Love in SF and have your tailgate stolen?

Good news the Police in San Francisco seemed to have busted a tailgate theft ring.

 

More members should lock their Tailgate.....

 

Knock on wood, my tail gate is still there. In the sunset, there is less foot traffic which makes me paranoid. I installed oem remote lock as my dumbass will probably forget to manually lock the tail gate before I installed it. I also did stalled cali raised cat shields. Haven’t heard of catalytic converter thefts lately in the news, but probably because they just don’t report on it much anymore.

 

Thanks for this report. I live in Alameda right across the bay from SF, and the local report on the news was from the police dept in Alameda, who busted the ring. I had known for years that they were being stolen in Texas and Southern CA, so I had no idea they were stealing tailgates in northern CA. I installed a deterrent on the right side of the tailgate, so it cannot be lifted out unless one was to remove my deterrent, which at night, which is when most tailgates are stolen, they probably couldn't even see it. I also have a PopNlock installed and a Metal tonneau cover on the bed, so as long as the tailgate is locked, which it is 99% of the time, and the tonneau cover is locked down, I feel I am about as protected as I can get.

 

SF is a shit hole

 

No tailgate theives where I'm at however we did have a few people stealing ccs. It took them getting arrested about 2 dozen times before a judge finally give them serious time. Mine isn't protected and they never attempted to steal mine however I did have a coworker who wasn't so lucky.

 

Check out this post on the 2nd gen forum. I made a simple anti-theft device for 2nd gen tailgates. I just made a small batch for third gens. Will post a separate write up soon. For now, check out the link and shoot me a pm if you are interested in parts for your 3rd gen.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...eaker-anti-theft-device.853416/#post-30552913

 

Bro don’t get me started…I left that fine state for many reasons and poop was definitely on the list. Shit hole is not only figurative but it’s also quite literal in many places.

 

Idaho is quite scenic. I really enjoyed my time there last summer.

 

Unfortunately it won't stop the thief and it is reported to be easy to defeat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npl1J3MnqyI

 

I love it when people leave my state, I wish more would.

 

Why in the chit do they make the tailgates removable without removing bolts. For the love.

 

who uses quick detach tailgates?

 

I have a hard tonneau cover and always keep my tailgate locked. Hope that's enough.

 

I doubt that would add more than 5-10 seconds to the time needed to take off a tailgate using a crowbar. The add on theft prevention mods many of us installed are inexpensive, easy to install and hopefully work.

 

You know, when you’re on the go and gotta take it off, leave it somplace (no scratches either) and head out.

 

SaBellCo is a little pricey but cheaper than a new tailgate.

https://sabellco.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=68

 

if they are on my property , can i shoot them while stealing my tailgate ?

 

Do you live in Texas?
Majority of places require life threatening danger to justify use of deadly force

 

Nope, I live in massachusetts.

How about while his legs are sticking out from under my truck I drop a cinder block on his knees, would that be cool?