Anti-theft device

[ManAtArms]

Here's my recommendation for a tractor anti-theft device:

-Mark

 

[foggy1111]

Here's my recommendation for a tractor anti-theft device:

-Mark

Oh...Yep....good advice.....who'd want a Kubota anyway?

 

[Redneck in training]

Get a tractor with a reasonable quality reputation that is not popular.

 

[skipro3]

I throw the PTO switch. The tractor won't start if that switch is set to PTO. I checked with my homeowner insurance company and they assure me that the tractor is covered for theft long as it's on my property. My agent told me that as long as it's not required to be registered with the DMV, then I didn't need a separate policy to have it covered. I did up the limit on my insurance by $25,000 for the full value of the tractor new. It was under $100 a year.

So my best anti-theft suggestion is to be sure you're covered by insurance.

 

[fltem06]

We had a rash of equipment thefts awhile back, so I disabled the glow plug connector. Danged if I didn't forget what I did. I removed the chain that was wrapped around the wheels, and was stymied as to why it wouldn't fire up.
DUH!! The mind is a terrible thing...you don't know what you're missing until it's gone

 

[Soundguy]

insurance is good.. pto switch is a mere moments distraction... a prepaired thief will know your machine.. and/ or will know how to bypass it.. or heck.. the old rollback don't care about the pto switch..

soundguy

I throw the PTO switch. The tractor won't start if that switch is set to PTO. I checked with my homeowner insurance company and they assure me that the tractor is covered for theft long as it's on my property. My agent told me that as long as it's not required to be registered with the DMV, then I didn't need a separate policy to have it covered. I did up the limit on my insurance by $25,000 for the full value of the tractor new. It was under $100 a year.

So my best anti-theft suggestion is to be sure you're covered by insurance.

 

[shane]

Here's my recommendation for a tractor anti-theft device:

-Mark

I like this one. Especially with the thought that the intruder did not know ole Rover was lurking about. "Take a bite out of crime!"

 

[J_J]

A couple of hamburger patties with sleepy time powder would take care of that, or one of those tranquilizer guns. I suggest something to make noise, let off smoke bombs, and dial your cell phone. You could dial back to your home and activate the spikes in the road.

You know what, the thieves also read this forum.

 

[Danno1]

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A couple of hamburger patties with sleepy time powder would take care of that, or one of those tranquilizer guns.............

I was reading an article on home security a few years back and it said that any professional thief knows how to handle dogs.


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[BrentD]

My 2 dogs would be making a HUGE racket before the thief got within 20 feet of my yard. I used to have problems with vandals and little minor nuisance thefts like someone siphoning gas out of my car and someone slitting all my window screens, but since I've had my dogs, the problems have stopped.

 

[robertk]

There is a device called tattletale. It cost about $1000. It consist of a base unit that you place in your house and a assortment of sensors that can be placed up to 1/2 mile away. If the sensors are moved or disturbed the base unit will sound an alarm and you will get a phone call from a monitoring service within a few minutes. you can either check it out yourself of have the monitoring service call the police. I think the monitoring service cost about $40 a month.

 

[archerm3]

dogs?

pffft.

 

[stravis]

I keep mine locked up in the barn. Other than that, all I can do is pay the insurance premiums. One thing about homeowners, it does cover your tractor, but only if it's on your property. I use mine at my hunting land, the church, etc. occasionally. When being transported behind the truck, the trailer is covered by my truck insurance, but what is on the trailer is not covered. While the tractor is in use on another piece of property, it's not covered by homeowners. I ended up going with a personal articles policy for the tractor specifically. That way it is covered no matter where it is or what I'm doing with it. Wasn't very expensive, I think it was $370 for the year.

 

[MikeD74T]

Insite PGAMS...Provide Insite into the things that are important to you!! is a company local to me that offers devices to monitor multiple & varied parameters and send a text message immediately to you. You can monitor whether your tractor is running, where it is, etc & call the police yourself if you think something criminal is going on. Their website leaves a lot to be desired for non-technical types like myself but from talking to the company owners they can monitor any parameter that a sensor exists for.
There's a big difference between telling the cops "my tractor was stolen sometime in the last two weeks" v.s. "my tractor's being stolen right now & it's on route xxx going south at the intersection of route yyy". MikeD74T