Tractor Theft Prevention

[M5farms]

this reminds me i forgot to look this morning and see if the tedder tractor was still sitting in the hayfield just off the main highway. maybe some one wanted a joyride and teddered the hayfield for me again.

Some things in life are more important than material things.

 

[CMV]

I don't really bother to lock anything at my place and I leave my keys in most of my equipment. Were not far from town but we live on a dead-end road in a rural area and don't get many visitors coming up our road unless they know someone or have some business back in here. It might have something to do with all the gunfire that goes on around here in the evening and on weekends.

My property is primarily a live fire range. Surprising, but the gunfire attracts the looky-loos.... even more surprising, it attracts the deer who will hop the fence to get IN while I'm shooting....

But the mentality (of the people - who knows what the deer are thinking...) is "oh, somebody is sure shooting an awful lot. Let me go pester them"

 

[Tractorable]

Conceal a GPS tracker in your tractor. The Spot Trace anti-theft tracking device has a motion detector and sends you a message the moment it detects movement. It leaves a breadcrumb trail and can be monitored from an app on your phone or from a computer.

Make sure when you conceal it that the device has a clear view of the sky and isn’t concealed under anything metallic. For indefinite life span hard wire it to 12V power.

If stolen, call the cops and give them the coordinates of the new location or put the perps at the wrong end of a gun (not that I would condone any kind of violence).

I keep one in my classic car just for this scenario.

SPOT Trace Anti-Theft Tracking Device Black One Size Amazon.com: SPOT Trace Anti-Theft Tracking Device Black One Size: GPS & Navigation

 

[oosik]

I'm very remote. My 80 acres is at the very end of my mile long driveway. I'm the only person using my driveway. Thirty six years here - two times - a pickup with two guys were just "check out the new driveway". Had to come thru two gates - both signed with big No Trespassing signs.

I held them - the County Sheriff took them into custody and figured it out. I don't fool around - you come into my yard - I dam well better know you or know you are coming or you will have an appointment with the County Sheriff.

I'm know far and wide as the 'ol SOB who turns trespassers into the LEO. The two occurrences happened the second year here. Have had no problems since that time.

 

[dnw64]

I held them - the County Sheriff took them into custody and figured it out.

Is that lawful in WA??

I don't doubt the Sheriff "figured it out" but was he able to convict them if unlawfully detained?

 

[oosik]

dnw64 - I'm very sure if I acted incorrectly - I would have found out - one way or the other. As it was - I never found out what the County Sheriff did or didn't do.

And I really don't care - I've never been bothered by trespassers again. That's the whole point.

 

[jmc]

For a year or so, I had to store my tractor in an unattended pole barn 200 miles away. The dealer installed a hidden switch that shut off the electrically controlled fuel supply. No way it would start when I forgot to flip it back on. If the would-be thieves could troubleshoot that within their attention span, they would probably have real jobs.

 

[Navvet]

Is that lawful in WA??

I don't doubt the Sheriff "figured it out" but was he able to convict them if unlawfully detained?

I don't know about where you're at but around here if they are trespassing on posted property it's not considered unlawful detention, it's holding a criminal for the law.

I also had a senior LEO tell my wife and I "You only have to justify the first shot, all the rest are free. Make sure you use enough to get the job done."

 

[oosik]

I had a State Trooper advise the wife and I - - "When they are finally dead - make sure they are inside the threshold of your house - even if you have to drag them there".


dnw64 - for your sake, I sure hope LEO's respond a lot quicker in your area than around here. A criminal could build the Taj Mahal around here before LEO would arrive from a phone call.

 

[1010]

My tractor would be vulnerable mainly in the fall getting things ready for hunting season, I was thinking about a master power switch, they even have them with keys.
If they want it bad enough they will get it. but at least they'd have to work for it, it might not turn out to good for them if I happen to catch them around it.