Locking Gas Cap need a good cheap one

[EastTexas]

Locking Gas Cap need a good cheap one.

I had one for a Ford Ranger before my S10; it was junk. I could still twist it off even when it was locked. It came from Wally World or AutoZone?

[laydout97]

If you are trying to keep from having gas stolen.... theres no point in buying a locking gas cap. Your truck is equipped with a ball inside of the filler neck. I can't think of the technial term. It keeps gas from spilling out in case of a roll over and you can't siphon gas out of the tank either. Sorry I cant help you with the gas cap.

[kms_dude1]

eh.. good luck.. i havent found one that isnt able to not get off. and you can still get into the tank. you just have to push harder on the hose you use to siphon and it pushes the ball in the tank.. ive seen the ball floating when we change fuel pumps

[xtrememeasures10]

Quote: Originally Posted by kms_dude1

eh.. good luck.. i havent found one that isnt able to not get off. and you can still get into the tank. you just have to push harder on the hose you use to siphon and it pushes the ball in the tank.. ive seen the ball floating when we change fuel pumps

Damn that sucks. I had gas stolen from me a couple weeks ago I was pissed. I got one at auto zone and it seems to work fine to me.

[not2radical]

Quote: Originally Posted by xtrememeasures10

Damn that sucks. I had gas stolen from me a couple weeks ago I was pissed. I got one at auto zone and it seems to work fine to me.

I'm a 30+ year veteran professional truck driver. I use the term "veteran" as a badge of honor because I've been successful at dodging, weaving and just plain avoiding domestic artillery with 4 wheels for that long .........unscathed. (Knock-on-wood) But I digress.....................yawn!

The other morn, when I jumped into my rig, I looked at my fuel gauge. It was pegged on E! Some SOB pumped me out of 300 gals. of diesel when it was parked at the drop yard.
How did I know that? I fulled up 1/4 mile from the d/y@4.75 a gal. That prick made me lose all the time and money It took me make my load. In case you can't do the math the fuel theft cost was $1425.00. That plus tolls left me in the red.
I now have a Smith & Wesson 44 in my pickup. If I ever catch some SOB in the process of stealing fuel when I get to the yard, your one dead and gone mother.
To avoid going to the extreme, I bought locking fuel caps.
Good Luck
ntr

[xtrememeasures10]

Thats messed up man. sorry to hear that. But i agree someone who does that needs a bullet in the head.

Quote: Originally Posted by not2radical

I'm a 30+ year veteran professional truck driver. I use the term "veteran" as a badge of honor because I've been successful at dodging, weaving and just plain avoiding domestic artillery with 4 wheels for that long .........unscathed. (Knock-on-wood) But I digress.....................yawn!

The other morn, when I jumped into my rig, I looked at my fuel gauge. It was pegged on E! Some SOB pumped me out of 300 gals. of diesel when it was parked at the drop yard.
How did I know that? I fulled up 1/4 mile from the d/y@4.75 a gal. That prick made me lose all the time and money It took me make my load. In case you can't do the math the fuel theft cost was $1425.00. That plus tolls left me in the red.
I now have a Smith & Wesson 44 in my pickup. If I ever catch some SOB in the process of stealing fuel when I get to the yard, your one dead and gone mother.
To avoid going to the extreme, I bought locking fuel caps.
Good Luck
ntr

[Wrkn prgs]

[greencactus3]

if they wanted it they would punch a hole in the tank

[xtrememeasures10]

Quote: Originally Posted by greencactus3

if they wanted it they would punch a hole in the tank

Yeah there was a bunch of that going on in stl on the news. ppl were going around to car dealerships and punching a hole in gas tanks and draining into a pan.

[daprez1963]

OMG...whats next? ppl stealing water from the neighbor's front yard hose to water their yard? is it really worth the risk from both sides? being the thief and getting caught or the person shooting someone over gas thief and ending up in prison themselves? while it is a shame that we are forced to protect our "valuables"....gas is not any reason to take a life and such talk simply shows the mentality of some ppl here. I would be mad as hell too, but I would not be heading to the local gun shop just to buy a gun to kill someone...word of warning just as you issued yours. be prepared to stand in front of a judge and jury if you ever come to the need of violence over things such as this. your gas was stolen but your life was not threatened....what has this world (or country) come to?

[dngrous_dime]

Quote: Originally Posted by daprez1963

OMG...whats next? ppl stealing water from the neighbor's front yard hose to water their yard? is it really worth the risk from both sides? being the thief and getting caught or the person shooting someone over gas thief and ending up in prison themselves? while it is a shame that we are forced to protect our "valuables"....gas is not any reason to take a life and such talk simply shows the mentality of some ppl here. I would be mad as hell too, but I would not be heading to the local gun shop just to buy a gun to kill someone...word of warning just as you issued yours. be prepared to stand in front of a judge and jury if you ever come to the need of violence over things such as this. your gas was stolen but your life was not threatened....what has this world (or country) come to?

Let me guess, you trust the police to protect you and your property at the drop of a hat, too?

[lowcherrydime]

Quote: Originally Posted by daprez1963

OMG...whats next? ppl stealing water from the neighbor's front yard hose to water their yard? is it really worth the risk from both sides? being the thief and getting caught or the person shooting someone over gas thief and ending up in prison themselves? while it is a shame that we are forced to protect our "valuables"....gas is not any reason to take a life and such talk simply shows the mentality of some ppl here. I would be mad as hell too, but I would not be heading to the local gun shop just to buy a gun to kill someone...word of warning just as you issued yours. be prepared to stand in front of a judge and jury if you ever come to the need of violence over things such as this. your gas was stolen but your life was not threatened....what has this world (or country) come to?

look at my avatar.

[daprez1963]

Quote: Originally Posted by dngrous_dime

Let me guess, you trust the police to protect you and your property at the drop of a hat, too?

No, but lets just say that you were on the wrong end of a shotgun and it was a misunderstanding...who are you going to call? Ghostbusters? We do live in a civilized society still, right? I believe the western days have long since been replaced with law and order...am I wrong to assume? As I said, I would be mad as hell and would protect my property, but to resort to KILLING someone over some gas...come on. You sound like some crazy nut hermit who shoots anything that touches your land or breathes in your direction. I know all too well that the police can not be everywhere all the time....but we are still not allowed to KILL people just because we feel like it. Some states allow the use of a gun to protect your property...but you will still have to show justification, especially if you plan on killing them and do.

[70CHEVY327]

Quote: Originally Posted by daprez1963

No, but lets just say that you were on the wrong end of a shotgun and it was a misunderstanding...who are you going to call? Ghostbusters? We do live in a civilized society still, right? I believe the western days have long since been replaced with law and order...am I wrong to assume? As I said, I would be mad as hell and would protect my property, but to resort to KILLING someone over some gas...come on. You sound like some crazy nut hermit who shoots anything that touches your land or breathes in your direction. I know all too well that the police can not be everywhere all the time....but we are still not allowed to KILL people just because we feel like it. Some states allow the use of a gun to protect your property...but you will still have to show justification, especially if you plan on killing them and do.

well the man is a truck driver and his truck is his life so i feel he has every right to carry a gun to protect his property i dont feel he has a right to just jump out and shoot some one but i do feel he has a right to get a few good kicks to the ribs and to hold the person at gun point untill the police arive.

and if any one can honestly say if some one stole your pay check you wouldnt want to kill them, then you are ether stupid or rich or you are one humble person and if you are the last you are far greater a man than i am cause i would be loading my 12 ga. and going after my check

[daprez1963]

Quote: Originally Posted by 70CHEVY327

well the man is a truck driver and his truck is his life so i feel he has every right to carry a gun to protect his property i dont feel he has a right to just jump out and shoot some one but i do feel he has a right to get a few good kicks to the ribs and to hold the person at gun point untill the police arive.

and if any one can honestly say if some one stole your pay check you wouldnt want to kill them, then you are ether stupid or rich or you are one humble person and if you are the last you are far greater a man than i am cause i would be loading my 12 ga. and going after my check

If someone stole my paycheck, it would be worthless since I have direct deposit (even if I got a hard check....cashing it would be a little hard still...especially since I would report it). But back to the issue...I would want to kill someone, but wanting to and actually going out and buying a gun to kill someone are two totally different things.

Sure, this "trucker" lost alot of $$$ in gas. Did he make it easy for them, because I sure don't hear about this happening on a regular basis. All I was offering was the true facts in the matter. Whether you kill someone or simply get a "few kicks in" before the police show up (which translates to an assault), you are breaking the law. Oh, BTW, remember that a burglar can sue you as a home owner if he injures himself even in the process of committing a crime....which in this issue, means he can sue you for injuring him in anyway even though he is stealing gas.

Bottom line...I can see that arguing this any further is futile. I was raised with some morals and they don't include killing people over pity theft of gas. That is what the law and justice is suppose to do. We have not been given the right to be judges, juries and executioners.

[70CHEVY327]

Quote: Originally Posted by daprez1963

If someone stole my paycheck, it would be worthless since I have direct deposit (even if I got a hard check....cashing it would be a little hard still...especially since I would report it). But back to the issue...I would want to kill someone, but wanting to and actually going out and buying a gun to kill someone are two totally different things.

Sure, this "trucker" lost alot of $$$ in gas. Did he make it easy for them, because I sure don't hear about this happening on a regular basis. All I was offering was the true facts in the matter. Whether you kill someone or simply get a "few kicks in" before the police show up (which translates to an assault), you are breaking the law. Oh, BTW, remember that a burglar can sue you as a home owner if he injures himself even in the process of committing a crime....which in this issue, means he can sue you for injuring him in anyway even though he is stealing gas.

Bottom line...I can see that arguing this any further is futile. I was raised with some morals and they don't include killing people over pity theft of gas. That is what the law and justice is suppose to do. We have not been given the right to be judges, juries and executioners.

wow you must be pretty thick in the head to feel that stealing fuel form a drivers rig is a pety crime and that even touching a mans rig without permission should not be called assult. also i feel sorry for the man that trys to break in to my house and trys to sue me for triping over my garden rake my property is posted and says enter at your own risk. and back to the subject i truely dont feel that there is a judge or officer in this country that would side with some one threating the livly hood of a trucker and i dont know if you keep up with them time but you may have direct disposit but there is some thing called identy theft and i promis its not some thing fun to deal with.

[daprez1963]

Quote: Originally Posted by 70CHEVY327

wow you must be pretty thick in the head to feel that stealing fuel form a drivers rig is a pety crime and that even touching a mans rig without permission should not be called assult. also i feel sorry for the man that trys to break in to my house and trys to sue me for triping over my garden rake my property is posted and says enter at your own risk. and back to the subject i truely dont feel that there is a judge or officer in this country that would side with some one threating the livly hood of a trucker and i dont know if you keep up with them time but you may have direct disposit but there is some thing called identy theft and i promis its not some thing fun to deal with.

well aren't you a barrel of laughs.....
whether or not I feel "stealing gas" is a "petty" crime is not important. its what the law calls it. look it up in your state penal code and see what it defines it as. I bet threatening someone with a gun or worse, actually shooting and killing them carries a great penalty than "petty" thief.....lol

OMG, touching someone's rig...you would almost think that you were actually touching his manhood....lol get over it. while stealing is truly a crime and punishment is needed, last time I checked, we were not handing down capital punishment for gas thefts.

BTW, I do keep up with "them times" and I "promise" you that stealing my ID would be rather tough thing to do seeing as I have some pretty good protection...(ever seen that commercial with the guy's SS# posted on the side of a truck/bus?)...and just to test it out, my name is Darrell Hampe #601-25-3712 and I have a BoA account. Good luck......lol Oh, and if you even bother to try, tell Sheriff Andy Griffin howdy as he tells you to your town's jail in Mayberry.....

[Mikey08]

got one from wal-mart, cheap piece of shit, but it stays locked...sometimes i have a little trouble getting it off when filling up

[eljefino]

All you have to do is draw the gun and say "freeze".

The gas thief will have some sort of tool, funnel, pipe, the gas cap, whatever.

It'll be dark, metallic, and shiny like a weapon.

Punk will flinch before taking off.

Bang.

"I thought he had a gun, officer, I was scared for my life-- I just drew my gun to detain him until you showed up"

[not2radical]

Quote: Originally Posted by eljefino

All you have to do is draw the gun and say "freeze".

The gas thief will have some sort of tool, funnel, pipe, the gas cap, whatever.

It'll be dark, metallic, and shiny like a weapon.

Punk will flinch before taking off.

Bang.

"I thought he had a gun, officer, I was scared for my life-- I just drew my gun to detain him until you showed up"

You never know. When you catch someone in the act of stealing, the adrenaline starts doing crazy things to people. Maybe they have a gun maybe not, but I'm not going to chance it. At that point, I can tell you one thing....... that bastard is not going to get away with taking the food from my family's table without a fight.
My first reaction in that situation would be to pull my piece first and be ready to start shooting before I got close enough to grab that sob by throat. If I kill the prick.....so be it.
If they want to be in the business of stealing from those of us that earn an honest living ....... they better be prepared to pay the consequences when they get caught in the act. They'll get no mercy from me. The world will be a better place without scumbags like them anyway.
ntr

[daprez1963]

Quote: Originally Posted by not2radical

You never know. When you catch someone in the act of stealing, the adrenaline starts doing crazy things to people. Maybe they have a gun maybe not, but I'm not going to chance it. At that point, I can tell you one thing....... that bastard is not going to get away with taking the food from my family's table without a fight.
My first reaction in that situation would be to pull my piece first and be ready to start shooting before I got close enough to grab that sob by throat. If I kill the prick.....so be it.
If they want to be in the business of stealing from those of us that earn an honest living ....... they better be prepared to pay the consequences when they get caught in the act. They'll get no mercy from me. The world will be a better place without scumbags like them anyway.
ntr

Yes, by all means....feel free to hand out the most extreme punishment one person can do onto another. Every state usually executes petty thiefs...Haven't you heard. If you are caught stealing from a bank, convenience store or even lunch money on the playground, the closest person directly affected may use deadly force. Shoot first ask questions later. We shouldn't allow actions such as this to continue. Hard working people have every right to defend their property even if it means shooting people they think (or hope they are correct in thinking) are stealing gas from them. Shoot to kill, because if they live they might sue you. So hit the shooting range and practice alot. We don't want them petty thieves to continue breathing our clean fresh air and share this world with us. Man, what a wonderful world we live in.

[Yogi]

In Pasadena, TX, a man shot and killed 2 guys who had just burglarized his neighbor's house. The shooter has now been no-billed by a grand jury. See video #2 in this link.

[not2radical]

Quote: Originally Posted by daprez1963

Yes, by all means....feel free to hand out the most extreme punishment one person can do onto another. Every state usually executes petty thiefs...Haven't you heard. If you are caught stealing from a bank, convenience store or even lunch money on the playground, the closest person directly affected may use deadly force. Shoot first ask questions later. We shouldn't allow actions such as this to continue. Hard working people have every right to defend their property even if it means shooting people they think (or hope they are correct in thinking) are stealing gas from them. Shoot to kill, because if they live they might sue you. So hit the shooting range and practice alot. We don't want them petty thieves to continue breathing our clean fresh air and share this world with us. Man, what a wonderful world we live in.

Your argument needs refinement. Your thinking is extremely shallow and most of all....... your a conservative that just didn't get mugged yet.

You sound just like another bleeding heart liberal that thinks that it's OK for the slime in this world to continue preying on those of us that play by the rule of law and have respect for our fellow man.
The last thing in the world that I want is someone forcing me into having to defend myself or property. If you want to steal from me........ your term " petty thief " (sic) just ain't going to make it.
All your trying to do with terms like that is to play down the act of ripping me or someone else off. Theft is theft! Abuse is abuse! Murder is murder!
Your term, "petty", can't color wrong into something that we should have to accept as an expected loss because.......you feel.... that's just the way it is.
What may be " petty " to you may be the money for next months mortgage, or worse yet, much needed drugs for my child.
Idiots like you just don't get it.
If you want to live outside the laws that keep us civil...... these laws when broken must have "penalties".
Other than having a spiritual understanding of love thy brother as thyself, which more than likely goes beyond your comprehension, the only other reason that a rational person does the right thing is because of "penalties".
Why do you think people file tax returns?????? Its not because their good Americans and they want to pay the bills for Government irresponsibility. it's because of the "penalties". If you get caught not fessin up to those POS/ IRS a-holes you could be in a world of shit. I would love to continue the you vs. me kind of thinking but......... my time is valuable.
ntr

[not2radical]

Quote: Originally Posted by Yogi

In Pasadena, TX, a man shot and killed 2 guys who had just burglarized his neighbor's house. The shooter has now been no-billed by a grand jury. See video #2 in this link.

Can you, in your wildest dreams, think for one moment that your neighbor would protect your home and your loved ones to that degree. He put himself in jeopardy for them. I want that man living next to me.
ntr

[daprez1963]

Quote: Originally Posted by not2radical

Your argument needs refinement. Your thinking is extremely shallow and most of all....... your a conservative that just didn't get mugged yet.

I would love to continue the you vs. me kind of thinking but......... my time is valuable.

Why, aren't we special. Your time is valuable and the rest of us will just have to live with that...lol

Now you are calling me a conservative when my entire post agreed with you. I agreed that if someone were to step foot on my property and grab my newspaper, the one I paid my hard-earned money for, that I should be entitled to shoot them dead on the spot. I should also arm my kids with guns and if a bully were to try to "mug" them on the schoolyard, they should shoot them dead as well. Why is your gas more valuable than my newspaper..."Thief is thief" as you said it. Petty as it may be, we should all have the right to shoot people dead if we catch them stealing something we worked hard for. BTW, was that gas a direct portion of your paycheck? meaning, are you a owner/operator? Than don't these types just pass on the cost of business onto the consumer or business they work for? If a driver were just an employee of a trucking company, than a loss report would be filed. Is gas able to be reported as a loss to insurance companies? Nonetheless, your opinion that the hard-earned money used to buy that gas entitles you to be able to shoot people dead and that is your right. My offering was to give you a simple warning that you might get yourself into alot of legal trouble and spend a good deal of time behind bars making little rocks out of big rocks. Yes, we live in America. Land of the Free. Feel free to exercise your rights to bear arms but be sure and follow the law of the land when it comes to handing out capital punishment. While alot of people would feel for you in your loss, they also would be quite shocked at your quick to pull the trigger on someone you thought was stealing your gas.

I would love to continue this, but it is apparent that you are thick-headed and obviously someone who is either in his truck or in his trailer.

[Merritj2417]

kill 'em all

[ExtCab96S_Dime]

That is pretty stupid, to actually kill someone, no questions asked, just over gas. I can see carrying a gun and maybe holding the person there until the police arrived, but to actually shoot them for a simple theft? Gay. I bet when all the people here, saying they'd shoot people for stealing, were younger they all stole from someone or somewhere. Why didn't the gas stations you stole from just shoot you? You touched their candy, put your hands on their property. Dumbasses. On the other hand, if I did catch someone doing something of that sort, and did attempt to hold them captive, and they came at me with something life threatening, then I would probably pull the trigger too. But just because they stole, that's not a good enough reason for me.