating systems ran on kerosene which wouldn't be much use for engines.

    Have hear of a few lads replacing their main external tanks with a couple of smaller ones hidden in sheds and then filling the old tank with water

    Kerosene will burn in diesel engines, it just won't do them any good.


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    Southeast Gravecare Services
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭Southeast Gravecare Services


    Yes, its terrible the increase in crime, especially in rural areas. Things are bad enough without coming home to an empty oil tank. The idea of building a wall around the tank is excellent, and also it would make a nice garden feature if shaped nicely with bricks etc.


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    patff
    Registered Users Posts: 290 ✭✭patff


    It's sickening that people's oil is being stolen. Heating oil is one of the necessities of life at this time of year and it's bloody expensive too.

    Where are the Gardai in all this? Oh, forgot, they're probably busy checking for tax and insurance.


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    bmaxi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭bmaxi


    [QUOTE=patff;77164295

    Where are the Gardai in all this? Oh, forgot, they're probably busy checking for tax and insurance.[/QUOTE]

    Be fair, only when they're told to. You could park your car in a box junction with no tax, insurance, NCT and with bald tyres, no lights and no exhaust, perhaps even with a dead pedestrian sprawled across the bonnet and be confident the Gardaí wouldn't bother you. That, you see, would require effort and initiative.


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    gradlife
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    Fit an alarm to your tank guys, it's relatively inexpensive.


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    Cantona's Collars
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    gradlife wrote: »
    Fit an alarm to your tank guys, it's relatively inexpensive.

    And relatively easy to disable.These guys will go to any lengths to steal your oil,there was a piece on Ear To The Ground recently about oil thieves and nothing seemed to deter them,they even made a hole in the roof of one guys shed to get to the tanks.

    A sensor light is some deterrent or a wicked dog.


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    the_syco
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    Someone mentioned in another thread that "the usuals" would follow oil tankers to see who got filled, and come back later and empty the tank :(

    If you want the thieves to not hit your tank again, it seems the best thing to do is get two tanks, and put one at a more accessible point to the road, and do this:
    soups05 wrote: »
    i filled it the next day with a mix of water,food colouring and washing up liquid. the colour was near enough right. spent about an hour filling it. almost empty six months later. hope it ruined thier burner :D


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    boscoroxx
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    Brothers house in Saltmills got hit two weeks ago, ripped up all the pipes too.


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    Cantona's Collars
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    Small victory for the cops,3 men were arrested at Scarawalsh just outside Enniscorthy following a chase from the New Ross area,they had been stealing oil.


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    patff
    Registered Users Posts: 290 ✭✭patff


    zerks wrote: »
    Small victory for the cops,3 men were arrested at Scarawalsh just outside Enniscorthy following a chase from the New Ross area,they had been stealing oil.


    Well, I've never been slow to criticise the Gardai for inaction, but if they've caught some oil thieves, I say well done to them.


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    SlimCi
    Registered Users Posts: 364 ✭✭SlimCi


    They also emptied the tank in my son's primary school. It was quite cold at the time so the school had to be given a day off. Disgraceful thing to do especially to a school, well in fact to anybody really when times are so hard for everyone.


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    rivervarrig
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭rivervarrig


    patff wrote: »
    Well, I've never been slow to criticise the Gardai for inaction, but if they've caught some oil thieves, I say well done to them.


    and a garda car rammed in the process. no doubt it will not be replaced either.

    patff - just because you see a checkpoint doesnt always mean its for tax or insurance. often set up to detect the movement of known criminals.
    but of course you reckon they need to be told to do everything as they dont use effort or initiative. who will you call if your tank gets emptied?


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