Catalytic converter stolen at boat ramp

Just FYI: Had a friend get his catalytic converter cut out of his exhaust yesterday at White Beach ramp on Kentucky Lake (west side between Blood River and Kenlake State Park). Between hours of 1pm and 5pm. This ramp is not used by many people, although it isn't way out in the sticks either. Plus it was broad daylight and there was more than 1 rig in the ramp.

Be careful launching your boat at a ramp that is remote or even one not getting much use. I know there has been a rash of stolen cat converters lately. Hoping this message might prevent a future theft.

Hate that !

That's awful.

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Originally Posted by h20bugz

Be careful launching your boat at a ramp that is remote or even one not getting much use.

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That's pretty much all of them in the area from Oct to April. Nothing worse than a thief!!! Thanks for the heads-up! Hopefully it was reported to the Calloway Co Sheriff's Office.

Certainly makes a person want to invest more money into vehicle cameras!

My late Dad dealt in all sorts of scrap metals as well as Convertors. He took a pic of the ID of everybody who he bought from. If a prospective seller balked at that, Dad moved on.

Police could put a serious crimp on such by going after the buyers. Same goes for those who show up at a scrapyard with grave markers. The end buyer should be held responsible and be able to ID those he buys from. Our local recycle center requires an ID any time scrap is brought in.


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Originally Posted by M R Dux

My late Dad dealt in all sorts of scrap metals as well as Convertors. He took a pic of the ID of everybody who he bought from. If a prospective seller balked at that, Dad moved on.

Police could put a serious crimp on such by going after the buyers. Same goes for those who show up at a scrapyard with grave markers. The end buyer should be held responsible and be able to ID those he buys from. Our local recycle center requires an ID any time scrap is brought in.


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Any time I sold scrap copper in the past. I had to provide and ID and a fingerprint. That was in the late 90's

I understand the horrible feeling when this happens while trying to enjoy some peaceful time on the water !
had mine stolen back in August! :banghead:banghead Still have to pray earnestly to keep the bitterness at bay for those that do this and for those that buy ! as Doug said I blame the buyers just as much ! 5 hours of fishing that day only cost me $600 bucks and they prolly made 30 if that much .

They were sawing them off in the parking lot at the plant. Probably 1000 cars there. Someone always coming and going yet they still saw them off in there.

Man that angers me! I know what type of punishment I’d like to see them get. It would stop that stuff real quick.


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I know of already 2 dealerships that have had their entire lot vandalized. Any buyer would have to know the guy didn't just come across that many converters. They do pay a lot for them. The end game are the precious metal they contain.

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They destroyed a number of vehicles at Alum Creek outside of Columbus Ohio. I worry about ours but I refuse to let it ruin my day on the water, they are to far and few between.

I was always under the impression they quit putting precious metals in them a few years ago.


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Far as I know they still contain the precious metals

There is a local welder who builds cages out of rebar welded to the frame to make it harder to get to the exhaust.

It is astonishing how many commercially available anti theft devices there are for catalytic converts there are out there.

Thats a major problem around here too.

My son had his stolen in his driveway a few years back

Nowadays there are many who will just look the other way and not get involved when they see something like this happening. I can’t imagine the satisfaction I would get by holding my 9mm on some perp while waiting for the cops to arrive. I’ll let the cops take care of it but I refuse to look the other way.


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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

Far as I know they still contain the precious metals

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Rhodium, platinum, and palladium. (I'll throw in) I know this from being in the chemical industry for so many years. These are high dollar metals. How the criminals found out falls along the line of supply and demand. Really interesting on how the metals are recovered from used converters.

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I learned tonight that the scallywags got the CCs from our church van and our Disaster Relief truck. Taking the CC from the Super Duty Ford they cut the fuel tank!

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Rhodium, platinum, and palladium. (I'll throw in) I know this from being in the chemical industry for so many years. These are high dollar metals. How the criminals found out falls along the line of supply and demand. Really interesting on how the metals are recovered from used converters.

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The company I work for extrudes the ceramic cores for the converters. They are sent off to be coated and canned at a different company

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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

It is astonishing how many commercially available anti theft devices there are for catalytic converts there are out there.

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Which ones actually work?

At best it appears to only slow them down. It is kind of a moot point if they tear up other things trying to get the converter.

I mentioned to my pastor, that one of our church members builds and races "stock" cars, and we should take both vehicles, after being fixed, to him to weld a rebar cage around the CCs. All you need is something to dissuade the thieves and have them move on to an easier victim.

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I mentioned to my pastor, that one of our church members builds and races "stock" cars, and we should take both vehicles, after being fixed, to him to weld a rebar cage around the CCs. All you need is something to dissuade the thieves and have them move on to an easier victim.

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A real nasty guard dog with an attitude

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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

A real nasty guard dog with an attitude

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Unfortunately not an option. Our Van and Truck are parked behind the building, so the thieves had ample time to crawl under both to perform their dastardly deeds. The van is normally parked in the garage we built for it and our bus, but it is filled to capacity with supplies for the tornado victims. The bus was spared as it is a diesel, and hence no CC.

Take a brave, foolish ,or very desperate man to crrawl under a vehicle and saw off a part of it. Most use cordless saws. They make a lot of noise.

Today palladium soared to an all time high of $3,440 on fears of sanctions. You can find articles on the web.

That's not going to help at all.

Yeah I see many more getting stolen with prices like that. :banghead I hate a thief!!!

Just a matter of time before someone parks a truck and an empty trailer at the launch and waits.

I might have to cut mine off and sale it in order to fund my fishing trips this year with gas going through the roof!


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I might have to cut mine off and sale it in order to fund my fishing trips this year with gas going through the roof!


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Be proactive. Beat the thieves to the punch. Gas is certainly getting ridiculous