Basic theft prevention

[Coyote_CS2220]

Amateur, opportunistic or professional theft has been around forever. Some just seem to like thievery. Historically, horse thievery was, well, severely frowned upon.

Depending on the outlook of property owners in an area, professional thieves just seem to know which areas are best to avoid. Hmmm, wonder why?

Amateurs, well may not be the brightest lights........as such thievery can be a very dangerous business. All kinds of accidents can and do happen when heavy machinery is involved.

Good neighbours keep their eyes open and know when there are people about who don't belong or have a good reason to be there. Good neighbours will band together to look after local problems. I live in one of those areas. When someone is seen casing, they are tailed by first one pickup, then soon more.

It is quickly self evident, even to amateurs, that perhaps it would be safer to go elsewhere if you have no business in the area.

Thievery, you know, can be a dangerous business.

 

[Rhorn4400]

I use overseas shipping containers. They are 40 and 20 ft long you can find used ones with metal boxes built over the lock. Much harder to get into than any shed. Also here sheds increase property assessments for taxes but containers are considered portable and not taxed. I also like defend cellular cameras. They have night vision but work best with some additional light for added clarity

 

[grsthegreat]

I use overseas shipping containers. They are 40 and 20 ft long you can find used ones with metal boxes built over the lock. Much harder to get into than any shed. Also here sheds increase property assessments for taxes but containers are considered portable and not taxed. I also like defend cellular cameras. They have night vision but work best with some additional light for added clarity

We use those on construction sites for many years. They have also been broken into many times over many years.

 

[sandman2234]

We use those on construction sites for many years. They have also been broken into many times over many years.

Yeah, that is what they cut a hole into large enough to crawl through at my last place. I had the lock reinforced to make it troublesome, but they still cut thru the walls on the back side.
David from jax

 

[Flogger]

Want to stump them? Get a 7 flat trailer connector and mount it in a place that would seem normal. A spool of wire and a mating 7 flat trailer connector.
The tricky part is to run wires from the mounted connector to essential circuits on the machine and number them. Loop the wire from say the fuel shut off to the 7 flat connector and back out to the fuel circuit. Do the same with the ignition. Take the mating 7 blade connector and wire it to connect the loops. The trick is to make every wire the same color and make the harness look as original as possible. You can wire as many mating connectors as you want to make sure there is always one available. Even if they load it up and haul it off it is highly likely they will give up in frustration before they ever get it to run. I got a call on a stolen skid steer from 300 miles away because it was abandoned on a road and law enforcement contacted me through the s/n. Sounds complicated but it is amazingly effective. Won’t run without the mating connector and all the wires look the same.

 

[JimR]

Your best bet is not to leave your tractor on your property. You will worry yourself to death. Just trailer it back and forth. I have never left my tractor at our 2nd property 200 yards away. Today the thieves are everywhere.

 

[sixdogs]

Your best bet is not to leave your tractor on your property. You will worry yourself to death. Just trailer it back and forth. I have never left my tractor at our 2nd property 200 yards away. Today the thieves are everywhere.

I know a dealer that has concrete road separation barriers around his tractors in front of his building and high chain link fence around everything else in the yard. He says people will steal anything and everything including things they don't want or need.

 

[ultrarunner]

Can you store at a nearby neighbor for a fee?

 

[Flogger]

Another trick I use are signs at all the entrances that warn of live fire range and “You are now downrange!”

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Make home made signs...very crude, bent nails, etc. Slop on white paint. When dry in red write "nO tRupSassin" on it crooked & dripping. Throw a few empty 12ga 00 shells at base with empty cheap whiskey bottle.
Like this, just not as polished.

 

[JimR]

Make home made signs...very crude, bent nails, etc. Slop on white paint. When dry in red write "nO tRupSassin" on it crooked & dripping. Throw a few empty 12ga 00 shells at base with empty cheap whiskey bottle.
Like this, just not as polished.View attachment 3682426

ROLMFAO, good one

 

[5030]

For me, basic theft prevention is having master disconnects on them and never leaving the keys in them unattended unless they are sitting right here in the side yard and that applies to all the vehicles, not just the tractors

Vandals will be vandals no matter where you are though my view is vandalism is higher in more populated areas. I practice due dilligence and have everything insured for ACV.

Have to say I've never had that experience, nor do I want to experience it.

Out here, people in general respect other's property, both real and personal.

Far as Hay Dudette's comments about master disconnects on my Kubota's, I didn't add them with teft protection in mind at all. I added them to take the flooded cell starting batteries out of curcuit when the sit all winter in the unheated barn with no electricity. Don't have the issue of electronics draining the batteries when they are sitting because neither if them have any complex electronics in the to fail in the first place, I added the master disconnects because a flooded cell battery when sitting, but out of circuit, only looses 5% of it's total charge per month and when I park them, I'm always cognizant of the batteries being at 100% charged and... Flooded cell batteries don't fail because of the cold ambient temps, they fail because of HIGH ambient temps and / or parasitic loss so removing them from circuit eliminates those issues. A fully charged flooded cell battery is still viable at -40 degrees (f). Never gets that cold here. I doe's get well below freezing (32 degrees Farenheight) here in the winter. Do the same with my diesel pickup truck and even my diesel lawnmower and the motorcycles.

One thing I never do is run a battery for a prolonged period of time either. They get renewed every 4 years, good or not. My philosophy is any starting battery is a consumable item just like oil, fuel and air filters and gets renewed of a regular basis.

Besides, nothing is worse than a dead battery at the moment of truth...lOf course I don't expect Hay Dudette's snide comments to take that into account anyway. In my view, he lacks the intellegence to deduce things that are better for longevity.