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chrismoore701 · 02-09-2012, 06:57 PM

Well didn't break in, the door was not locked and they just walked in. I had fired up the furnace Saturday night to warm the panels to paint Sunday morning and the person turned my furnace off. No tools or anything missing. I painted the panels later in the week and went to install the driver door, and it looks like they tried to pull my extension ladder down and dropped it from the ceiling and hit and dented my A pillar. not bad, but enough to piss me off. the truck is still in primer so not the end of the world, but why would they take my ladder and put it back, or try to take it. maybe when they dropped it they bolted, but it was still hanging up. I don't get it. However a great slap in the face to tell me to LOCK my garage. thank god nothing was really damaged or stolen

squaredaway · 02-09-2012, 07:07 PM

If this were me, I'd blame my wife.

1. She calls my truck the other woman.
2. I swear the woman could freeze a polar bear out of our house in the winter and drive the devil out in the summer. But hey, I have low utility bills.

cjlinkster · 02-09-2012, 10:02 PM

That makes very little sense!

Unless if they were just checking out the inventory and are planning on coming back later.

Is there a chance that a neighbor or family member was just going to borrow the ladder?

Why would they turn off the furnace?

Car'n'Guitars · 02-09-2012, 10:26 PM

At least they cared enough to turn off the furnace in concern that you might burn your garage down. Do you have kids, that sounds like something I would have done when I was 11-12 years old. Kids will never tell when they damage something or break something.

INSIDIOUS '86 · 02-09-2012, 10:41 PM

Winchester can fix that
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AntiGov · 02-09-2012, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by INSIDIOUS '86

Winchester can fix that
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for sure....

Car'n'Guitars · 02-09-2012, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by INSIDIOUS '86

Winchester can fix that
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Ha, best reply so far.

Sillyoldman · 02-09-2012, 11:08 PM

It's perfectly logical. Thieves are idiots. They stole the ladder to get up on the garage roof so that they could slide down the chimney. When they discovered that there was not a chimney they returned the ladder and left defeated. Oh and tripped over the cord.

motornut · 02-10-2012, 02:31 AM

furnace was too noisy,
after dropping the ladder they turned it off,to see if you heard them lol

or someone tried to borrow it,thought you left the furnace on...

jeffg1010 · 02-10-2012, 08:43 AM

I am thinking it was a neighbor. Thought he would borrow it real quick without asking. Saw the heater on, turned it off thinking you had left it on. At that point, he thought he was doing a good deed, and probably had plans of telling you he borrowed it. Then, he dropped the ladder, damaged your truck, and changed his mind so he didnt get caught.

Walk out in your yard and look to see who STILL has their Christmas light up. That's the guilty party.

chrismoore701 · 02-10-2012, 09:52 AM

The crazy thing is I went to the garage to turn the furnace on around 7PM and noticed the break in around 8AM who is going to do Christmas lights between then. the other thing is I have a condo complex in my back yard with a 6' stone wall. that is where the foot prints lead to, and that wall goes down the whole block, if it were neighbor he would have opened the gate and walked in. I don't get it. but a Mosburg 12 gauge pump will fix that. I do have kids 1 & 3. Don't think they could reach the ladder. Door is locked and the gate chained now. going to get motion sensors on my spot lights as well

vegas80step · 02-10-2012, 11:27 PM

nope.. it was a drunk guy trying to get down HIS ladder... he didn't remember leaveing the heater on (or even haveing heater) and wanted to know who the hell parked their truck in his garage.. after a failing to get HIS ladder down he to find out whos truck was in his way...

Take a look on your side yard.. you might find a passed out drunk guy....

jitteryguy · 02-10-2012, 11:39 PM

I know a guy that has a 4 camera system that show's video on a monitor, he says you can hook it all to a computer and it will save video for up to 30 days.
say's the whole system cost a little over $100.
I move'd out of a house for 90 days once for a major remodel, we put every thing we didnt need in the garage. I went one morn'n and some broke the cheap hasp off and took two bicycle's, I fix the hasp and my boy's found the bikes stash'd under a nearby rail road trussel.
the next day I came back to find the whole door torn off and much more miss'n !

big_al_71 · 02-11-2012, 10:43 AM

I am thinking this was someone that knows you and was not stealing anything he/she was trying to bring the ladder down and when it hit the truck they said forget it..

OldCreek · 02-11-2012, 04:30 PM

It was your wife.

She's tired of you not doing work around the house, only on your truck. She went to get the ladder to do the work and it was too heavy for her and she dropped it on the truck. Not wanting to get in trouble, she put it back up with much effort. That made her hot and she turned off the heater...besides, she was tired of the bills being so much.

Ask her.

68C15 · 02-11-2012, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by INSIDIOUS '86

Winchester can fix that
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he guards my stuff as well. and he has helpers. Ruger, Remington, Mossberg, Taurus and an Indian by the name of Savage. God help anyone who tries something devious.

MadManAndrew · 02-11-2012, 09:00 PM

Isn't it the worse when they don't steal anything and it's just like...what were they even trying to do? When I first got my 2002 Silverado the door lock solenoids were gummed up from it sitting at the dealership so long so a lot of the time they would take a couple tries to lock or just wouldn't lock at all. Twice someone got it in and just trashed it. And it's not like there's nothing valuable, I had hunting knives, tool kits, etc., just laying around in there, but all they did was take everything out and throw it on the floor, in the seat, etc. Second time they didn't even rummage through stuff, just opened the glove box and then left the door wide open. My guess is they probably got scared off before they were finished that time. Third time they trashed it, broke part of my lower dash (not as if they were trying to get the radio out or anything, it's just a trim panel no where near anything that they deciced to pull off) and did steal something. They ripped the fuzzy dice off my mirror and stole one. That's right, only one. Left the other one. I put up cameras around my entire house after that and havn't had a problem since. Kind of dissapointing actually, I wish they would come back so I would know who the scum bags are.

chrismoore701 · 02-11-2012, 11:37 PM

I will check with my wife tomorrow and I will let you know her reply

chrismoore701 · 02-14-2012, 10:54 AM

She said she does not like to set foot in my garage, so no worries about it being her

fastwillie 696969 · 02-14-2012, 04:59 PM

i just read a story about a thief that left his business card behind ,cops found it on the porch when the thief pulled his gloves out of his back pocket ,one of his business cards fell out .hour later they found the owner at home with the stolen goods

JoetheMobster · 02-16-2012, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by vegas80step

nope.. it was a drunk guy trying to get down HIS ladder... he didn't remember leaveing the heater on (or even haveing heater) and wanted to know who the hell parked their truck in his garage.. after a failing to get HIS ladder down he to find out whos truck was in his way...

Take a look on your side yard.. you might find a passed out drunk guy....

ROFLMAO!

Dunenutt · 02-16-2012, 10:47 AM

That's why I have cameras! If someone is goofing around, I get a video text on my phone. It's scary how much goes on around my house when nobody is home.

There is a fine line between prepared, and paranoia.

OARNGESI · 02-16-2012, 07:13 PM

You dont think it was a homeless person just looking for a place to warm up?

02-09-2012, 06:57 PM	#1
chrismoore701 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Highland, IN Posts: 2,326	someone broke into my garage Well didn't break in, the door was not locked and they just walked in. I had fired up the furnace Saturday night to warm the panels to paint Sunday morning and the person turned my furnace off. No tools or anything missing. I painted the panels later in the week and went to install the driver door, and it looks like they tried to pull my extension ladder down and dropped it from the ceiling and hit and dented my A pillar. not bad, but enough to piss me off. the truck is still in primer so not the end of the world, but why would they take my ladder and put it back, or try to take it. maybe when they dropped it they bolted, but it was still hanging up. I don't get it. However a great slap in the face to tell me to LOCK my garage. thank god nothing was really damaged or stolen __________________ Chris _______________________________ 1979 Chevy Stepside SPORT 2018 Chevy Silverado, 39 years apart My build 2008-2016. http://m.imgur.com/a/bURrE

02-09-2012, 07:07 PM	#2
squaredaway Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Leesville, LA Posts: 157	Re: someone broke into my garage If this were me, I'd blame my wife. 1. She calls my truck the other woman. 2. I swear the woman could freeze a polar bear out of our house in the winter and drive the devil out in the summer. But hey, I have low utility bills. __________________ 1987 Silverado 6.0/4L80E 5/7 Drop, 20x8.5(245/45)/20x10(295/45) Coy C5s

02-09-2012, 10:02 PM	#3
cjlinkster Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Atlanta ga Posts: 150	Re: someone broke into my garage That makes very little sense! Unless if they were just checking out the inventory and are planning on coming back later. Is there a chance that a neighbor or family member was just going to borrow the ladder? Why would they turn off the furnace? __________________ 1984 C20, 454, 4 speed named "Gold Member"

02-09-2012, 10:26 PM	#4
Car'n'Guitars Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 1,308	Re: someone broke into my garage At least they cared enough to turn off the furnace in concern that you might burn your garage down. Do you have kids, that sounds like something I would have done when I was 11-12 years old. Kids will never tell when they damage something or break something. __________________ 1985 Chevrolet K10 Custom Deluxe---SOLD 1997 Ram 2500 5.9 Cummins 1985 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 1987 Chevrolet K10 Silverado "The Beast" build 1987 Silverado http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post6150257

02-09-2012, 10:41 PM	#5
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02-09-2012, 11:08 PM	#8
Sillyoldman #16876 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Auburn WA Posts: 12,266	Re: someone broke into my garage It's perfectly logical. Thieves are idiots. They stole the ladder to get up on the garage roof so that they could slide down the chimney. When they discovered that there was not a chimney they returned the ladder and left defeated. Oh and tripped over the cord. __________________ Posted via Stationary Device '71 Custom Deluxe C-20 402. '67 Buick Special 455. '49 Plymouth Special Deluxe. *"I love that old car smell"* *Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.*

02-10-2012, 02:31 AM	#9
motornut 78K & 79C Jimmys Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ottawa Ont CANADA Posts: 7,901	Re: someone broke into my garage furnace was too noisy, after dropping the ladder they turned it off,to see if you heard them lol or someone tried to borrow it,thought you left the furnace on... __________________ John 1978 GMCJimmy4X4-350/203 1979 GMCJimmy4X2-305/350

02-10-2012, 08:43 AM	#10
jeffg1010 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Mooresville, NC Posts: 2,677	Re: someone broke into my garage I am thinking it was a neighbor. Thought he would borrow it real quick without asking. Saw the heater on, turned it off thinking you had left it on. At that point, he thought he was doing a good deed, and probably had plans of telling you he borrowed it. Then, he dropped the ladder, damaged your truck, and changed his mind so he didnt get caught. Walk out in your yard and look to see who STILL has their Christmas light up. That's the guilty party. __________________ Jeff 1972 Blazer CST 2wd- My son Sam's Project "S" Project "S" 1970 Suburban - SOLD "One Bad Burb" Photobucket Album 1986 C30 Crewcab - 63K original miles, original paint Members I have met: mikey531, gcburdic, bashed, burbman69, TonyPieras, Blazester, GCncsuHD, custombuilt67-72, tsnow678, highrpm, PanelDeland, tanman722001, 47thriftmaster, babyblueoval, 68stepbed, JesseWebb, Andy4639, xs-style, TobyArnot, BigOrange, frednoah, brn_agn, k5hart, Graham57a, bhelton, AJohn6, SilverC10, 69CST, '71 Flame, RaceAGMC, Liz, Josh, MattPSU, 68corvair, Chevy350V8, mdeal, ccrorymc, mrhurt73, dmxxpert, Custom68, 84GMC, BionicABs1, BigBlockBurris, Ebfabman, ATP...

02-10-2012, 09:52 AM	#11
chrismoore701 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Highland, IN Posts: 2,326	Re: someone broke into my garage The crazy thing is I went to the garage to turn the furnace on around 7PM and noticed the break in around 8AM who is going to do Christmas lights between then. the other thing is I have a condo complex in my back yard with a 6' stone wall. that is where the foot prints lead to, and that wall goes down the whole block, if it were neighbor he would have opened the gate and walked in. I don't get it. but a Mosburg 12 gauge pump will fix that. I do have kids 1 & 3. Don't think they could reach the ladder. Door is locked and the gate chained now. going to get motion sensors on my spot lights as well __________________ Chris _______________________________ 1979 Chevy Stepside SPORT 2018 Chevy Silverado, 39 years apart My build 2008-2016. http://m.imgur.com/a/bURrE

02-10-2012, 11:27 PM	#12
vegas80step Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 329	Re: someone broke into my garage nope.. it was a drunk guy trying to get down HIS ladder... he didn't remember leaveing the heater on (or even haveing heater) and wanted to know who the hell parked their truck in his garage.. after a failing to get HIS ladder down he to find out whos truck was in his way... Take a look on your side yard.. you might find a passed out drunk guy.... __________________ I drive a lowered Chevy, a lifted Ford and I have a 62 VW bug stripped down in the garage. Which "Piss on" sticker do I buy?

02-10-2012, 11:39 PM	#13
jitteryguy GoatLube Experss Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: clarksville, Tn. Posts: 1,337	Re: someone broke into my garage I know a guy that has a 4 camera system that show's video on a monitor, he says you can hook it all to a computer and it will save video for up to 30 days. say's the whole system cost a little over $100. I move'd out of a house for 90 days once for a major remodel, we put every thing we didnt need in the garage. I went one morn'n and some broke the cheap hasp off and took two bicycle's, I fix the hasp and my boy's found the bikes stash'd under a nearby rail road trussel. the next day I came back to find the whole door torn off and much more miss'n ! __________________ *Goat Lube Express*, locations in Qalat,Afghanistan & Clarksville, Tn. '87 R30 dually 454/TH400 '85 1/2 ton CCSB '92 S10 350/350 '84 MonteCarlo 383/PG/9"ford '78 Malibu wagon 350/350 '78 Cutlass (project family car) '96 S10 Jimmy (Moma's)

02-11-2012, 10:43 AM	#14
big_al_71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 11,375	Re: someone broke into my garage I am thinking this was someone that knows you and was not stealing anything he/she was trying to bring the ladder down and when it hit the truck they said forget it.. __________________ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild

02-11-2012, 04:30 PM	#15
OldCreek Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Central Coast California Posts: 1,026	Re: someone broke into my garage It was your wife. She's tired of you not doing work around the house, only on your truck. She went to get the ladder to do the work and it was too heavy for her and she dropped it on the truck. Not wanting to get in trouble, she put it back up with much effort. That made her hot and she turned off the heater...besides, she was tired of the bills being so much. Ask her. __________________ 1972 K20 Suburban 5.7/700r4/NP205 Dana 44/H052 Sold 1972 C10 5.3L/4L60E 12bolt 5Lug - Sold 1971 K5 Blazer 6.0L LQ9 4L60E NP205 Dana 44/H052!!! 1970 K3500 1ton CrewCab 8.1L/Allison1000/NP205 Dana 60/14B!!!! - Sold 1984 K10 SWB 7.4L/4L80e/NP208 Corp 10/12 bolt Sold 1988 V30 CCLB 7.4L/TH400/NP205/Dana 60/Dana 70/3.73!!! (Sold) 2003 K2500HD 8.1/Allison1000/NP263

02-11-2012, 09:00 PM	#17
MadManAndrew Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 920	Re: someone broke into my garage Isn't it the worse when they don't steal anything and it's just like...what were they even trying to do? When I first got my 2002 Silverado the door lock solenoids were gummed up from it sitting at the dealership so long so a lot of the time they would take a couple tries to lock or just wouldn't lock at all. Twice someone got it in and just trashed it. And it's not like there's nothing valuable, I had hunting knives, tool kits, etc., just laying around in there, but all they did was take everything out and throw it on the floor, in the seat, etc. Second time they didn't even rummage through stuff, just opened the glove box and then left the door wide open. My guess is they probably got scared off before they were finished that time. Third time they trashed it, broke part of my lower dash (not as if they were trying to get the radio out or anything, it's just a trim panel no where near anything that they deciced to pull off) and did steal something. They ripped the fuzzy dice off my mirror and stole one. That's right, only one. Left the other one. I put up cameras around my entire house after that and havn't had a problem since. Kind of dissapointing actually, I wish they would come back so I would know who the scum bags are. __________________ 1955 Chevy 3600 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...61#post8589061

02-11-2012, 11:37 PM	#18
chrismoore701 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Highland, IN Posts: 2,326	Re: someone broke into my garage I will check with my wife tomorrow and I will let you know her reply __________________ Chris _______________________________ 1979 Chevy Stepside SPORT 2018 Chevy Silverado, 39 years apart My build 2008-2016. http://m.imgur.com/a/bURrE



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02-14-2012, 10:54 AM	#19
chrismoore701 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Highland, IN Posts: 2,326	Re: someone broke into my garage She said she does not like to set foot in my garage, so no worries about it being her __________________ Chris _______________________________ 1979 Chevy Stepside SPORT 2018 Chevy Silverado, 39 years apart My build 2008-2016. http://m.imgur.com/a/bURrE

02-14-2012, 04:59 PM	#20
fastwillie 696969 ~Rest In Peace~ Join Date: May 2005 Location: CALIFORNIA NOR CAL Posts: 9,707	Re: someone broke into my garage i just read a story about a thief that left his business card behind ,cops found it on the porch when the thief pulled his gloves out of his back pocket ,one of his business cards fell out .hour later they found the owner at home with the stolen goods __________________ is it fast ? it has a lighting bolt donut? B___H please, I can remove 90% of your so called "beauty" with a kleenex

02-16-2012, 10:47 AM	#22
Dunenutt Newbee Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 1,406	Re: someone broke into my garage That's why I have cameras! If someone is goofing around, I get a video text on my phone. It's scary how much goes on around my house when nobody is home. There is a fine line between prepared, and paranoia. __________________ My Build, http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...58#post4464158

02-16-2012, 07:13 PM	#23
OARNGESI Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: CASA GRANDE AZ Posts: 4,276	Re: someone broke into my garage You dont think it was a homeless person just looking for a place to warm up? __________________ 70 SWB STEPSIDE 70 BLAZER 09 challenger

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