Thread: Vehicle security while in the bush.

Thanks for all the input fellas.

Dropped into the auto electrician on the way home....Trucks getting a kill switch on friday.

He reckons about an hour to do it so not a great expense, definitely cheaper than my insurance excess.
@mimms2 I read them out your suggestion about the button magnet above. They loved it

Cheers


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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I park on a shit of an angle so anyone trying to jack it up is likely to end up squashed under it....if they actually manage to get jack to lift before it crabs sideways... and it was me that said open glovebox and centre console so scumbags can see nothing of value to pinch...

Haha, I bet if someone gets squished under your car while trying to steal your wheels, because you parked on a slope. You will get done for assault.
And the VC guy you parked on will be pretty pissed off too.
Shit, did I just say that? Well I think it was funny so it must be ok.

Originally Posted by Gerardo

Get a business card from your local copper, and put it on the dashboard.

Fuck, thats a sure way to get your car vandalised.

Pretty ken to see an OIC that legalises 'bait cars' and public beatings of caught scumbags.

Originally Posted by Gerardo

Get a business card from your local copper, and put it on the dashboard.

then they will think your a poacher

This could be fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nRqbQr7VGk

Some years ago up in Northland a friend of mine came out of the bush and found someone had disappeared his distributor rotor.

Theres a combination type key lock box that goes thru the safety chain hole in your to war. You just put your keys in knowing they are secured, especially for insurance purpose. Did this at Newdicks beach and whilst surfing I could see a couple of the local ferals snopping around the vehicles. Cost around $40.00 so very cheap indeed.

I've been debating this:
https://www.marine-deals.co.nz/orchi...racking-device
Has an onboard battery so if battery gets unplugged it can still transmit. Anyone tried it? Seems like it's NZ designed.

40mm beat me to it: Steering wheel locks don't work if the thief knows to cut through the steering wheel - you can cut through a lot of them them in seconds.

If I was a scumbag, I think I would leave hunters vehicles alone, based on the thought that at some unknown time (maybe right now!) the owner was going to turn up and they would be armed.

Most true scumbags understand that hunters are invested in keeping their firearms licences and as such are unlikely to shoot them

I seen on Facebook that someone stole a tandem trailer (Gibbons one I think) from parked on Thompson's Track over the weekend just gone, this happens now and then. There is a camera that records the comings and goings but how available this information is to others I am not too sure of, I believe it is not one of those that can identify number plates. People really do need to make it bloody difficult to get at their trailers.

Mate used to leave a coffee cup on the back spare wheel on his Terano, and prop the wheel holder open with an old chair, looks like you have just gone for a walk and could be back soon.

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

Do you honestly think those type of peoples level of thinking is that advanced?

Average criminals have a 30-minute horizon, so maybe, maybe not, probably not, who knows. Then again the average criminal knows a lot of people go hunting without a firearms license cos their mates do it (what do we expect, they can't get a FAL and hunting food is a natural right), so they don't know who's about to return from the bush.

I like the idea of the vehicle tracker independent of the vehicle battery, also love the setup where fuel is shut off and you can start it but only get a few hundred metres. I can see someone getting reeeally peeved with yours truly on a regular basis with that one though ... and she's not me.

Originally Posted by stevodog

Most true scumbags understand that hunters are invested in keeping their firearms licences and as such are unlikely to shoot them

They wouldn't shoot them because its F@#KING MURDER! Not because of the fear of losing their license. Losing their licience is proberly the last thing on their mind if they did such a deed.