Higher Fuel Costs Equals Higher Theft!
March 20, 2008
Fleet Oil and Truck Supply sells a lot of locking fuel caps. Every day I listen to customers stories of how their fuel was stolen right out from under them. One guy thinks he knows who it is but can’t catch him. He parks his truck right outside his
bedroom window and it still disappears. I told him to get one of those
cheap video camera and hook it up to a VCR. Another man filled up both
tanks then parked for half an hour to get lunch and use the bathroom and when he
returned to his truck he had less fuel then when he pulled in. Customers
from many different jobs have had fuel stolen. Arborists, farmers,
volunteer firemen, truckers, soccer moms, construction companies, even a guy who
picks up horse poop at a race track has needed to “put a lock on it”.
The following links are stories about stolen fuel:
Cheap Diesel. Really Cheap in Blind River
$700 of diesel gas stolen near 29 Road & D Road
Why High Diesel Prices Affect You
Corona man sentenced for stealing fuel from Redlands cement company
Stories From Europe:
Soaring fuel costs spark a tidal wave of diesel thefts
Fuel being stolen from gas stations:
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