salmonkiller01
Well-Known Member
Find an old used tank, fill half way with gas and a litre of acetone in it, the thieves will never steal gas again, whatever engine gets that mix will last 5 minutes.
3months after we bought our house my neighbor comes over and asks if I have a hydraulic hose for his mercruiser tilt/trim unit. No I say, I'm more of an outboard guy. He actually comes back with" Oh well, guess I'll just have to go steal one then".
So I got one of these:
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Find an old used tank, fill half way with gas and a litre of acetone in it, the thieves will never steal gas again, whatever engine gets that mix will last 5 minutes.
Hey Jeff, here's a story that will warm your heart. So a few years ago there was a rash of thefts from boats at my Marina. Mostly boats down at the end of my slip were getting nailed, and almost every other night.
One of the guys got pissed off and decided to sleep on his boat as extra security. Sure enough he wakes up to a guy coming into his boat and jumps up with baseball bat in hand. A very short chase ensued down the dock while he was speaking with 911 operator who is screaming at him to just wait for the police who are on the way.
He corners the guy at the very end of the slip. He has no where to go. Kind of like a caged rat. 911 operator still yelling at him to back off and wait as police are right there, which by they they were arriving. Mr. scum thief decides his only option is to jump in and swim for it. Its looking like a winning strategy until the dog man arrives and lets the dog on him as he is crawling out of the water. Guys resists, dog shreds him up. Placed in cuffs and off to the hospital for stitches and jail. Good guys one, scum bag zero. Pay back sucks.
Jeff,
My shop was broken into a few weeks back and since then I have installed a wireless camera system from Costco made by lorex
comes with a 500g PVR and you also have the ability to monitor from your smart phone, they also are motion activated so as soon as a motion alert is triggered I get
a snapshot of what triggered it emailed to my phone as well as the pvr recording in the house, cameras work incredibly well in total darkness as well
may be a nice thing to have when your out of town-no worries
What exactly does Acetone do to a motor?
http://www.findmespot.com/en/index....=direct&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=trace
Just remember Jeff downside of this forum is that its public so they assessed your boat ahead of time... Plant one of those somewhere....
That's pretty cool, should sick one under the cowl of my kicker.
Jeff you should leave a dummy jerry can in there with a 50/50 mix of gas and diesel, lets see how well their vehicle runs after they pour that in their tank...