Thread: Fried Dough Twist Drills

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

I've the perfect use for 'em... leaving 'em in plain view in my toolbox (along with a few Chaiwanese cardboardium cutting disks) while I lock my Suttons, etc. in the ute drawer.

I'm betting that the pixies will only nick one or two before moving on to better pickings.

Alas, the fixed toolboxes on the tray on my ute are steel, so no thief knows what's in there until their cordless grinder reveals it.

But I should be pretty safe from theft as my insurer required me to fix the toolboxes to the steel tray on my cab chassis with 10mm or thicker bolts, which I've done. I pointed out to my insurer that a severely uncoordinated near blind idiot with a cordless grinder could cut the crocodile hasp on my toolboxes or just open the sheet metal top in less than a minute to get at my goodies, but the earnest adolescent reading faithfully from my insurer's script assured me that I have nothing to fear with a 10mm bolt through the bottom of a thin sheet metal tool box clasping my goodies to the tray as this is proof against theft. Presumably her script writers are the same people currently calculating our soaring home and contents premiums.

I've never bothered to add up the value of stuff on my ute, but I'd be surprised if I could replace it under $25,000 to $30,000 and I'm not carrying anything special beyond the usual range of power and hand tools and sundry fixings etc. They're probably worth more than my old ute.

There's been a bit of media lately that tradie's vehicles are prime targets for thieves as they can sell the tools.

A young electrician I was using a few years ago in Ballarat had his van stolen from his garage and burnt out in a remote forest after all his tools had been removed. Nearly killed the poor bloke's start up business, and caused major stress for him and his young family.

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

I've the perfect use for 'em... leaving 'em in plain view in my toolbox (along with a few Chaiwanese cardboardium cutting disks) while I lock my Suttons, etc. in the ute drawer. ...

You could not possibly be setting up an insurance job?