Landscape Management, February 2011
BEFORE AFTER 19 FEBRUARY 2011 LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET Trucks 11 Plants nursery materials 9 Construction equipment 6 Hardscape materials 3 They knew what they were doing Florida landscaper Corley mentioned previously in this piece is practically starting over At 50 years old and after 20 years in the business Corley says hes been limping along since this past summer Thats because during a 10 to 15 minute stretch in the pre dawn hours of July 19 2010 thieves Marion County sheriff deputies believe there were three wiped him out In spite of what Corley believed to be excellent security measures they made off with his custom 24 ft enclosed trailer three relatively new Scag mowers and a full compliment of STIHL equipment He estimates his loss at 50000 a huge blow for his tiny company Youve heard the term obsessive compulsive asks Corley Thats the way I was with my equipment I took excellent care of it and I kept it clean The hardest thing to replace was my custom trailer It was a steel trailer not aluminum It was rugged They wanted that trailer Everything was stolen from a chained and locked maintenance yard surrounded by a 75 ft fence topped with barbed wire The yard was lighted and was monitored by three security cameras but dew that morning coated the camera lenses with condensation The thieves including the truck they hooked to the landscape trailer were recorded only as blurry images Corley believes he was the victim of a small but well organized gang of thieves a conclusion he reached after learning of several similar break ins in the same general area They obviously had good contacts and surveillance They knew what they were doing says Corley who was PHOTOS BY ISTOCK INTERNTAIONAL INC DIMENSION GOES Now powered by FAST ACTING Dispersing Granule DG Technology the granules disperse through mulch soil and turf in minutes after watering The versatility of DIMENSION delivers excellent PREEMERGENT control of weeds in turf ornamental and now nursery ornamentals 2011 All rights reserved The Andersons and DG are trademarks of The Andersons Inc Dimension is a registered trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC Always read and follow label directions 8 0 0 2 5 3 5 2 9 6 AndersonsTurf com Dimension WHAT THIEVES WANT WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON PRODUCTS MATERIALS STOLEN BY OUTSIDE THIEVES Hand tools 37 Fuel 23 Mowers 20 Handheld power equipment 75
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