Diesel Fuel Theft is a common occurence and one company have protected there trucks from siphoning.
Fred Sherwoods of Shepshed have purchased a number of anti syphon devices to stop fuel theft.
Easy to fit and robust the TP Anti Syph is an ideal purchase for any truck operator.
aide automotive supply Digraph Transport Supplies this and many other products.
The Road Haulage Association says in the past few weeks hauliers have had an extra £1,000 a truck slapped on to their annual fuel bill.
“On 22 April 2009, the Chancellor told us he expected energy prices to come down,” said Kate Gibbs, head of communications for the RHA. “The opposite happened.” She says this adds more weight to the RHA’s case to drop the planned two pence a litre duty hike in September. If it goes ahead, Gibbs says the third rise in nine months will equate to fuel tax rise of 12%.
The RHA says this will hurt already hard-pressed hauliers. “The health of the UK road freight industry is key to the recovery of UK plc. The healthier the industry, the more rapidly the economy will recover. Surely the Chancellor realises that?”
With fuel prices increasing all the time hauliers should review the aide automotive TP Anti Syph to stop fuel theft.
In May 2009 a Skelmersdale man was jailed for 11 months for the theft of hundreds of litres of fuel from HGV’s at a Burscough haulage firm
Fortunately for the haulage firm an employee had seen Mark Livesley and an accomplice running away from the scene of the crime and alerted his boss. Later that day police found barrels in a field which contained over 300 litres of fuel , syphoned from their lorries.
Livesley, 35, admitted theft of diesel valued at £930 from Grahams Haulage between June 16 and 17 last year.
As the problem of fuel theft increases, aide automotive has a number of porducts that ease the worry of concerned haulage firms. There are a range of anti-syphoning devices such as TP Anti Syph and Van Syph visit our website for more details at aide automotive. Also another product, Diesel Key acts as an anti-theft device and anti syphoning device.
A spate of fuel thefts from cars and lorries has hit North Staffordshire over the past few days.
A quarry in Hurst Road, Biddulph where Two trucks and a Ford Transit van were targeted, Overnight on Saturday between 50 and 60 litres of diesel was stolen from an artic unit parked in Higherland, Newcastle.
The following night the fuel tank of a Fiat Punto in Newcastle had its fuel removed.
Dave Twist, North Staffordshire crime reduction manager, said: “We are warning motorists to be on their guard if they are offered cheap fuel for sale.
“People are obviously buying illegal fuel from the thieves and we are urging anyone offered the fuel to contact us.”
All offences of “bilking” – where offenders drive off from garage forecourts without paying for fuel – and other fuel thefts are investigated.Mr Twist continued: “We are also concerned that such fuel may damage people’s cars due to the risk of fuel contamination. Fixing such problems could cost thousands.
Fuel theft is not stopping and van and cars users must look to protect fuel, aide automotive offer a couple of products to help protect against fuel theft. Diesel Key protects agaisnt siphoning and mis fuelling from cars and vans, where the Van Syph device stops fuel siphoning from vans.
Matthew Burke stated ” We are selling increasing calls from customers who have been hit by fuel theft, for a little cost of around 40 pounds you can protect your fuel from theives.
aide automotive have introduced a new website for the Diesel Key mis fuelling device.
Mis fuelling or using the wrong fuel has become more popular over the last fews years and is easily done. The nozzle of a petrol pump is smaller than a Diesel nozzle, and therefore fits into the fuel tank without resistance. All you need is for something to catch your attention and you have an expensive repair bill on your hands (and sometimes an insurance claim!)
Diesel Key is the only device to help stop car fuel theft, this device will stop siphoning from a diesel car.
Visit aide automotives main site and the mis fuelling site by clicking on the highlited names.
ASDA have recently been featured on saving money through fuel economy performance.
A massive 23 % reduction in fuel use is providing ASDA with great standing with customer relations and environmental challenges.
You can see a full viedo artice at the BBC official website.
aide automotive also strive to promote fuel reduction, using tyre pressure monitoring devices helps reduce fuel usage and again help reduces environmental impacts.
Anti siphon device are also an excellent product to stop fuel theft.
The North Wales Police have been reported to mis fuel 26 vehicles even though preventive measures had been taken.
This demonstrates the only way to stop misfuelling is by using a device that stops diesel being put into petrol cars!
aide automotive have been involved with mis fuelling products for 5 years, DieselGuard the warning device was first introduced in 2003 but has now seen to be replaced with actual preventive devices such as RightFuel.
Click for aide automotive’s website or go straight to our mis fuelling device here.
Read more about North Wales Police’s mis fuelling problem by clicking here.
In these hard times, the FTA have announced a report on fuel duty increases and the effects to many road haulage business in the UK.
The FTA Say…
Increases in fuel duty – the second in just five months – will push many businesses already struggling with the economic downturn over the edge, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA), which is warning of a sharp increase in insolvencies and job losses in the logistics sector.
Further more the FTA suggest that insolvencies will also increase as they have done in the last few years.
To read the article in full please truck & CV .com by clicking here.
Fuel is a massive commodity to any vehicle operatoring business, those that are yet to secure this commodity should consider fitting an anti siphon device.
To protect your fuel from thevies fit an anti-siphon device today!
Fuel theft from commercial vehicles is big business and can be difficult to spot. Matthew Burke explains how to protect the precious cargo every truck carries.
Theft of fuel is a growing problem that the transport industry is not keen to publicly acknowledge but, privately, many operators admit that it is costing them money and putting increasing pressure on already tight profit margins. Nobody knows what fuel theft costs the UK transport industry each year, but it surely runs into many tens of millions of pounds. With rising fuel prices and diesel at £1 a litre or more in many parts of the country, this could just be the tip of the iceberg. Only a fool would believe that fuel theft will not soar, as opportunist thieves, organised gangs and even staff exploit the potential which the rising market provides.
More and more hard-pressed hauliers – and those who run diesel cars and vans – will be forced to seek alternative – illegal – fuel sources to stay in business.
One of the biggest problems transport operators face is that fuel theft via the regular siphoning of small amounts is hard to detect in an industry where genuine fuel consumption can vary by as much as 25% according to a number of factors, such as the route chosen and the way the vehicle is driven. Given this wide range of variables, the loss of 15-20 litres at a time will almost certainly go unnoticed, but done regularly the losses add up over time.
For example, consider a haulier whose trucks average 2000 miles a week, often parking up overnight and thus vulnerable to opportunist thieves and even driver collusion. Each truck uses around 400 litres of fuel per week and he has 250 of them. Losing 20 litres from each truck at £20 a time adds up to £5000 a week and £260,000 a year – that’s a huge loss off the bottom line and yet the haulier has no way of knowing or, importantly, being able to prove the losses are taking place. Neither is it an extreme example: just consider the size of some of the largest truck fleets on our roads.
We should also not forget that fuel theft can take place internally; it is not just something that happens when trucks are on the road. Companies these days spend tens of thousands of pounds on security for their depots but they may well overlook transport beyond trying to ensure vehicles are not stolen. Organised criminals are clever and capable of looking beyond the obvious. Transport operators cannot therefore assume that just because a truck fills up or waits within the confines of an allegedly secure compound it is immune to fuel theft, which may on occasion be perpetrated in collusion with or by depot staff familiar with the in-house security measures and their a few litres to top up their diesel car, parked within the same secure compound, but each instance adds up.
Of course, a haulier would be able to detect the loss of an entire tank of fuel, but quite frankly what is he going to do about it? He has a vehicle possibly stranded, the schedule is wrecked, the customers are unhappy about late or failed deliveries and the police have weightier matters to worry about.
Gangs of organised criminals routinely steal tanks of fuel worth £500 and more and have the infrastructure in place to resell it on the black market. They operate secure in the knowledge that fuel theft is still considered a low-priority crime and that the chance of getting caught is small. If they are, the penalties are even smaller. The transport operator, meanwhile, risks losing everything. There is a clear message from all of this and that is to prevent fuel theft completely. It can be done: simply, cheaply and effectively.
Moreover, if you prevent fuel theft in the first place by preventing fuel being taken from the fuel tank, you also remove any worries that it may involve drivers or staff, and reduce the need for expensive depot guards, secure CCTV and other perimeter security measures. With all these obvious benefits, plus the fact that anti-fuel theft devices can be bought for a fraction of the cost of a new tyre – the entire UK trucking fleet could be protected for a one-off cost of £40 million (set against an annual transport industry fuel bill of £12 billion). So, does it makes sense for operators to specify them for new trucks and retro-fit existing vehicles? Well, yes and no. While security is important it is not everything in the modern commercial world and good intentions are seriously devalued if fitting an anti-fuel theft device unacceptably interferes with operational efficiency.
Unfortunately, until now that has been the reality. Many devices may stop or reduce fuel theft, but in the process they interfere with efficient fuel filling, producing welling, foaming and splashback, and are not capable of fuel filling at rates up to 120 litres/min, which is rapidly becoming the norm as more high-speed pumps are introduced in the UK and Europe. Adding to an operator’s difficulties, a lot of these devices need to be drilled for fitting or glued for fixing and are not transferable between vehicles. Some are too long to stop theft in the upper levels of a fuel tank, others can be compromised with a simple piece of wire to enable siphoning.
Given all this, it is understandable that many fleet operators have been hedging their bets. But the good news is that they do not have to any longer. Practical solutions that work exist.
aide automotive has a range of anti siphoning devices for truck, van, bus & coach.