Stolen from storage area

[Gregory OConnor]

Bob, I lost two tractors both were picked up off jobsites one was
even stolen while I worked. The tractors are worth 40 k each and even
though insured ,what a pain and expense to rent and search. I
looked into lojack devices. With lojack you must coordinate with the
police. with private locate system you can ask the police if they
want to ride along .I opted to use this.

http://tinyurl.com/7n7vv

You can move it from vehicle to vehicle or product to person. In the
past I would reapproach the jobsit in fear as I looked for the
tractor, now I cant wait for it to be stolen and the fun to begin.


In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Owens"
wrote:
>
> Bob, Jack,
>
> The perpetrators sound like the kind of folks our son gets to
> represent as a public defender. Srange how many meth labs and
> tweakers there are in conservative southwest Missouri.
>
> I'd have to call him for an explanation but it sounds like this may
> be an issue of whether or not a bailment was created apart from the
> issue of "Expectation of Security." Good advice on the photo
> documentation and insurance. There are inexpensive software
programs
> to record and store home inventories or you could just format your
> own spreadsheet and file a copy with your insurance agent.
>
> Jim & Pam Owens
> 77 FC33SB (Gas)
> Lake of the Ozarks, MO
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Lawrence"
> wrote:
> >
> > When we sold our home 3 years ago, the stuff we didn't give away
> was
> > stored with the intent to sell it on Ebay along with our 94
Tracker.
> > We chose a storage facility that had an on-site manager, barbed
> wire,
> > camera's all around, coded access. We rented a garage that we
could
> > store all the stuff as well as the Tracker in. I put a $50 Abloy
> > padlock on that is supposed to be tamperproof.
> > Went back a month later to put tabs on the Tracker and found the
> > Tracker gone, lock gone and everything we had stored gone.
> > Manager said they weren't liable and if I didn't like the way the
> > place was run, we could just leave..I was so pissed asked him to
> step
> > outside and "visit" with me around the side of the building..his
> wife
> > said she would call the police..I said do it as I was going to
file
> > anyway.
> > Fast forward, one month later the Tracker was spotted in a nearby
> > town...cops followed it and were lead to a meth house where the
tow
> > bar was laying next to a fence and 5 other stolen cars were
stored.
> > Moral...take pics of everything you have in storage, get storage
> > insurance and don't assume the space you rented is secure.
> >
> > Bob Lawrence
> > 84 PT36
> > Tacky Tacoma, Wa.
> >
> > > Steve: This might be of interest to those who store their rig
in
> a
> > > storage area, as I have to due to the wunnerful HOA :-(.
> > > I heard this on a Lawyer Call-In program & assume it is
correct,
> but
> > > perhaps some others may chime in.
> > > A boat was stored in a facility, and vandalized to the extent
of
> the
> > > Out-drive being stolen. The storage lot owners pointed out
that
> the
> > > contract stated stuff was stored at the owners own risk.
> > > But the Lawyer pointed out that if the storage yard had security
> > > items: Cameras, Locked Gate, and/or on-site manager, there is
an
> > > "Expectation of Security", and the yard owners are, in fact,
> liable.
> > > Any comments on this?
> > > Jack Smith
> > > 1973FC31
> > > SoCal-in-the-rain
> > >
> >
>