One of my favorite competitors had about $30,000 worth of 750mcm stolen last year right out of the pipe. What they could not pull out they cut the tails off. He suspects his own labor, but it could have been anyone on the job.
OUCH!!! That hurts!
I agree that had to be his own employees, because you're not getting out THAT amount of cable without a really good tugger. Can you picture a few guys trying to pull 750MCM out by hand? Now that would make for a hilarious video!
I'm beginning to wonder if the solution for at the least for "big time" copper theft like this is simply aluminum. Our aluminum can deposit is probably greater than the scrap value of the can itself, and you see aluminum can litter all over.
Joe