To Lock or not.......

[TicTac]

A couple of nights ago my tack room was broken into. I do not keep any thing of any significant value in there only stuff like feed, lunging equipment, boots and so on. I also have a large solid wood trunk which is kept locked and in this are my chaps, hat and a few other bits and pieces Both the tack room door and my box were forced open but nothing was stolen just shuffled around. However a few weeks previous to this my electric fence box and battery were stolen from the paddock and it cost me £150.00 to replace grrr

Very soon as winter approaches I will be keeping rugs in there as well. so, should I leave the door and box unlocked but closed of course, or should I go ahead and put another lock on them again. My main reason for locking them is to stop other people using my stuff!! What say you?

 

[Baileyhoss]

put a big f off padlock on it and wire the handle up to the mains. thieving bxxstds.

F x

 

[Tiffany]

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put a big f off padlock on it and wire the handle up to the mains. thieving bxxstds.

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YES!!!!!

 

[Box_Of_Frogs]

Lol! But don't forget to unplug it from the mains before you get your hat out!

 

[ajn1610]

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put a big f off padlock on it and wire the handle up to the mains. thieving bxxstds.

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I actually know someone who did that but to a massive shed - he ran an outdoor pursuits venue and had several sets of quads nicked before he got a bit carried away with the home security!

 

[henryhorn]

Lock but use this alarm system.
Buy a cheap rape alarm the type that works when the pin is removed.
secure the alarm out of sight and attach a piece of fishing line to the pin. Every night loop the end round the door and it becomes near invisible.
When they open the door it makes an ear splitting screech that they don't hang around to attempt to turn off.
It saved my tack when the thieves returned, and we have used this with success on gates since then.
If more than yourself uses the door, use the lid on your box instead. My alarm lasted 20 years on one battery!

 

[Janette]

What an ingenious idea......brilliant.

I have problems with children borrowing my stuff to wash their ponies with, and then putting soaking wet towels back in the box. This leads to mildew - not nice. I've spoke to the YO about it, but it's happened since. The rape alarm would solve the problem very nicely - give them a bit of a shock!

(Have to say - all sorts of slightly rude comments aout 'illegal entry' and entry without consent' entered my mind, but being a good girl, wouldn't dream of using them, nooooooo, not me!

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[brighteyes]

I'm loving these suggestions and as usual hh has a top solution. I'm going to get on rigged up myself as all my tack got moved inside and very promptly postcoded when thieves struck a few weeks ago next door but one. I still haven't moved my leather stuff back outside and it looks like Derby House in our study

Our door is very secure and the tackroom is an alarmed and double locked brick building with a tiled roof, but I think if they want your stuff, they'll nick it

I have about two million rugs in there and atm it's a real tip

All my good stuff is named and postcoded with indelible pen as the police reckon they don't tend to get taken if marked and who sees anything except fluffy edges on sheepskin halfpads?

I could have stocked my tackroom with some very expensive items from unattended and abandoned lorries in the car park of a venue near me yesterday though

I lock all my stuff away if I'm not at the lorry.

 

[ISHmad]

I'm going to buck the trend here and say that if there isn't anything of huge value leave it open. The more security there is the more thieving scum seem to believe that there are things of value to be nicked.

We learnt this to our cost a few years ago, when they broke into a room they thought was a tackroom but it wasn't. Just had feed bins, some rugs, shavings etc in there.

But to get into that room they had to come in to one of the horse's stables... Thankfully they didn't hurt her but it could have been a different story.

So I would leave it open, mark your rugs with gloss with your horse's freezemark numbers on them or something and then they'll see there's nothing of real value to take.

 

[vennessa]

I am the same as ISH-Mad we have had our house burgled and our horsebox broken into. It costs to get repaired where they wreck to get in. I now leave everything unlocked as if someone wants to break in they will. I even leave my house unlocked. It's a brave person that gets through our dogs.
I don't leave anything at the horses. My car is piled high daily but after haveing everything for 16 horses stolen not even leaving a headcollar i will not risk it again.
I do like the idea of the rape alarm.
We had our shop broken into a few years ago. It was on a main road with houses opposit. I got to the shop in the morning with the alarm blareing out, front door onto the main road smashed and open, the shop raided and no-one rang the police. I was so gutted i shut the shop for good.
Locking things costs more for me in the long run as i have to replace/repair the damage where they break in.

 

[niagaraduval]

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put a big f off padlock on it and wire the handle up to the mains. thieving bxxstds.

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YES!!!!!

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Good Idea. That'll teach 'em!

 

[Donkeymad]

What a fantastic idea HH