Time for locking Gas caps !
 

News report-
http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pag...Y&pageId=1.1.1

wow , 800 gallons is alot of fuel!

took more than a small pump huh?

Theaves should be hung in the middle of town! That will make them think twice.

Does anyone make locking gas caps ?? What about something to prevent siphoning,maybe installed in the fuel inlet hose.

this is really gonna happen more than ever before this year...

One of my customers just had 50 gallons sucked out of his 30ft Liberator on Lake Cumberland last week. He had it on his lift.

Sure they do......it comes in .45, .40, .357, .44 or if they get far, a .223 !!! Dave

They will still get at it, boats are not secure at all and they will just find a way to either get at the fill or supply lines and cut them.

I was out of town for 4th of july weekend and left my truck parked in my driveway, someone cut my filler hose and drained the tank while I was gone. I had just filled up the morning before I left so when I came back I didn't even look at the gauge, 300 yards up the road she stumbled and died on me. 200 bucks worth of diesel and a giant PITA to get her primed up again, I would shoot the mother f'ers in a second if I had caught them.

Yup, time for some of these:

http://www.iboats.com/Perko_Locking_...-view_id.39393

http://www.iboats.com/Perko_Locking_...-view_id.39388

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...70&classNum=71

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...70&classNum=71

My girlfriend said I should get a locking cap for my truck. I said now they drill the tank. I would rather replace the little bit of gas I keep in it than to replace a tank too. I only use my truck to pull my boat to a ramp about 8 mile away. I probably never put over 1/2 a tank in it.

There was a story here last week about some theives stealing a thousand gallons of gas from a local gas station in the middle of the day!

Where in the hell do you put 1000 gallons and how do you do it un-noticed? Something smells fishy.

As far as the boat, it's 40 feet in the air at my marina. Hopefully my gas is safe there.

Now correct me if I am wrong but wouldn't it be really easy to just take the screws out of the flange? That defeats the whole purpose.

If you can gain access,thru bolt w/self locking nut's.
Nice looking cap C.P. !

1. Through bolt.
2. Most fuel full lines don't have a lot of slack in them, and are semi-rigid. As long as you have a couple (should have at least two) hose clamps on tight, you would not be able to lift it out of its hole.

Tamper resistant stainless screws also from http://www.mcmaster.com/.