EVERETT, Wash. - With gas prices skyrocketing across the country, police say thieves are going to desperate measures to steal your gas.
The Everett Police Department in Washington put out a warning to drivers that some thieves are using power tools to drill a hole in your gas tank and steal your fuel!
One can hope. Sadly the car will go, too. Thievery was rampant at Clark AB. We had thieves come over the Great Wall of Clark (8' tall with razorwire on top, when it was originally planned to be 11', but the Philippines (who owned the bases ever since Carter) complained that people could get hurt falling off an 11'+ barrier), and try to steal copper antenna cable running from the site out across the very large antenna field. They'd open up a cable trough in a couple of places and tie a line to the cable. The line went back over the wall off base to a carabao team who'd haul it off. One time, they mistakenly got into the powerline trough. Those assholes thought they'd hit the motherlode as those lines were much thicker than antenna cables. They fucked up and knocked out power from the hospital through the housing on the other side of our fields. Bolts of electricity shot out of the transformers. Surprisingly, we didn't find any bodies the next morning. It's hard how someone didn't get killed cutting through a high-voltage power line, but since they had a line to haul cable off with, they may have used it to haul off their dead.
This is also an opportunity! I can see in the photos that at least one person can use a kit to plug the hole in the gas tank where someone used $20 Harbor Freight drill to steal the gas.
I read that here on the other side of tha lake the scum have developed a pointed spigot mounted on a trolley jack. Slide it under, jack it up and away goes the fuel. I have a friend who drives claass 1 (artics) and he's told his boss that he won't lock his filler cap. That way he won't be stuck in the middle of nowhere needing a tank repair or replacement.
Nemo, I've hunch the car companies fixed this somehow. Neighbour had 2 cars he was going to scrap, and they both had a half tank of gas, give or take. We screwed around for a couple of hours, trying to get a small siphon hose into them. No such luck. Both blocked at the top of the tank.
At some point a power tool is going to spark an immediate ignition that the thieves cannot outrun, just FLOOOM and they're french fried. On another note, I read somewhere, can't recall where, that an effective way to steal gas is to have a brass punch (brass won't spark) and a large pan to catch the gas.... this was said in a SHTF scenario where there might be abandoned cars and you need gas desperately.
They were doing similar, stealing gas from peoples' tanks by siphoning thru the filler neck during the Arab Oil Embargo back in the 70's . Thus the advent of the locking gas cap as a main stream car accessory.
That gas crunch sucked. Get up at zero dark thirty to drive to a gas station, on odd or even days only, to wait in the dark and cold for the station to open so you could get 8 gallons and you wouldn't be first in line.
I guess the thieves aren't screwing around this time. Not only are you out of gas, but you need a replacement gas tank. MFr's. I'm glad I have a garage. A lot of the people in my condo assoc. park outside. Haven't heard of anyone getting ripped off yet.
The only car in the driveway is an easy 20 foot shot from my kitchen window, looking down. The only way to get away is jumping a 6 ft. fence or running into fire. In other words, anyone caught stealing from me is one dead motherfucker.
One can hope the thieves use a worn out power drill with bad brushes that makes sparks
ReplyDeleteAs long as they steal gas from the cars with the Biden/Harris bumper stickers on them Im ok with it.
ReplyDeleteLike!
DeleteIn Everett, EVERYBODY has a Biden bumpersticker.
DeleteEventually one of these nimrods is going to spark a fire with the drill and self immolate.
ReplyDeleteOne can hope. Sadly the car will go, too. Thievery was rampant at Clark AB. We had thieves come over the Great Wall of Clark (8' tall with razorwire on top, when it was originally planned to be 11', but the Philippines (who owned the bases ever since Carter) complained that people could get hurt falling off an 11'+ barrier), and try to steal copper antenna cable running from the site out across the very large antenna field. They'd open up a cable trough in a couple of places and tie a line to the cable. The line went back over the wall off base to a carabao team who'd haul it off. One time, they mistakenly got into the powerline trough. Those assholes thought they'd hit the motherlode as those lines were much thicker than antenna cables. They fucked up and knocked out power from the hospital through the housing on the other side of our fields. Bolts of electricity shot out of the transformers. Surprisingly, we didn't find any bodies the next morning. It's hard how someone didn't get killed cutting through a high-voltage power line, but since they had a line to haul cable off with, they may have used it to haul off their dead.
DeleteThis is also an opportunity! I can see in the photos that at least one person can use a kit to plug the hole in the gas tank where someone used $20 Harbor Freight drill to steal the gas.
ReplyDeleteI read that here on the other side of tha lake the scum have developed a pointed spigot mounted on a trolley jack. Slide it under, jack it up and away goes the fuel. I have a friend who drives claass 1 (artics) and he's told his boss that he won't lock his filler cap. That way he won't be stuck in the middle of nowhere needing a tank repair or replacement.
ReplyDeleteStill illegal to shoot them for gas theft?
ReplyDeleteI still think it would be a profitable business to drive around towing a backhoe, on-call to come and bury bodies.
Haha! Triple S Removals. Dinner reservation for one, coming right up!
Delete(I don't have to explain, do I?)
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Nemo, I've hunch the car companies fixed this somehow. Neighbour had 2 cars he was going to scrap, and they both had a half tank of gas, give or take. We screwed around for a couple of hours, trying to get a small siphon hose into them. No such luck. Both blocked at the top of the tank.
DeleteA Pontiac and a Ford.
I heard of the same thing in the Portland OR area. I always wondered about the spark issue too.
ReplyDeleteAt some point a power tool is going to spark an immediate ignition that the thieves cannot outrun, just FLOOOM and they're french fried. On another note, I read somewhere, can't recall where, that an effective way to steal gas is to have a brass punch (brass won't spark) and a large pan to catch the gas.... this was said in a SHTF scenario where there might be abandoned cars and you need gas desperately.
ReplyDeleteGiven time, this problem will solve itself.
ReplyDeleteThey were doing similar, stealing gas from peoples' tanks by siphoning thru the filler neck during the Arab Oil Embargo back in the 70's . Thus the advent of the locking gas cap as a main stream car accessory.
ReplyDeleteThat gas crunch sucked. Get up at zero dark thirty to drive to a gas station, on odd or even days only, to wait in the dark and cold for the station to open so you could get 8 gallons and you wouldn't be first in line.
I guess the thieves aren't screwing around this time. Not only are you out of gas, but you need a replacement gas tank. MFr's. I'm glad I have a garage. A lot of the people in my condo assoc. park outside. Haven't heard of anyone getting ripped off yet.
Nemo
Thieves in the Libtard Socialist dreamworld of Washington State?
ReplyDeleteI'm shocked, shocked, I say.
gas fumes and sparks from a power drill What could go wrong? I love the smell of burnt crims in the morning.
ReplyDeleteThey're going to have to start making self-sealing gas tanks. I don't see this BS ending anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteIvory bar soap plugs gasoline leaks.
ReplyDeleteThe picture looked like a 1/2" hole
DeleteThe only car in the driveway is an easy 20 foot shot from my kitchen window, looking down.
ReplyDeleteThe only way to get away is jumping a 6 ft. fence or running into fire.
In other words, anyone caught stealing from me is one dead motherfucker.