Destroying Gatso's?

[nistelrooyschin]

Theoretically how do you do it?

Is it as simple as sticking an old tyre around the neck and then setting fire to it? I imagine it'd take a lot of heat to get a tyre going?

[pies]

Apparently and im not suggesting you do it as it's illegal and potentially dangerous
1,Place tyre over gatso
2,fill tyre with diesel
3,Attach something flammabl to a long stick and light
4,Use this to light the diesel
5,scarper
6,return several hours later to view results

[mybrainhurts]

Not being up on the concept of the diesel engine, I'm a bit puzzled. I thought diesel fuel didn't burn, but went bang under compression?

Am I wrong?

Don't think you can pop a tyre round one of those big boxes. The photos I've seen depict a tyre cut in half and slung under the camera with a wire loop.

Never thought I'd condone vandalism but, in this case, I'm sure the people who paid for them, with their sixty quids, will have no objection to the destruction of something they didn't really want to buy..........................

[zetec]

Diesel fuel does burn, though it has a much higher flashpoint. ie. you would have hold an ignition source to it for a long time to get its flashpoint. An amazing fact is that you can use diesel to put out a petrol fire. BTW liquid petrol does not burn only the vapour.

[dick dastardly]

Where do you stick the burnig tyre? If hooping it round the neck, wouldn't it just fall to the bottom and lay on the ground, making smoke cover the lens but not actually destroy it?

I'm sure the man in the know will be along shortly to fill in the gaps

[All Terrain]

Surely the wire is the wire reinforcing in the tyre. and you sling it over the top like you would over your shoulder, at an angle. Thus it stays.

[deltaf]

Theoretically speaking (cos ya cant condone it), the tyre could be placed against the front of the box and supported on the tube that sticks out. The tyre is filled with petrol as it's volatile and the rest is left to the perp's discretion.

As a totally law-abiding and upstanding citizen, i couldnt condone this kind of action by anyone, it would appear to be dangerous to the camera and also the perp! I wouldnt suggest any one try it.

[rich 36]

No No No, youre all wrong, look, you hang the tyre from the horizontal bracket, add a half gallon of PETROL inside it and throw a lit box of matches or firelighter into it,
Take picture and leave
OK?

[pies]

I have it on good authoritythat diesel is the preferred choice,why i do not know

[rich 36]

Try and light a saucer of derv in your back yard then,
it will not light, remeber diesel would actually start to freeze in winters gone by,

[dick dastardly]

rich 36 said:Take picture and leave

The most important part!

[dazren]

Rich don't take a picture. That could be taken as evidence of you being at the scene of the "crime/community service"

DAZ

[DennisTheMenace]

:andchewarmofglassesinainteligentway: there seems to be quite a few of us that are going to pistonfest discussing this , perhaps we should have a gatso roast instead of a hog roast whaddya reckon ??? TED !!

[DennisTheMenace]

Oh just bought "Gatso cooking by J R Delta" a very interesting read

[CraigAlsop]

rich 36 said: Try and light a saucer of derv in your back yard then,
it will not light, remeber diesel would actually start to freeze in winters gone by,

A saucer is probably too small. Back when I was a student, I had a job working for a construction company in Australia. We used to use diesel to light piles of trees that we had chainsawed down. (I had a diesel tank on the back of my truck, with a hand-pumped hose )
Diesel does light, it just takes a short while - but once it is lit, it's a good 'un
Unlike petrol, pumping diesel into a fire doesn't necesarily lead to a big explosion

[soulpatch]

Apprently it burns hotter and longer as well.

Hypothetically speaking - I would have thought that metheylated spirits would burn better as it burns very hot and does not get put out by wind very easily.

[swilly]

Surely grinding a V-shaped cut in the side of the pole and allowing the device to topple over, whilst public-spiritedly shouting "Timber" in a lumberjack kinda way would be more effective....and more environmentally friendly than setting light to it.

This way the device can be recylced and used as a bird table in your garden for example......and you get the benefit of regular in-flight snaps of the local bird population and a useful aid for the pursuit of ornothology.

[minimax]

swilly said: Surely grinding a V-shaped cut in the side of the pole and allowing the device to topple over, whilst public-spiritedly shouting "Timber" in a lumberjack kinda way would be more effective....and more environmentally friendly than setting light to it.

This way the device can be recylced and used as a bird table in your garden for example......and you get the benefit of regular in-flight snaps of the local bird population and a useful aid for the pursuit of ornothology.

because they will use the camera unit again - best bet is to put it out of action

[swilly]

minimax said:

swilly said: Surely grinding a V-shaped cut in the side of the pole and allowing the device to topple over, whilst public-spiritedly shouting "Timber" in a lumberjack kinda way would be more effective....and more environmentally friendly than setting light to it.

This way the device can be recylced and used as a bird table in your garden for example......and you get the benefit of regular in-flight snaps of the local bird population and a useful aid for the pursuit of ornothology.

because they will use the camera unit again - best bet is to put it out of action

Not whilst our feathered friends are nesting in it they won't

[chaparral]

To make it less obvious that it is out of commission, I suggest this means of de-activation. Hammer, centerpunch, lens.