vandals

[fireman050]

i started a job this week clearing a lot for a doctors office i got about halfway through the job when the dozer ran out of gas so i went home for the day to come back the next morning when i went to fill the dozer up with diesel i realized someone comeby in the middle of the night and cut the lock off of the fuel tank and filled the fuel tank up with dirt i was so dang mad i called the local pd they said they would send someone out well 1hr later still no police officer so i called the sheriffs office and they had 2 deputys there within 10 minutes they took a report and said call them back when i get ready to leave and they would send someone out and watch the equipment overnight

 

[Dirtman2007]

You must of took somebody job, kids would not go thru the work of cutting a lock off and filling the tank with dirt. Kids just seam to break out windows

 

[fireman050]

You must of took somebody job, kids would not go thru the work of cutting a lock off and filling the tank with dirt. Kids just seam to break out windows

well i was nearly $10,000 cheaper than the other guy oh well i went and rented a nice and shiny cat d5g dozer to finish the job

 

[DPete]

Vandalism is a constant worry when equipment is on the job. I've had paintball attacks, battery cables taken, dipsticks thrown across the job, guages broken, dirt clods down the stack. Never anything major though, like adults playing hardball. Not yet anyway

 

[Construct'O]

Vandalism is a constant worry when equipment is on the job. I've had paintball attacks, battery cables taken, dipsticks thrown across the job, guages broken, dirt clods down the stack. Never anything major though, like adults playing hardball. Not yet anyway

Guy never wants to say never!!!!!!!!! until you quit and get out of the busniess.

Halloweens coming up!:usa

 

[fireman050]

all i got to say payback is a s.o.b

 

[RollOver Pete]

all i got to say payback is a s.o.b

And it stops where?

Remember.....
people get what they deserve.....
And that's without you having to lower yourself to their level.

 

[bucket]

mad

i started a job this week clearing a lot for a doctors office i got about halfway through the job when the dozer ran out of gas so i went home for the day to come back the next morning when i went to fill the dozer up with diesel i realized someone comeby in the middle of the night and cut the lock off of the fuel tank and filled the fuel tank up with dirt i was so dang mad i called the local pd they said they would send someone out well 1hr later still no police officer so i called the sheriffs office and they had 2 deputys there within 10 minutes they took a report and said call them back when i get ready to leave and they would send someone out and watch the equipment overnight

I am a new member and i need few more entries, your posting caught me. This would be very frustrating.I feel for you man. I am currently having my own troubles from running out of fuel, trying now to bleed the system correctly.The moral don't run out of fuel it can be problematic in many ways.Good luck.

 

[fireman050]

And it stops where?

Remember.....
people get what they deserve.....
And that's without you having to lower yourself to their level.

i will not do anything bad only thing i am going to do is have the sheriffs office visit him while he is at work in front of all his employees

 

[cat320]

all i got to say payback is a s.o.b

If it can be proved that your comition did it then I would think no one would really want to hire a person like that. But who know's today price always didctates everything.

 

[mikef87]

Vandalism is a constant worry when equipment is on the job. I've had paintball attacks, battery cables taken, dipsticks thrown across the job, guages broken, dirt clods down the stack. Never anything major though, like adults playing hardball. Not yet anyway

Vandalism is a big big big worry of mine. Usually my jobs are in the open so nothing happens to much, but I did have a Komatsu PC400 with a leaking radiator. I was busy with work and couldn't afford the down time so we were just filling it everyday with water. Someone got into the job and started the machine. When we got there Monday morning the motor was seized because it ran hot and locked up. It ended up costing me $5,000 for a used motor, plus I had to rent a machine for a week that cost another $8,000. As soon as that used motor was in we went and traded it in for a new one. I had problems with that whole series of Komatsu excavators. The LC-5 series. Overheating, electrical problems, now the new machines I haven't had anything break on them.

 

[fireman050]

well i just receved a call from one of the detectives working the case and he told me that the place im working next to has security cameras and he was caught on camera

 

[greywynd]

And 'he' was? the guy you suspect, or someone else??

 

[JDMGrading]

We're having a problem with joyriders, from our 416 and 420 backhoes being driven around and buried to our 450 deere dozers being driven around to make trails to our CAT 303 mini ex ending up 1 mile away from the jobsite.

 

[fireman050]

And 'he' was? the guy you suspect, or someone else??

the guy i out bid on the job

 

[skata]

the guy i out bid on the job

the actual owner???

thats good news.:drinkup

 

[rino1494]

the guy i out bid on the job

Wow, what a great contractor ointhead

Question though, you say that you were $10,000 cheaper. How big of a lot is it ?? Are you working for nothing or was he that expensive ??

 

[Wolf]

Maybe somebody didn't want to see the lot cleared, for whatever reason. What was there before? My kids read the book Hoot, in which they try to clear a lot that is the habitat for some burrowing owls. It's still no excuse for vandalism, though.

 

[fireman050]

Wow, what a great contractor ointhead

Question though, you say that you were $10,000 cheaper. How big of a lot is it ?? Are you working for nothing or was he that expensive ??

the lot is about 20 acres he was just expensive as heck

 

[fireman050]

Maybe somebody didn't want to see the lot cleared, for whatever reason. What was there before? My kids read the book Hoot, in which they try to clear a lot that is the habitat for some burrowing owls. It's still no excuse for vandalism, though.

the only thing that was on the lot was a old burned out house and a bunch of pine trees