O/T- Stolen Trailer, LAS VEGAS-please help my friends at Vintage Fuel

Larry, I don't think the side molding on the bed was installed on the trucks with the dually flares. The best I can make out in the pic, it appears to be a '02-'06 Dodge 3500 quad cab long bed dually.

Yeah, someone local must know something about the blue 55 gal drum in the bed. These security camera pics are a big help. I sure hope they find the s***.

 

a portable spray gun full of self etching black primer makes that go away real fast

 

I bet there are other cameras in the area or on the route they left if you can locate who has them.

 

Need that video in slower time,good possibilty it has side step rails,like the tube runners on the sides.It's not a dually,but it's lifted a little(Maybe a 4x4 style stock lift?),with what looks to be aftermarket rims and tires.Might want to look at the desert rats,or ask around them.It's definitely a quad cab long bed.

About like this but with slightly beefier tires.

 

Possibly a 3500 series dually,but from the pic it doesn't look like a dually.

 

look like this one to me..

 

Im pretty positive thats a VP fuel drum also. A racer stole that trailer!

 

What year is that?

 

*******s....

 

ill keep eyes peeled in so cal

 

BTTT Vintage Fuel are damn good people so keep your eyes open

 

Bump for the morning crew....

 

Bump...please keep your eyes out folks....... thanks

 

****ers should be shot on site .eyes peeled in california

 

might want to post over at raceingjunk.com

 

Any word at all, any leads?

 

I posted to friends in washington and as I live right off I-5 I am keeping an eye out I also gave a pick to a friend thats an OHP officer.

 

I would be runnin pics by people that sell racing gas/fuel..........thats what that drum sure looked like,.......this kinda **** makes me want to put a gps locater in my rigs

 

Bttt....

 

Still no word ?

 

BTT for the oil burners in the wee hours

 

I think trailers are a real tuff one to find.
that billboard on the side was gone or covered up the first chance they got.

hell the track record for recovering cars or most stolen property is very very low

 

Hope you get your trailer back.

For anybody who owns a car trailer, this is a must read. If you don't, forward it to somebody who does!

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<HR width=500 color=#000000 SIZE=1><TABLE id=table1 style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=1 width=700 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>This past week I was talking to a friend about trailer theft. He said, “I don’t know what to do. In the past, we would paint up the sides of the trailer to let everyone know what we did. We were, and are, proud of our drag racing accomplishments. Then, trailers started getting stolen so we took all the graphics off. Now, more and more trailers are getting stolen, and they all tend to look the same. You wouldn’t know yours if it p***ed you going down the highway. Now I am thinking of painting it back up again so if it is stolen, I can identify it. Lyle, what should I do?”

This is a tough situation. Trailer theft is definitely on the rise; thieves don’t seem to care if something is painted on the sides or not. And, this can get you into a very sticky situation with the state DPS. What I mean is, many states are starting to insist that those who pull a trailer, regardless of the size and if they have ANY type of advertising on the side, must carry a CDL drivers license.

At the very least, paint the roof of the trailer with some sort of large identifying marks which would be hard for the thief to remove. Then take a can of fluorescent paint, and paint an area on both the tongue and the rear frame of the trailer. While you are at it, paint a small circle, about 2” in diameter, on each side of the trailer, out of the way. These are all marks that you would be able to recognize if necessary. Hopefully, the small circles would be small enough that a thief won’t consider them as identifying marks. If you choose to paint your racing stuff on the side, DO be careful.

Other things that can be done for theft prevention, whether for the trailer or the contents, are: good locks, alarms systems, and/or GPS tracking systems. The locks on the doors and tongue must be good. If you get cheesy padlocks, you’re asking for it! Even the big round Masterlocks are easy prey; thieves cut the swing-down hasp right behind the lock. The DL-80 lock, made by Blaylock and sold at Trailer-Alarms.com, is one of the best I have seen. These locks cover the entire hasp area of the locking mechanism, and are virtually indestructible. Again, place a good lock on the tongue of your trailer and lock your safety chains together to the tongue lock, as many trailers have been stolen by dragging the trailer down the road by the safety chains alone.

Alarms mounted on the trailers are great! These will and have thwarted off thieves by the droves. Many alarms have an LED to mount on the outside of the trailer to warn the crooks. If they decide to take it on, there are shock sensors that will set off the alarm if they try to knock the locks off. If you are also using a simple padlock, and the thief uses bolt cutters, the door sensors will activate the alarm. Many alarms also have optional motion sensors to place inside the trailer. But are these alarms just noisy horns like car alarms? NO! These alarms will flash the running lights on the trailer, sound a 120db siren, and lock the electric brakes on the trailer. There are also optional paging units to page you up to a mile away. These are good for those over-night stays at hotels/motels when you are on a trip. Don’t forget, many insurance companies offer discounts for their use.

Finally, GPS tracking systems are excellent for notification of theft as well as theft recovery. If you have your GPS activated, you can have it notify you when your alarm goes off, or if it goes beyond the geo-fence you set up. If the unit is not active, and you want to use it as a theft recovery device, you can do that as well. Again, contact your insurance company because you might get a break for using a theft recovery device. LoJack is a great system, but it is a theft recovery device only. If you purchase a LoJack, make sure the police in your area support it (have the proper equipment), as they are the only ones that can recover it.


Regardless of what you do, do what you can. These are only suggestions; there is no 100% guarantee that your trailer won’t be stolen.

Keep yer stuff safe!​

Lyle Clark is the owner of Trailer-Alarms.com, a theft prevention web store to help people protect the investments they have worked so hard to acquire. Lyle and his company are licensed by the Texas Department of Public Safety – Texas Private Security Bureau.
Trailer-Alarms.com was started in January of 2005 when Lyle saw a need for trailer security after a buddy of his had his trailer broken into twice. Lyle is also a firm believer in what he sells, and will NOT sell anything that he would not place on his own trailer.

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Retro steel;
I had the same opinion,that ONLY the Plain Jane trailers where getting stolen ad not theo nes with graphics,that might require some 'work" to remove.
This one shoots that theory all to hell..
Sure hope the find it..and *******s who took it..

I do believe painting info on the roof would work also..

Even something that matches the tow vehicle to the trailer might help.. I say MIGHT!

1939fiat

 

here is a slick idea, and hard for the theif to know about it..
get some white reflective paint and with a 8" roller (or what ever size they are) paint with the white reflective paint..the Licence number of the trailer on the Roof,

the theif is going to pull the plate 1st thing..but a cop helicopter with its bright white light ..those reflective numbers will jump right out at them..

most theifs would not take the time to look on top..and if they did the white reflective paint might not show up that well until the light hits it straight on..

not a theft provention..but a good tracking ability..just a thought

 

Hey now, that's a low cost idea, that would help making the trailer more visible if stolen! Excellent!

 

Hey guys, I saw some traffic to my site from here. Read the news about the stolen trailer, and have posted it at http://karttheft.com/kart4um/viewtopic.php?p=121#121 and 5 other forums.

I wrote the article posted above. If anyone has questions or ideas to share, I will be more than happy to help.


Lyle Clark

 

Very cool Lyle Clark, very cool indeed...

 

Lyle, I posted what you wrote on our website as well hope that is OK,
Still no word or any clues?

 

Always leave a vehicle in front of a trailer, or park it so you have to come inside the gate to get it. You made it easy for them.

For just a few bucks you could have got a wheel lock. These guys had you marked, because they knew you had no alarm, locks, and ready to tow.

I suspect the truck was stolen too. They got that 15 minutes earlier.

If I was the insurance agent I'd be pissed at how your protecting your valuables. It's not fair that people steal, and we shouldn't have to change our lives to prevent theft, but when we use other peoples money to insure our stuff, then we should at least go an extra mile.

Every trailer owner who parks thier trailer like this, is responsible for the stupid rates insurance companies charge.