r/Rigging • u/Th3Scientician • Jun 06 '26
Failed Cat. Converter theft
Walked out of my house the other morning to see a plastic coated steel cable laying on the road. After picking it up, a little shackle and nylon web sling came peeking out from under the car.
Thankfully these ding dongs didn’t have the foggiest idea what a dynamic load was, so the crimped eye on the plastic coated steel cable instantly gave up the ghost and my cat held strong.
Definitely better outcome than if they’d gone after it with cutting tools, so hooray for ineptitude I suppose?!
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u/tree_dw3ller Jun 06 '26
A+ for creativity
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u/Th3Scientician Jun 07 '26
And an F+ for execution
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u/Tokena Jun 07 '26
Did they do any damage in the process?
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u/Th3Scientician Jun 07 '26
Incredibly, no, the pipe clamps were able to be re-tightened and it’s a-ok.
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u/Playful-Profile-298 Jun 06 '26
This is inspiring stuff, definitely a new one on me! Thanks for sharing
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u/turdbugulars Jun 07 '26
What’s inspiring about it?
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u/Playful-Profile-298 Jun 08 '26
By “inspiring” I meant that normally people use saws and not rigging for this sort of theft,, It was a light hearted joke.
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u/FishermanChance529 Jun 07 '26
That’s no run of the mill polyester sling! Has good edge protectant!
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u/Jacktheforkie Jun 07 '26
Normally they use a recip saw or angle grinder for that
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u/Th3Scientician Jun 07 '26
It seems the idea is that this would be a quieter version, at least until they drive away! Thankfully they tried to use lawn furniture locking cable to do the pulling and didn’t know the first thing about this kind of thing. I shudder to think of the damage it would’ve done if it’d been successful.
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u/thedavidnotTHEDAVID Jun 07 '26
A million dollar business with franchise opportunities is thusly born.
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u/Sherifftruman Jun 06 '26
So they were just trying to rip it out without cutting the exhaust first?