Spare Tire Thief

Parked for the night at a truck stop on the west side of Oklahoma City last Wednesday. In the back row down from the truck shop.
Thursday later in the day I noticed my spare was gone out of the tire carrier under the trailer. It had been chained in the carrier.
The only time when it could have been taken was at the truck stop.

I guess that's one way to cut down on expenses. Don't buy tires steal them.

 

No lock. When I put another one on it will have a lock. I can see issues with getting a lock off in the winter with it froze up. Have to make sure I have a lighter or something to thaw it out.

Either that or I'll stick one in there that has a bad balance issue and hope someone gets it before I need it.

 

This was the first time I have had a problem. I seldom lock my truck boxes or the boxes on my flatbed when pulling it.
Well, Thursday night my truck boxes were locked and when I pull the flatbed the boxes on it will be locked too.
I would have given the tire to someone if they were in need of it but stealing it..........if they still tied people like that to a post and whipped them it would be deserved. It would probably cut down on stealing as well.

 

Wouldn't call it mean. I'd call it just. Deserved. Even earned.

When I was a kid and my dad told me by word and by example not to take something that wasn't mine I listened. Not to obey had consequences. He was not being mean. If I had stolen I would have earned the punishment.

Same here. If crime had more severe consequences there would be less crime.

If the tire thief had been caught the punishment would have been little to none. Very little to lose to be the thief.

In this case he also had very little to gain. Stealing a used tire.