Security from theft

[Kytim]

When i'm done with them, there will be a loss of body fluids but, not because I poked a hole in "them!" Like I said, I know how to use it...well. My daughter also works for the police dept. here.

 

[steve l]

i dont ever lock my tractor when i leave in the field because there is nothing in it worth anything to a thief but the stereo.i hope i have a nice thief and he opens the door and not break the glass to get in,so that way i can still use the a/c that day.

 

[kkcomp]

Long story but I am not sure much more could have been done to prevent the theft.

I have a 4 acre lot I am converting to an orchard. One day while clearing trees and brush a guy stopped and asked if I did tractor work and I said no. He persisted and said it's just down the street. I said no I have no way to transport the tractor. He asked if the trailer would carry it and I said yes but I have no truck to pull it with (Well now I have atruck but not then). The guy drove past a few times that day and I could not find anyone with a truck who was free to come tow the trailer to my house. So I paulled the trailer sideways in the road, wrapped a 3/8 inch stainless steel mesh cable around the trailer, the tractor and a large tree and locked it up. Then I left the air out of the trailer tires and took the battery out of the tractor and stayed there till well after dark. Before I left I locked the gate and for extra measure put a chain across the entrance. The next morning I got back out there at 6:00am the gate was busted down, the chain was cut, the trailer and the tractor were gone.

 

[Kytim]

The next morning I got back out there at 6:00am the gate was busted down, the chain was cut, the trailer and the tractor were gone.

Man, that makes my blood boil!!!!

 

[Eric McCarthy]

Chains and locks are to keep the honest people honest....

 

[Kytim]

Letting the air out of the tires was a nice touch but even if you had taken the wheels and tires they probably would have got it anyway. Thief's have no boundaries.

 

[hodge]

Letting the air out of the tires was a nice touch but even if you had taken the wheels and tires they probably would have got it anyway. Thief's have no boundaries.

Especially considering having a great description of the perp and his vehicle, talking to him, introducing yourself. That is pretty brazen- I'm sure it isn't his first time, and he knows that they won't catch him. Kkcomp, as suspicious as you were, maybe you should have put up a tree cam. I'm not trying to find fault in how you handled it, just thinking how it can be remedied. I would have camped out with a couple of buddies who are skilled with shotguns and spotlights. I wouldn't shoot anybody over a tractor, but they sure would have been seeing spots and dancing.

 

[Bulldog]

And no... darn, can't even wing em' either, that would as well be considered use of deadly force under the law!

David

Never try to wing a thief no matter what state you live in. A theif is like a stray mangy dog. Put them down. Dead men can't testify against you.

The cops told me the last time I was broke in on. A man crazy enough to break in and steal you stuff is crazy enough to hurt you or your family.

"He said to kill them, yes I said kill them. Whatever you do don't wound a theif. If they are only wounded the police will take you to jail and the theif will be free sooner than the shooter would be."

 

[helomech]

I will shoot a thief trying to steal my tractor.

 

[dude693]

hi where is that fuel shut off im interest, on that will it keep fuel from running out when u change fuel filters

 

[hodge]

Mine is on the fuel filter housing. It should be there, or real close by.

 

[dude693]

thanks i have l3800 hope they have one there

 

[Bulldog]

I had to add my own shutoff to my L3000