Chain Link Fence Advice

[ultrarunner]

Is 6 GA chain link fabric the answer to beef up security on an 11 GA fence that gets cut at least once a week?

Had Razor wire but no longer allowed.

Dogs a problem due to barking.

Kind of out of answers when thives have get out of jail cards...

 

[tallyho8]

If they want to get in that bad and that often, thicker wire won't help much. Maybe good security cameras or hidden game cameras would help catch them. You must have something on that property that they want awful bad.

 

[kenmac]

If you spend the money to up grade. They'll just cut it too. small bolt style cutters will cut it like butter
Even better is a battery powered grinder with cut off wheel

The thieves around here have been using these small battery powered grinders to gut CAT's, and DPF's off new vehicles in the dealership lots

 

[ultrarunner]

The property is leased for 2500 per month for auto dealer overflow storage.

It has a small office, concrete block washroom and perimeter fencing and detail canopy.

The 125' along the back alley is breached a couple of times a week the last 6 months.

Mostly after catalytic converters and tires.

Barking dogs would never fly due to noise ordinance and cameras really have no value as law enforcement rarely comes out for property crimes.

My thought is a heavier material would at least demonstrate action on the part of the owners...

The local post office had 10' curved pickets that seem to be holding up...

 

[jaxs]

Police not coming out for property crimes tell's you it will get worse before it get's better. How many times have you seen video of people walking away when police tell them to stop? Even if a night watchman was on site,thieves would attack or run if the watchman caught them.

 

[workinonit]

What you need is a bad ***** dog that doesn't bark. They are a lethal weapon. He just goes about his business. I don't think there is anything in the world I hate worse than a thief/criminal. If one comes on my property the only thing that will save him from a bullet is if he's carrying Baby Jesus in his arms.

 

[dougtrr2]

Motion detection lights and horn?

Doug in SW IA

 

[tallyho8]

A moat filled with alligators?

 

[ultrarunner]

I can see why many places around the world have fortfied homes and business districts.

Since the May riots/lootings business districts with open businesses are still littered with boarded up glass. Even skyscrapers downtown have first floors a sea of plywood.

A lot of Mom and Pop have spent heavily to install steel roll up store fronts and sissor gates.

The lot had Razor wire for years along the back but code enforcement mandated removal saying razor wire projects the wrong image...

This is same city that surcharges 6k additional property tax on each vacant parcel.

The city did send a postcard saying a new ordinance waves fees for homeless camps and vacant property owners are encouraged to apply. Program to be funded by redirecting money from police dept.

Check with liability insurance this morning and unattended guard dogs are excluded from coverage.

Post Office gets hit with grafiti but so far the iron fence is intact.

The period from about 2013 to 2019 was like a rebirth... vacant commercial renovations/leases... people moving into the area... it was a long time in coming but it's as bad now as ever...

A body shop extended a 15' high block wall topped with razor wire and had to get rid of wire so went to 6ga with barbs

 

[jaxs]

I can see why many places around the world have fortfied homes and business districts.

Since the May riots/lootings business districts with open businesses are still littered with boarded up glass. Even skyscrapers downtown have first floors a sea of plywood.

A lot of Mom and Pop have spent heavily to install steel roll up store fronts and sissor gates.

The lot had Razor wire for years along the back but code enforcement mandated removal saying razor wire projects the wrong image...

This is same city that surcharges 6k additional property tax on each vacant parcel.

The city did send a postcard saying a new ordinance waves fees for homeless camps and vacant property owners are encouraged to apply. Program to be funded by redirecting money from police dept.

Check with liability insurance this morning and unattended guard dogs are excluded from coverage.

Post Office gets hit with grafiti but so far the iron fence is intact.

The period from about 2013 to 2019 was like a rebirth... vacant commercial renovations/leases... people moving into the area... it was a long time in coming but it's as bad now as ever...

A body shop extended a 15' high block wall topped with razor wire and had to get rid of wire so went to 6ga with barbs

That behavior by government has come to be expected on the left coast and you know what they say,"what's happening in California today will soon be happening in your nieghborhood." Here's testament to that. Austin Texas defunded their police department and the governor had to put the Tx Dept Of safety (Highway Patrol) in charge before crime got out of hand. I doubt any place ha triditionally been more strict on crime than Texas so this is significant.