Prime Trailer Leasing Blog

We have all seen the commercials for those precious metal buyers offering to buy your gold, or to sell your jewelry.  Why have we seen so many of them?  Well, the demand for precious metals has grown so large that many thieves and robbers are  actually breaking into construction sites, foreclosed houses, trailer yards, and other secured yards to steel the copper from plumbing lines, or electrical wiring.  They then take the copper and sell it to the scrapper and make their money.

While this has always been around to some degree, it has grown into an epidemic over the past few years.  It has shown up in places like denver, salt lake city,  reno, billings and other US cities.  It is estimated the cost of copper theft will total close to 1 billion dollars this year alone.  Unfortunately, the trend is on the rise, and it is difficult to catch these criminals as it takes very little time to cause the damage.

What truly makes this type of theft so devastating is the collateral damage it inflicts on the personal property of the victim.  Foreclosed homes are broken into and then hacked into a jigsaw puzzle by chainsaws to get to the wiring in a matter of minutes.  Semi Trailers are robbed in a few short minutes and a few well placed cuts and pulls, leaving the trailer with 1000-1500 dollars worth of electrical repairs.

So what can be done to solve this epidemic?  Since the demand of the product is still high and most likely going to remain high over the next few years, the incentive for robberies will sustain as well.  Prime Trailer Leasing has made some steps to ensure this does not happen to us and recommend you do the same given the gravity of this epidemic:

• Hire a Security Service: Given the collateral damage costs of this type of robbery, it is worth it hands down to hire a security guard.  Prime Trailer Leasing is a Guarded Facility, with security cameras, and a team of security officers on duty 24 hours a day.  Given we are the largest trailer rental company in Denver, it makes perfect sense for us to have this level of security.  If you do not have as many assets to risk, you can still hire a smaller security team to ensure your safety.
• Lighting: Criminals are less likely to rob a well lit place, so it only makes sense to have a yard or house that stays well lit.  The cost of electricity is well worth the level of protection it brings.
• Raise Awareness: We blog about these issues to raise awareness.  It is much better to be aware of the situation BEFORE you are a victim than after the damage has been done.

We hope you link to this and spread the word, as awareness is the best tool.  Good standing citizens well outweigh the criminals, so staying close as a community and working to protect our own assets as well as those of our neighbors can make all the difference.

Be Safe Out There – Help Us Spread The Word!