Gone again

Must be the picture angle. How do those two brackets stop it from the cat being cut and slide out? I’ve seen pics showing where they cut the cat clamp cables defeating that as well.

One owner where I store took a small livestock water tank. Cut it down to fit, raises his rv with levelers and places it under the cat then lowers the RV back down. He had rebar welded on the tank as well. Extreme it seems but you can’t see the cat and that rebar is a bear to cut through.  Obviously he did it for storage purposes and it’s not something you drag along with you but it shows how fed up some owners are.

It's hard to see but at both ends of the catalytic converter I have attached 1/4 steel cable which is wrapped around the ends.  The cable is then bolted unto the chassis.   A determined thief can steal anything but I hope what I have done will deter a thief from considering stealing my converter.  If they were to try and remove the converter they would need to bring a grinder and a saw along with tools to un-bolt the brackets and cable.  I did not take off the heat shield when I painted the converter but there is paint that does hit the converter through the slots.    I have considered adding one of the motion detector alarms but I am not sure how well they would work.  Will critters set the alarm off?? Perhaps one of our fellow PC colleagues can provide their experience with alarms

dave

Dave… I figured there had to be more to the picture than what I was seeing.  Thanks for the clarification. I hope it does the trick

Good luck with that.

 The advent of 4" cordless angle grinders have reduced the value of steel cable, padlocks, etc to nil.

Add a cordless sawzall, and exhaust pipes are easy to cut as butter. Are the thieves unbolting them where you are? Its a cut-and-go thing here. Two cuts takes less than 60 seconds, and no dirty hands.


Around here, the CONTENTS of the converter may fetch ~$15 a pound.  Selling them isnt hard, and any ID numbers etched in are easily obfuscated.

This is on our local Facebook marketplace, you  will see similar in other online sales forums. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/666168434432580

Like AC condensers, sooner or later the laws will change to make cat's hard to sell. But for now... 


An alarm is the best idea, providing there is someone to respond to it.

 Alter your cables so that attaches to a removeable pin, like on trailer emergency brakes, would sound it when the cat was removed. Or if the cable was positioned to be pulled on to get to the converter, possibly sooner!

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61KEfOUUO3L._AC_SL1500_.jpg

https://www.amazon.com/Dumble-Trailer-Breakaway-Switch-Assembly/dp/B07G2RLY2C/

Or live in the country with a big driveway, security cameras and weapons.  Security through obscurity. 

Sorry to hear of your troubles.

I have a friend that his catalytic converter stolen from his Class C while it was stored in his back yard.   He bought a couple of detectors similar to this:

https://www.amazon.com/Motion-Sensor-Decibels-Warning-Security/dp/B07NYXPL4P/ref=sr_1_5?crid=7ELWN22B2G6T&keywords=sensor+alarm+outdoor&qid=1644972245&sprefix=sensor+alarm%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-5

He positioned them in such a manner that the sensors pointed under the unit but they were also sensitive enough to set off when the rig was approached.   I think his have a remote control to activate and deactivate them.    He says they work great and hopefully may save him some misery in the future.    Of course small animals would also set the things off but in the right location that might be good.   I am thinking about skunks, racoons and squirrels that can do a lot of damage.