Vandalism, 13 tires lost, at least 10 trucks hit

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by 86scotty, May 6, 2023.

  1. austinmike

    austinmike Road Train Member

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    Hate to hear that. Years ago in Austin there was a homeless dude who would go on periodic tire slashing sprees. Would hit 20 or 30 cars at a time. Took em a looooong time to catch him. Think he did a couple months in jail. Maybe.
     
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  3. The Crossword Trucker

    The Crossword Trucker Road Train Member

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    Thats a couple months of free meals and a warm place to sleep.
    You cannot punish someone who has nothing to lose
     
  4. The Crossword Trucker

    The Crossword Trucker Road Train Member

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    So several holes in small groups on each tire?
    How was this done? Seems like a ton of work for no reward.
    There has got to be more to this story, I wonder if we will ever find out the whole deal.
    I wonder if anyone caught them on a dash cam.
    We need to develop some sort of neighborhood watch type culture for truckstops
     
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  5. H3R3T1C

    H3R3T1C "Question Everything"

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    I would think the Eco Terrorist's are at fault, these "people" have been trained to "save the planet" they see this as a good thing.

    Of course it doesn't do squat, and only going to cost you money to replace but these "people" are working with a full deck.

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    I remember a few years back at a Truck Stop I used to frequent we had some driver pulling trailer pins, which was easy to spot, if you actually checked.
     
  6. TheLoadOut

    TheLoadOut Road Train Member

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    That's a great concept, but unfortunately we have more people recording the stuff going on at truckstops then actual people doing anything to help at truckstops.

    Sorry to hear this happened. Time, money, a place to park that you'll probably never go back to, the anger, all around frustrating.
     
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  7. 86scotty

    86scotty Road Train Member

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    My dash cam was off. Go figure. The investigator with KSP is looking at all camera footage he can. It’s a dark old truck stop though. Never been there before and of course I’ll never be back.

    I look for dark places to park. Maybe I ought to rethink that.

    I’m in for about $7k in tires I think but this is an insurance claim, not 7k out of pocket. Ive never had a claim period.

    I’ve checked the remaining 5 tires every day lately for lost pressure. All good.
     
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  8. The Crossword Trucker

    The Crossword Trucker Road Train Member

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    Someone must have had a beef with the truckstop
    Maybe a fired employee
     
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  9. runningman0661

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    I disagree, they should have a piece of lead in their cranium.
     
  10. Arctic_fox

    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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    We actully had a small animal rights terrorist group a few years back do this to about a dozen farms in missouri when i lived there. Punks were breaking in at 2 am and doing stuff like putting spray foam into fuel tanks and turbos, slashing air lines, setting fires, flattening tires, smashing mirrors, and so on right up until one of them got a fatal dose of 12 guage to the chest when the farmer caught him mid act and the idiot rushed him with a crowbar. Did almost 6 million collectivly in damages.

    Did a few rounds in the news for like a week.
     
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