Re: Help sought to catch copper signal wire thieves

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"Maurie Daly" <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 23:41:55 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David
> Bromage) wrote:
>
> >Police have once appealed for public help to catch thieves stealing
copper
> >signal wire in the West Wimmera. They say five kilometres of the wire,
> >used to relay signals for the rail link between Adelaide and Melbourne
was
> >stolen from between the Leeor and Fedders Roads near Serviceton on
Sunday.
> >
>
>http://www.abc.net.au/news/regionals/westvic/monthly/reghor-21nov2000-2.htm
>
>
> This sounds a bit dodgy to me .
> Removing 5 kms of aerial line along a railway line , between 1AM and
> 2AM in the morning would take quite a large number of people with
> ladders, lighting equipment, vehicles etc.
> It would also need people with some knowledge of railway timetables
> ,so that the theiving could be done when there were no trains around.
> Also, what on earth would you do with the wire?
> Copper wire is relatively soft,and doesnt make good fencing wire so
> its unlikely that its local farmers doing this.
>
> MD
The thieves use a 4wd ute and cutters on a pole ala garden type tree
pruners,they get about 1 meter from the pole and snip snip...then drive to
next pole and snip snip,leaving a metre of wire each side of the
poleMeanwhile the mates roll up each span throw it on the following ute and
away they go....they are very organized and very cocky....Cleaned out
between Warragul and Drouin which runs beside a well used road and it was
done in a night.
I am just waiting for them to start on the 2.2kv......Wont kill em but will
make their teeth rattle.....:-)
Graeme