i was under attack 2 years ago, first attempt to steal my toyota hilux was twarted because they were disturbed, they had come round back of a field and we were woken up by animals out? anyway talking to my cousin whos in the motortrade he said that they would be back and sure enough two weeks later a gang found my vechicle hidden in barn pushed it out and broke gates open and stole it? my question is this, are these thefts to order do they end up abroad and if so surely the ports and checks should be put into place? comments please
Where Does All This Stolen Plant, Tractors, Cars Go?
- Thread starter bluebell
- Start date
- Location
- Fife
Into a container and Eastern Europe or Ireland.
Ports don't check every container, probably not even 10%. And they certainly don't VIN against number plates.
- Location
- The North
As i understand port check are more heavy on imports not so much on exports, so they get out fairly easy, not sure of this as its only what ive heard but makes some sense.
Easter europe north africa i would guess.
Easter europe north africa i would guess.
Scribus
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- Location
- Central Atlantic
I doubt that Ireland is quite the market for stolen kit that many think it is. Cars have to be reregsitered over here and the UK number and paperwork surrendered which is a deterrent although by no means foolproof. Neither do I hear talk of stolen kit coming in, the farming community loves a good gossip and rumours of dodgy tractors or implements would be rife if they were around in any great number. Ireland does import a lot of used machinery, tractors mainly, but it doesn't follow that it's all nicked from the UK, farmers can afford honest equipment nowadays.
- Location
- North West England
Eastern Europe and Africa.
farmerm
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- Location
- Shropshire
I read less than 1% of containers get checked as they are being imported into UK, I doubt anything is checked on the export side and I doubt many if any container originating from the UK are checked entering Europe. Some vehicles probably just drive on to ferry using cloned plates
farmerm
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
I think some African countries have pretty high import tarrifs on vehicles so would be more likely to get checked on import than into Eastern Europe... but then it is still just a case of slipping a few dollars to the right people....
Chasingmytail
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- Location
- Newport, SE Wales
Where does it go first though? IMO this stuff doesnt go far. A local farmer was renting out sheds a while back they think a gang was going this before breaking up and shipping out. Issue was he took cash and no details. Nice job mate. Things like tractors cant go far, vehicles can have cloned plates put on but big stuff is local until shipped.
- Location
- Limousin
I am surprised C4 haven't done a programme about it yet, as it's got to be more lucrative than piglets. 
farmerm
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
I have it from reliable police sources that machines with trackers fitted are frequently located in this area... I guess those involved must live nearby, if only the police could work out where and take action....
- Location
- south norfolk
Think clarkson and co said on one of their Eastern European jaunts that most of the vehicles there where stolen,probably from the uk
Nick...
Nick...
Shughie McFee
Member
eastern europe. cheap grain and criminals. happy to be corrected.
- Location
- Westish Suffolk
Why don't manufacturers fit trackers to farm kit as standard? No expert in this, but others say this would virtually eradicate the crooks..
farmerm
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
If trackers fitted as standard everyman and his dog would soon know where the trackers were fitted and how to remove or disable them
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Trackers are brilliant. I’ve got a JCB 320S loader that conked out the other day. It is on JCB Livelink. I rang the dealer and he went on his computer and immediately saw that the fuel rail pressure was too low, caused by a failing electric pump on top of the filter. It told him that they has a modified brushless motor in stock and exactly where the machine was to come and fix it.
An hour and a half later, It was up and running again.
I’ve been up to to JCB World Parts centre and seen their giant screen, showing exactly where in the world all their machines are, if moving how fast, what the temperature of all the fluids are, how much of each fluid is in them, when it was last serviced, etc.
An hour and a half later, It was up and running again.
I’ve been up to to JCB World Parts centre and seen their giant screen, showing exactly where in the world all their machines are, if moving how fast, what the temperature of all the fluids are, how much of each fluid is in them, when it was last serviced, etc.
OK so long as the technology doesn’t cause the breakdown.
- Location
- Somerset UK
i went quad biking in Morocco on the beach, all different types of quad, probably all nicked.
Lincs Lass
Member
- Location
- north lincs
Volvo are the same ,live link to head office monitoring every move a machine makes ,service fitter can tell where a machine is
Grassman
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
I was told by police the checks on containers leaving the country is virtually nil unless there is some in obviously suspicious or they have intelligence.
The ports just want things in and out as quickly as possible.