dealing with wheel theft

Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by thesvg, Dec 14, 2010.

  1. king Q

    king Q Road Train Member

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    They say necessity is the mother of invention.
    I run a small trucking company in South Africa.
    We ran for 15 years before our first theft of a wheel.
    Then the odd one or two a year.Last year about 50 over three occasions , all with in 6 months.
    These things do work.
    These company's are all in South Africa but could ship to you I expect.
    If you are not familiar with items made in South Africa you can rest assured that there are top quality products made here. Caterpillar, Deer,Mercedes, BMW,GM to name a few have critical metallurgic items manufactured here.There are also some poor quality but not as poor as some items from India or China.
    I don't know if they are available in the states but any good engineering/machine shop with 3 axis cnc machines.With bit of design capability , metallurgic expertise and heat treatment capability could produce them.

    I would be willing to export them but all depends on volume.


    See below , there are many more suppliers here.



    A $ = about 7 South African rands.



    www.trucklocknut.co.za/wproducts.php

    www.venloc.co.za

    www.protectatruck.co.za/index.php?page=shop
     
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  3. Pur48Ted

    Pur48Ted Road Train Member

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    Rock salt HELL! That only pisses them off.....I would want something that would leave a permanent mark......like 00Buck..
     
  4. king Q

    king Q Road Train Member

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    We have a type of corn here that some replace the buck shot with.
    Much like rock salt but the seed germinates and starts growing internally if not removed surgically.
     
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