Farm building security, deterrents, good ideas?

[farmerm]

@PostHarvest

That's the paradox of overt target hardening. The more obvious the security measures are, the more the scrotes think that there's something inside that's really worth nicking.

thats the trick though.. you overty harden a target that is actually pretty empty so they waste their time and energy getting in there but then keep the good stuff someplace hidden but unsecured tucked in a corner behind some bales or waste plastic

 

[Swarfmonkey]

Wouldn't be the first time that's been done, and at quite a scale as well. A certain dictator in the middle eastern did precisely that. Bunkers and concrete shelters tooled up to the max with security left as the obvious targets, with the kit that had formerly been inside them hidden in the desert. Literally in the desert. Buried in it.

 

[Hardy]

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[ollie989898]

Hide stuff as best you can.

Padlocks need to be used with special hasps so that they can't be attacked very easily. The ones I have seen are where the door/gate has a matching half that fits neatly with what it shuts against to form a tall box, with the padlock then being inserted from underneath. Makes it difficult to get near the loop or actually parts that hold the gate or door shut.

Surround the site with a soil bank to stop ram raids and make the entrance very difficult to enter with a vehicle, this makes it a lot less attractive to enter in the first place.

Beware block, wood or concrete walls may be knocked in or down to gain entry. Build a strong room for tools.

 

[Robt]

Dig a pit with, put stuff in , big heavy 2 ton conrete block on top of door to pit that opens upwards. Then only you with telehandler etc can open it?

 

[YELROM]

Dig a pit with, put stuff in , big heavy 2 ton conrete block on top of door to pit that opens upwards. Then only you with telehandler etc can open it?

Handy when the telehandler wont start and you want to get in for some tools

 

[Kidds]

Handy when the telehandler wont start and you want to get in for some tools

Yeah, don't keep your jump leads in there.

 

[Dry Rot]

Leave panels of off machines, gears and crankshafts and bits lying around, tools scattered about, vehicles on lifts, they'll think everything is broken and leave you alone. The problem is, mine really is broken so no point in nicking it!

 

[TexelBen]

Leave panels of off machines, gears and crankshafts and bits lying around, tools scattered about, vehicles on lifts, they'll think everything is broken and leave you alone. The problem is, mine really is broken so no point in nicking it!

At the time, both machines were in bits

 

[7610 super q]

Was going to suggest.......don't own anything worth nicking....

 

[betweenthelines]

Why leave a dog there?

Friesian Bull would be better. And no bugger would try to steal him!

 

[Fendt516profi]

Why leave a dog there?

Friesian Bull would be better. And no bugger would try to steal him!

I have thought of putting bike in a shed and having a bull pen between it and the door

 

[tullah]

Dont dispose of worthless kit. Leave old saws , anglegrinders etc tidily on the shelf with a tracker hidden inside.
Sit back and wait for them to take the bait.

 

[Fendt516profi]

Dont dispose of worthless kit. Leave old saws , anglegrinders etc tidily on the shelf with a tracker hidden inside.
Sit back and wait for them to take the bait.

Then what

 

[tullah]

Then what

Jump in the car

 

[Fendt516profi]

Jump in the car

Then what

 

[yellow belly]

gas banger wired to a door switch

 

[YELROM]

Follow the tracker like that contractor did till he found a car boot full of his and other people’s green star gps gear

 

[Robt]

Handy when the telehandler wont start and you want to get in for some tools

No pleasing you is there!

 

[D14]

Got 2 buildings away from the house (about a mile)
Both block/concrete panels to about 4 foot then Yorkshire boarding. No.mains power or WiFi.

Had a break in a few months back, took some power tools.
Got the usual, quad, tractor, generator and bits and bats, anything worth money that I can easily take home, I do.

Found out tonight some dodgy scrotes have had a look around tonight.

Gates/doors all padlocked with decent locks.

I'm not sure what else I could do, so im open to your ideas

My neighbour wired his doors to some kind of industrial battery. I am not sure how its works to be honest but he went from having so much trouble that his insurance were starting to suggest his sheds in question couldn't be covered, to having zero issues.