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From: Ace on 22 Dec 2009 15:16 On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:00:51 -0000, "Nige" <nigel.inceGETAWAY(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > ><crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com> wrote in message >news:hgr8b2$e73$3(a)news.albasani.net... >> SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> That's the easy bit. >>> >>> Cutting a feck-off great hole in a roller shutter might be considered >>> a >>> tad noisy, though. >> >> Oxyacelelene kit in the back of the van. Easy. >> Our local Yamaha dealer lost his entire stock of new bikes one night. > >Have you even looked at the pics? Hehe. Two hits in two posts.
From: The Older Gentleman on 22 Dec 2009 15:23 sweller <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > I'm a little bit concerned about the length. I've been told it's 15'9" > and the car is 15'8". "Back a bit... a bit more... another foot..." *CRUNCH* "Stop." -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Ace on 22 Dec 2009 15:30 On 22 Dec 2009 20:05:25 GMT, "sweller" <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >I'm a little bit concerned about the length. I've been told it's 15'9" >and the car is 15'8". I had that problem with an XJS when I was living in Milton Kenyes. It would actually fit, but with bare inches to spare, and only if you didn't want to open the wall-side door once it was in. Best of luck.
From: doetnietcomputeren on 22 Dec 2009 16:39 On 2009-12-22 22:27:15 +0100, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH) said: >>>> Now it lives in a container. >>> >>> I've been considering this solution - buy a cheap plot of land locally >>> and stick a couple of short containers on it. >> >> Containers themselves are not cheap. They're also pretty easy to break >> into. Yes you can put a big FOAD lock through the handles, but it's >> pretty easy to chop through the door hinges. Been on the receiving end >> of that several times. > > Didn't know about the hinges - we have the type which have a couple of > loops for a sturdy padlock 'boxed in' with some seriously thick steel. After a spate of break-ins, we moved to using custom made bolt/hasp mechanisms which required a mathcing tool to open. There were 4 tools, one each in Chicago and LA, one in the European site and one with the forwarder in case Customs needed access. Some scrotes tried to break into one, failed, but did enough damage that I had to set about it witha cutting disk. Well, severa disks to be truthful. I seem to recall it took almost 2 hours to get though it. > From what I've seen, containers and land are cheaper than buying a > garage, though. I'm surprised you can pick up land that cheap, but I guess you are in Wales. What's it like getting insurance for said storage? -- Dnc
From: SteveH on 22 Dec 2009 16:43
doetnietcomputeren <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > From what I've seen, containers and land are cheaper than buying a > > garage, though. > > I'm surprised you can pick up land that cheap, but I guess you are in > Wales. What's it like getting insurance for said storage? No idea - not asked. There is land in abundance around here, just not many garages. Garages in modern houses are shite, and I can't work out why you can't buy 3 bed houses with double garages. Although most of my neighbours are (or have) converted the garage to a 2nd lounge - so that probably answers my question above. -- SteveH |