A new twist on stealing metal for scrap...

[TAB]

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1176499.html


I think now, I can say, I have heard it all when it comes to copper/brass theft.

[Big Frank]

Well, he's sure a lot smarter than all the people who've died tyring to steal metal FROM LIVE POWER LINES.  It's not just a rumor either. I saw plenty of pics on another forum.

[tombogan03884]

Guy In Mass got electrocuted trying to steal an aluminum light pole a couple months ago.

[jaybet]

Around the shore areas the houses are usually elevated. When metal prices are high it's pretty common to have a rash of thefts of plumbing. They come in at night with sawzalls and cut out all of the copper from under the houses.

[Ksail101]

I also what to let you know here in Washington State the theft of Catalytic converters is an epidemic. I know 4 people, including my grandpa, who has had them cut with a saws-all out of underneath their cars.

There are 3 kinds of precious metals in the all Catalytic Converters Platinum,Palladium, and rhodium. Rhodium is worth about 6000 dollars an ounce. And you get about 2 grams of these metals total per Cat. A theif generally gets between 100 to 250 per Cat. And it will cost you on average about 500 dollars to replace your cat on your car.

So all of you that think your jacked up truck is cool, like I do, be careful where you park.

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[Ocin]

Here in Holland they steel everything they can get their hands on. Almost every week there is a track where the trains won't run because they steel the power lines (no, no charcoal remains left, so they appear to be quite smart), scrapyards are a popular target, even museums (the brass and copper statues) and graveyards for the brass and copper statues and crosses on the graves. Some of these thieves are quite sick indeed!

[shooter32]

Here in Colorado, cooper is what they are after. Any and all cooper isn't safe around here.

[jaybet]

Coopers must be very hard to find, very rare, so worth a LOT of money. There's just not much call for a wood staved cask these days.

[Solus]

Can't they just put up signs and pass laws to make these places "Metal Stealing Free Zones"??

Why has no one thought of this??

[Ocin]

Can't they just put up signs and pass laws to make these places "Metal Stealing Free Zones"??

Why has no one thought of this??

Probably because regulating and prohibiting the use of these metals would be a better solution.