is Cargo Theft Common?

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  1. akfisher

    akfisher Road Train Member

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    Watched a YouTuber tonight who said his buddy had his trailer broken into in Memphis 2 days in a row. First a shipper and next at the Truckstop. I drove 3 years OTR all 48 and never had a problem and it wasnt too long ago. 2009-2011 I used to go often to The Pilot there in W Memphis never had any issues though it was pretty dirty. Have these gotten worse in last 5-6 years?
     
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  3. tinytim

    tinytim Road Train Member

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    I don't think it's too common to have your trailer broken into like that.

    What is relatively common is theft of entire loads. And it's much more common than the stats show apparently.

    https://www.thestar.com/news/canada...ieves-and-its-costing-canadians-billions.html
     
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  4. sherlock510

    sherlock510 Road Train Member

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    I mean, who'd risk breaking into a trailer without knowing what the contents were? Good luck stealing these pallets of talc...

    Ive only heard of it happening with employees at terminals (furniture) or whole trailers at truck stops/docks.
     
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  5. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    "YouTubers" are the Kardashians of the trucking world.
     
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  6. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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    My nostrils are sure glad I switched to drinking cold coffee.
     
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  7. A Bug

    A Bug Heavy Load Member

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    Two days in a row means it is the driver who is swiping stuff out of his trailer.
     
  8. Brandonpdx

    Brandonpdx Road Train Member

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    Probably means his buddy was too lazy to come back the same day for the rest of it
     
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  9. Brandonpdx

    Brandonpdx Road Train Member

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    Yeah. Bunch of look-at-me Charlie's.
     
  10. TheDude1969

    TheDude1969 Heavy Load Member

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    Was this a beer delivery truck? I could see that happening... I'm not saying, just saying
     
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  11. bzinger

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    Believe it or not it got to be a problem in the Omaha area for a while .
    Trailer full of go carts stolen out the old tsc dist center with a stolen Rollins tracter trailer found empty in Missouri valley ia and tracter on a side street in council bluffs ...go carts never found.
    Trailer full of beer stolen out of Crete , trailer found empty in South Omaha .
    Stuff at the smaller ltl company's and the pamida dist. Center was disappearing left and right .
    It quieted down after the fences and cameras went up.
     
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