Thread: stolen diesel

Originally Posted by STC

your not going to fuck an engine by adding a bit of petrol to diesel. go ask my wife how we know...

In the old days in colder countries petrol was sometimes added as an "additive" to prevent the diesel from freezing by the way...

good luck catching/punishing these low lifes.

I have an old Holden Rodeo. 550 plus kms on the clock. In the winter I'll occasionally put a couple of liters of petrol in it. Goes like a rocket.
Know a guy who has a six cylinder landcruiser
That thing runs on just about anything. Jet fuel, kero, and even petrol to get him home.

Unfortunately your unlikely to win this one if you spike the fuel.
It's a continuing problem in forestry and the potential cost of damage to gear has to be considered.
Locks only slow honest people.

A couple of decent cameras out of reach is an option.
I am aware of a number of cameras being stolen.
Possibly located with night vision gear from the IR flash.

The thieves in the Kaiangaroa Forest area are professionals.
Stealing thousands of $ of fuel and gear in a night.

Originally Posted by pennyless

Unfortunately your unlikely to win this one if you spike the fuel.
It's a continuing problem in forestry and the potential cost of damage to gear has to be considered.
Locks only slow honest people.

A couple of decent cameras out of reach is an option.
I am aware of a number of cameras being stolen.
Possibly located with night vision gear from the IR flash.

The thieves in the Kaiangaroa Forest area are professionals.
Stealing thousands of $ of fuel and gear in a night.

Perimeter trip alarm that takes shotgun cartridges, can be easily bought here in the UK

I knew 2 guys with old diesel Corollas that ran them on used engine oil & petrol. 25% petrol summer and 50% in the winter.

I would like to add the wanganui river to the list pennyless.

I wouldn't bother, you'll contaminate your bowser for a start. Sand and sugar won't do shit, it'll settle out in their fuel cans, you'll still have it in the bowser. Petrol and adblue (ad-blyat) smell, so they'll possibly realise and burn your site down or whatever. The risk exceeds the reward for any kinda additive shenanigans, just catch the pricks in person or on camera and make it not worth their while.

Fuck I hate crackheads, shouldn't have to live like this

Originally Posted by Tommy

I wouldn't bother, you'll contaminate your bowser for a start. Sand and sugar won't do shit, it'll settle out in their fuel cans, you'll still have it in the bowser. Petrol and adblue (ad-blyat) smell, so they'll possibly realise and burn your site down or whatever. The risk exceeds the reward for any kinda additive shenanigans, just catch the pricks in person or on camera and make it not worth their while.

Fuck I hate crackheads, shouldn't have to live like this

Very Wise Tommy... yes, its sucks and we shouldn't live like this but that's reality.
I had my diesel can stolen a couple of times and thought of putting another can with some water in the can to get them back but for this reason above ↑ .. I decided not to do anything.

The only idea on here I agree with is using a dye in the diesel and some good cameras or a bloody evil mean dog take your pick

Knew a bloke who had a boy racer problem on his dead end road
Hammered in some warratahs with them sticking out enough to rip off the engine sumps
Pulled them out in the morning, some big patches of oil

The locals knew so they didn't get hit

could tip a couple of big bots of waikato into the fuel...

Originally Posted by blip

could tip a couple of big bots of waikato into the fuel...

Chemical warfare is in violation of the Geneva Convention

We just built and commissioned a new service station. It has an underground Adblue tank with a dual dispenser, one end of the dispenser is Adblue and the other end is diesel, both clearly marked with signage plus when you insert your card into the OPT it prompts you to accept warning you that you have pressed the Adblue icon.
All on cctv is some turkey pulls in, stands in front of the dispenser scratching is noggin, inserts card, pulls the Adblue nozzle and fills his Ranger, drives off.
Day later calls the gas station demanding they pay $30k for a new engine, it’s going to court in a few weeks so will let you know what happens.

Originally Posted by 300winmag

We just built and commissioned a new service station. It has an underground Adblue tank with a dual dispenser, one end of the dispenser is Adblue and the other end is diesel, both clearly marked with signage plus when you insert your card into the OPT it prompts you to accept warning you that you have pressed the Adblue icon.
All on cctv is some turkey pulls in, stands in front of the dispenser scratching is noggin, inserts card, pulls the Adblue nozzle and fills his Ranger, drives off.
Day later calls the gas station demanding they pay $30k for a new engine, it’s going to court in a few weeks so will let you know what happens.

Thankfully not all Ranger drives are stupid (at least I think I'm not)

I recall hearing someone in the bulk fleet somehow dropping adblue into the diesel at one outfit - that was an INSURANCE claim if I have it right.

I know 3 forum members that have had an Adblue rodeo, 2 were wives, 1 an employee