Inovative anti-theft ideas?

[flINTLOCK]

I've seen 1/2 inch chain at tractor supply. Can you cut that with hand bolt cutters??

 

[swines]

You can cut any chain with a battery operated electric drill with a cutoff wheel.

 

[Soundguy]

Take out the starter relay. On my tractor that takes about 30 seconds as it's located in the fuse panel. With the FEL on the ground + an implement in the back on the ground - if you can't start the tractor to use the hydraulics, it's pretty difficult to move.

Without knowing the specifics of your tractor.. if it is just a simple relay to energize the starter solenoid, then a set of jumpercables and 2-3 gator clip wires would probably allow someone to start that tractor and drive off with it.

I have started allmy tractors, from a gs 46 ford 2n thru my 2002 NH 7610s diesel ( with a few safety interlocks ) without keys on multiple occasions. Neither took much more than a ball or wire to do so.. or more than 5 minutes .. unfortunately..

Soundguy

 

[KennK]

What we need is a "The Club" for tractors - fasten it between the steering wheel and the gas pedal (or brake pedals). I want mine in JD yellow/green please.

 

[schmism]

I've seen 1/2 inch chain at tractor supply. Can you cut that with hand bolt cutters??

why cut the hard chain when you can cut the soft stearing wheel... the thing isnt made out of hight tensile steel!

so he tryes to steel something, gets pissed he cant and slashes all for tires, or cuts the fuel line and lights the thing on fire.... or drags the inoperable tractor upon his trailer anyway figureing he'll have all the time in the world to work on it when gets home. or he brings a portable gas axe (whats gonna hold up then?)

my best advise, out of site out of mind. If they want it they will get it.

an example of my view, i used to take the key to my tractor with me. untill i left it at home (an hr away) and was so pissed i decided to try my letherman on it. wiggled the medum size screwdriver rightinto the key slot and jigle jigle turn... fires right up. At which point i figured it was useless to cause myself the fustration of forgetting the key for the "security" it gave me. (my tractor does live inside a locked pole barn)

 

[cp1969]

Own and use junk...nobody wants it or will bother to haul it off for you.

 

[Hooked_on_HP]

A hiden master cutoff for the battery might discourage the lazy theives. But like everyone has said if they want it bad enough they will get it.

 

[johnk]

Put a Camoflage tarp over it and nobody will see it........Ha

 

[MossRoad]

i lot of people think buddy works real well,certanly after he put his head though a closed car window at the local lumbar yard nobody wants to take a chanch.also he dosn't make a sound coming up in stalk mode

That dog actually looks ticked off!

 

[briancd]

On my gas engine in my old IH I would take the battery and rotor home with me every night. The geniuses would try and put a battery in it and start it but not many of them carried a rotor for a late 70's IH 200C gas engine.

Hi MossRoad- I'm interested - did you ever have a "genius" try to steal it with their own battery or are you just hypothesising? Interested, is all (ie how many bad and determined people are out there?)