Gdetrailer wrote:
valhalla360 wrote:
PastorCharlie wrote:
The cables add about another 30-60 seconds to removing the cat. It is surprising what one can do in a second who is trained in their profession. LSU football team made a touchdown in 1 second.
Tools needed: Battery powered high speed cut-off tool.
I'd be surprised if it takes that long.
As far as "deterrent"...by the time they see the orange paint and bondage cables, they are already underneath the rig and committed.
Also, if you do manage to annoy them, do they cut something else while they are under to get back at you? Wouldn't take but a few seconds, to nick some electrical or hydraulic lines.
X2!
Might stop a casual thief, but those cables don't stand a chance with a determined thief. You added only a couple of seconds for each wire to cut and they will still be done with the job in under 2 minutes.
The extra work you went through most likely will irritate them enough to cause even more damage while under there.. Lots of things they can do like drilling your fuel tank, cutting wires..
If I was going to make it difficult, I would have had a 1/4" steel plate cut to cover the cat and a bunch of 1/2" bolts.. But once again, making it more difficult risks backlash from desperate thieves..
However long it would have taken them to cut just the 2 easily accessible firmly held spots before and after the CC with a sawsall, it will take them at least 5x longer to cut away all the cable locations (especially considering 2-3 of them are attached from the TOP of the CC and are very hard to reach...not even sure you could get a skillsaw up there). Maybe it turns a 1 minute job into a 5 minute job. ALL THIS WHILE A 115DB ALARM IS BLASTING AWAY drawing lots of unwanted attention to the activity. Are you suggesting thieves won't care if in the middle of the night in a suburban neighborhood while they are underneath an RV trying to steal a CC they will not care that an alarm is going off?
Thieves want to work in the shadows and as quiet as possible. As soon as an alarm starts blaring, they will want/need to leave. Laying underneath a vehicle on your back with your legs sticking out from underneath is a pretty vulnerable position to be in. Alarm goes off, they have to leave.
I'll worry about backlash as much as I'll worry about hurting their feelings or being worried about how they will pay their bill having not been allowed to steal from me. And if there is any backlash from the thief, I've got insurance to cover it. So where is the downside??? Some of you act as if it is a BAD IDEA to try to protect the CC like I have done. Don't you lock your doors at your home at night? Don't you have motion lights around your home to deter thieves? Do you have a home alarm? Don't you have a safe in your home where you put valuables in so they aren't easy to steal? Couldn't all of those things "anger" a thief and cause "backlash"? No, thieves will just move on to easier targets.
To each their own.
-Chris
