Competition Ever have any weight stolen at a pull?

[jwilliams3]

Well tonight I was unlucky and lucky at the same time.



A couple friends of mine witnessed a guy take a couple of my weights (100lb whites) from the scales that I had to drop off to make weight.

They went ahead and let him pull with them then after the hook he loaded up his piece of crap gasser 76 Ford on his trailer with the weights still inside of the cab.

At that point the guy was confronted and asked for the weights back which were still in his floor board under a layer of cardboard and a helmet on top of them.



He did return them but he had to be asked.



Well when I got back to the pit area I was livid after I heard someone tried to jack me.



I went ahead and notified the deputies that were nearby and they investigated the incident.

Eventually the guy came back to his SUV that had the little trailer with his junky Ford and I asked him if he was the one that took the weights.



He got pretty ****** and defensive right off the bat. We both went to speak with the deputies.



He said someone said "he could borrow them" at the scales



That schmuck from the scales came over and tried to smooth it over with me and I wasnt buying it.



At no point did he ever thank me for using my weights. The guy was a real piece of work.



This is the condensed version of the story...



I guess its a lesson learned and I thought I would pass it on... . WATCH OUT FOR THE THIEVES!!



Side note: The deputy said he would turn it in to the prosecutor and site the guy but I figured it was going no where and I sure didnt want to have to come back to court to over 100 bucks worth of tractor weights, so I just told him warn the guy.



For what it was worth the guy lost alot of face and word spread quick that he had stolen the weights.

 

[Turbo Thom]

Thing's happen whenever any group get's togther. Last week at AMS, this is for our friday night drags, and show n' shine. 5 cars was stolen and 2 fight's started. Me, I just raced and got a 2nd.



In your case, it would be very hard for me to just talk to that jerk. Even at my age, I'm still hot headed.



. . Preston. .

 

[Jim Fulmer]

Same here on the staying calm, but the bottom lines he will get his later on..... karma. You do bad and bad things come back to you.



Jim

 

[Got Smoke?]

Dang Justin I hate to hear that happened to ya bud, at least you got yours back though. Yeah..... that guy will get his eventually.



That's why I never carry enough to be OVER weight..... they all fit on my weight bar.

 

[Bob Wagner]

congrats on taking a stand. I bet you were looking down to him :-laf

 

[Got Smoke?]

congrats on taking a stand. I bet you were looking down to him :-laf

Yes we all know bean pole is much taller than most! :-laf

 

[Dsul]

We had a Deere weight stolen from the Sullivan Indiana pull this year. My brother came in with 8 and left with 7

andy

 

[Bobcat698]

Not from a pull, but I had a tractor weight grow legs while my truck was sitting at the driveshaft shop...

 

[BigBadDodge]

Two years ago I had 3 ton floor jack stolen from under my trailer in the pits



BBD

 

[JDailey]

I had 6 weights stolen one time, at Connersville. I didn't see him do it. But , unfortunatly for him some of my pulling buddy's did. I went to get them back, he denied taking them... . said they were his. Once his nose was bleeding , him and his cronys ran for cover and I put 10 jd weights back on my trailer and went home.

 

[bgilbert]

Not a weight, but I had my 2 wheeled Igloo cooler stolen at IRP this year from the stands. I left it in the stands all day Saturday, while me and the nephew walked around back and forth between everything and the stands. Then when the rains came on Sunday someone felt they needed the cooler more than me. I wasn't too worried about the cooler (yard sale cheapy), but my 16 year old nephew wasn't too bright by leaving his wallet in the cooler while we walked around. He lost about $20 cash, drivers license - $10 replacement, atm card, another 10 bucks, and whatever a new wallet cost him. Costly lesson. Oh but the kind thief must of thrown out his ID and atm card because here a few weeks ago, IRP called his mom and said they found them. . minus wallet and cash of course.

 

[zstroken]

Story problem time kids. Joey has 6 widgets, How many widgets do you get with you take 6 from Joey?? Looks like -4 widgits!! Elwood never did have a very strong math program. At least if your inferring what I think.

 

[JDailey]

I just considered them a service charge.

 

[Turbo Thom]

Now come's the biggy, WHY. For the life of me I cannot figure out why people steal. Call me an ole fart, behind the times, or just not up to speed, but I do not understand. I used to work quite a few amigo's, and the prevailing attitude was if they saw something they wanted, is was just fair that they take it. Nothing wrong to them, it's just seems to be the way they live.



Still, I do not understand. If any item is not mine, I don't want it. If it is, you better not reach for it. If you do and I know it, I'll be in all kinda trouble, in today's world anyway. When I was a teenager, these thing were taken care of. Now day's we live to protect ourselves. Instead of keeping the bad guy behind bars, we bar the windows to keep the bad out.



Quite a reversal.



. . Preston. .

 

[tazzen]

Not a weight, but I had my 2 wheeled Igloo cooler stolen at IRP this year from the stands. I left it in the stands all day Saturday, while me and the nephew walked around back and forth between everything and the stands. Then when the rains came on Sunday someone felt they needed the cooler more than me. I wasn't too worried about the cooler (yard sale cheapy), but my 16 year old nephew wasn't too bright by leaving his wallet in the cooler while we walked around. He lost about $20 cash, drivers license - $10 replacement, atm card, another 10 bucks, and whatever a new wallet cost him. Costly lesson. Oh but the kind thief must of thrown out his ID and atm card because here a few weeks ago, IRP called his mom and said they found them. . minus wallet and cash of course.

Wow that is unreal. I usually leave my truck open while we are at the event with all of our stuff in it and the coolers behind it. Got used to being at Muncie and it didn't seem like anybody would touch anybody elses stuff. Guess now that it is getting bigger at IRP I guess you need to start locking everything down.



Ed

 

[DSteimle]

I crew on a super street outlaw mustang and when we go to staging, all the tools in the cart, the pro-jacks, and lots of other high dollar stuff is sitting outside the unlocked enclosed trailer. it amazes me that nothing has walked yet, but i guess it's just a matter of time.