Taking a Bite Out of Theft

Steps you can take to protect your equipment


  When John Klevanosky came to work at JK Landscapes in Naples, Fla., one morning last April, everything looked normal. "The gate was closed and the lock was on it," he recalls. But soon his employees came running to report that the company had been robbed. Missing were blowers, trimmers, chain saws, hedge trimmers and other hand-held tools with an estimated value of several thousand dollars.
  Klevanosky says the thieves knew exactly what they were looking for. "We had mowers out there and the keys were in them, but they didn't touch those. They wanted the hand-held stuff ... (Read More...)

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