Someone stealing manhole covers in alleys
 

Becareful when you drive in the alleys on the west side (granville street), someone just stole all the manhole covers (casting).

Someone has WAY too much time on their hands

Teeneaged mutant ninja turtles

its like ppl stealing N signs off cars

the fk u gonna use it for

they gonna melt it down and sell it

Seriously, no one steals manhole covers out of boredom or to actually put them to use.

They want the scrap metal.

:failed:

Scrap metal junkyards. I think i recall the junkyard pepople tried to sell me back my stolen aluminum gate for $4 per pound. Gate is about 10lbs so $40. Those manhole covers are quite heavy, large profit at city's expense.

just hope this doesnt happen..

well in that video, the manhole was covered, the truck just hit it open.

that's fucking dangerous, hope no one drives through the alleys

Couldn't you sue the city for damages if you hit a uncovered manhole? And if you know the location, call the city's hotline and report the location so they can have crews out there with replacements.

yeap already did. placed wood boards over the manholes too

^great job! looking out for your fellow man

are they the round ones or the rectangle ones?

if they are the rectangle ones kids probably just lifted them out and dropped them down the drain

Yes, they are heavy, but they are just iron which has the lowest scrap metal value. I don't even bother with taking things in that are iron...not worth the effort.

Now the extra 500 I made selling the old copper pipes from bathroom renos I did was totally worth it-although I think that's where I picked up the nail in my tire.

Good on you OP. That is a scary looking accident.

Great to see the pedestrians/strangers coming to the aid of the driver unlike other crash videos we've been seeing lately.

First manhole covers, then

Jesus christ, stealing manhole covers? :rukidding:

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Now I like to consider myself as a connoisseur of sorts for off topic posts, but this one leaves me scratching my head and derriere as to why you thought it was appropriate to post this here.

1) It's an old video, not really funny anymore and very played out.
2) It's about a rapist, last I checked rapists don't steal manhole covers to have sex with the drain holes forcibly.
3) Why abuse the multimedia abilities of this forum to link to such old, boring garbage.
4) How does one go from stealing pot hole covers to raping people? I guess you could make the argument that rape and stealing man hole covers is both forcibly uncovering holes for entry, however I digress.

I am quite upset with your post.

I'm on 2 wheels. If I hit one, I'd be in big trouble.
Quite possible if I was night riding.

pretty sure no one is gonna steal a manhole cover for fun... its heavy as fuck lol

get your tin foil hats ready...


maybe the contractor who is responsible for vancouver man-hole covers sent an agent to remove them. thus getting a new contract to replace the "stolen" covers.


/conspiracy theory

The price of steel is going up, and considering that manhole covers are inch thick hunks of steel...

You get the point.

Usually they are not make out of steel.. just plain iron. There is a glut of steel in the market right now, and prices are going down due to slow down in China.

Shit like this happens all over in China and even HK..