k0ua
Epic Contributor
Also parking the machine with the cab perpendicular to the tracks helps - hard to winch it on a trailer and take off with it not starting and sitting in that position.
That seems like a really good idea.
Also parking the machine with the cab perpendicular to the tracks helps - hard to winch it on a trailer and take off with it not starting and sitting in that position.
Yeah hold the fuel shut off closed. Zip tie or bailing wire.Battery disconnect, fuel shutoff, a few chains to trees, plates that go over the dash.
Maybe you could even remove a Joystick controller.
Depending how your diesel is shutoff, disconnect the electrical or is oldschool and shut off with a kill lever, unhook the cable or level in the off position.
Yeah hold the fuel shut off closed. Zip tie or bailing wire.
In addition to a beefy tongue lock, I used to pull my trailer next to and up against trees in my yard so you could only get it out with something small enough to move the trailer backwards without hitting the trees with the vehicle. It was too heavy for a person to move and too many obstructions to back a truck up to it. That cost me a tail light once though....
Also after a rain, I couldn't access my trailer without making a huge mess.
No idea if it works or not, never went missing, on my BX way back up under the fuel tank I placed a valve in the line, mainly to keep from pinching it when changing the filter. With the ground clearance of a BX it is a real crawl to find it much less turn it. I leave it at the church from time to time and always park it under the parking lot lights. The local Sheriff deputy told me after a robbery at my house that lots of light on property is a good deterrent. Stops the low fruit pickers especially. Had the power company install a big light on the power pole close to the garage and tractor parking lot. No more robbery so who knows.
Ron
Put game cameras on the the access road/path in and out of your property. At least you'll have something to show to the LEOs if it does get stolen/damaged. Additionally don't leave the trailer with the excavator. And as Eddie said, cordless grinders can defeat just about any locking mechanism, so his idea of a kill switch will slow down or stop most common thieves. It's tough to try and outwit determined criminals.....
SimS