Here's one way to deal with wood thieves

[btuser]

I've put transmitters in equipment so you could tell when their being moved. LowJack for Lumberjack. The first thing I thought of was a wireless transmitter/vibration sensor, or even a cord wrapped around a pile of wood that could let off a siren. maybe even a cheap scale stuffed under the middle of the pile, with an alarm point tied to the needle so when the top would was lifted you get an alarm. I don't know how badly people want to catch their wood thieves, but I'm sure a small GPS or even a beat up cell phone stuffed into a a hollow log would give you the wood's final destination.

Batteries don't work well when its this cold outside, but I would LOVE to know where the wood ends up.

 

[LLigetfa]

Batteries don't work well when its this cold outside, but I would LOVE to know where the wood ends up.

None of my wood has grown legs yet despite being out near the road. I don't know if my dog has anything to do with it. There are a lot of pickups that pull into my driveway and then spin their wheels taking off when the dog goes tearing down the driveway.

I got a lot of meter read estimates because the dog intimidated the meter reader. The hydro utility recently swapped my meter out with a wireless model so now they don't have to leave the vehicle. I have two wireless IR motion sensor driveway alarms but they are not reliable. Too many false alarms. Some day I might bury some wire in the driveway for a proper loop detector instead. I'm also thinking of putting in a gate.