Attempted Fuel Theft
I know someone who parked his truck and went in a store. Upon returning to truck he noticed fuel on the ground. Looking under the truck he found a drill bit sticking out of his tank. It seeme likely t...
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naturist wrote:
Ever since they started making cars and trucks with anti-theft devices (aka springs) in the filler necks, so you can't siphon fuel out, the thieves have been doing their dastardly deed by punching a hole in the tank. The sneaky way is to glue a nail onto the toe of a steel toed shoe, they you walk up, slide a pan under the tank and kick it. Hang out a few watching for trouble, and run away with your pan full of fuel.
They got me back in 1985 with my new C20 Crew Cab. I walked out to get in my truck in the driveway and noticed rubber pieces under the truck near the fuel door. I had a locking gas cap so they simply reached under the truck, cut out a section of the large black hose that runs from the fuel door to the tank and put a hose in and siphoned the gas. Pretty clever way to bypass the gas cap. Don't remember how much gas they got. Only time I ever had gas stolen.
