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a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves attempting to use or sell your property.
An Essex family haulage business has suffered two truck thefts in less than a year. Jones Transport, a general haulier running three trucks out of Witham, lost a Mercedes-Benz 1628 6x2 tractor to thieves who broke through padlocked gates between 06:00 and 09:00hrs on Sunday 24 January. It was bought last August to replace on Iveco-Ford six-wheeler which was stolen with its trailer in May. "We've been hit very hard," says John Jones, who took over the business from his father. He could not afford to hire a substitute vehicle and borrowed money until the insurance was paid.
The cab of the maroon Mercedes still shows traces of the previous owner's name, Freightcare. Its engine number is 42291120197743 with chassis number 62011325340924
Five trucks have been stolen from the Witham industrial estate since mid-February, says Jones.
Contact Ellis & Buckle's Plant Investigation Unit on (0734) 567890
An MAN tractor on hire to general haulier FB Bugler was taken from a locked compound in Creekmoor Industrial Estate, Poole, Dorset during the weekend of 20-21 February.
The MAN 38-tonner Ireg K916 GNW) is owned by BPS Midlands and carried the company's two-tone grey livery with a small BRS logo. The engine number is 24868480470111 with chassis WMAF511736M157909 i . hieves cut through gates of a locked compound in Oxfordshire last month to steal two red artics loaded with wood belonging to Curnbnor-based timber merchant Timbmet. The vehicles, a Leyland Cruiser registration C210FWL and an ERF E8.250 registration 1961TR, were stolen on the 31 March from Curbridge lorry park in Downs Road. The units are pulling Tasker 20ft single-axle trailers that are free ended and "distinctive", says May.
Chassis number for the Leyland is SBLE4A3ONLBGL9823, engine number 8640173, DOT trailer number 13234307.
Chassis number for the ERF is 71591, engine number 6CTAA24021120544, DOT trailer number 003569.
Contact:works engineer Jim Pitts on (08651 862223 ext 204.
Two skiploader vehicles were stolen from Hales Waste control between 18:00hrs on 15 April and 06:00hrs on 16 April from company premises in Winnall near Winchester The 16.26-tonne orange and black vehicles have registration numbers C598FTM and E705DBM, and engine numbers 8444100 and 8742741 and chassis numbers AF39732 and M167769 respectively.
Contact:R SInden on 10992) 627441.
Atrailer on long-term lease from TIP Rental Trailer was stolen from Tank Clean in Western Docks, Southampton between 9 and 12 April. The 30ft stepftome triaxle skeletal has air suspension and wide single tyres. It was being operated by French-owned Matsolex, part of GCA Group, to carry 20ft tank containers.
The blue trailer's DOT number is A146676 and its TIP unit number is 890205. Serial number is 302513.
Contact transport operations manager Martin Wright or UK tank operations manager David Dunnett on (0703) 334911.