Mass tractor theft

[MrNoo]

just heard second hand of possibly another 6 nicked around marlow bucks

Bonkers

 

[Red Fred]

There must be more stolen tractors being sold than legit new ones

 

[puntabrava]

Do these coded keys not just make a connection in the barrel? I was told it’s a matter of a holesaw and connect wires.

 

[Still Farming]

You would think with gps ,satellite, cameras everywhere and then lock down , movement restrictions, less traffic about ,it would be a non starter to steal anything and move distances???

 

[puntabrava]

You would think with gps ,satellite, cameras everywhere and then lock down , movement restrictions, less traffic about ,it would be a non starter to steal anything and move distances???

They had some curtainsiders parked in a lay-by not too far away, and at 3am there are lorrys in all directions.

 

[MrNoo]

Roads very quiet, no hold ups, police mostly in towns/cities checking on lockdown or clapping on a Thursday, tractors been about non stop during lockdown. Sounds an ideal time but agreed re the cameras, they are everywhere.

 

[Red Fred]

They had some curtainsiders parked in a lay-by not too far away, and at 3am there are lorrys in all directions.

This is exactly what they did here. Curtainsider parked up in the old gravel workings entrance out of site, and it was a 5 minute dash at 3am from the dealer's yard to the lorry. Off down the dual carriageway in a couple of minutes and away. Same modus operandi at sister's local dealer near Oxford last year, but they got the tractor stuck in a ditch while crossing a field.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

 

[David.]

Like the Wild West, but with the good guys neutered.
The men behind this are living in the posh houses in London, with the Governments blessing and collusion.
We live on an island ffs, this would not happen if the will was there to stop it.

 

[Hesston4860s]

Surly they’ll take em back once they realise there Fords !.

 

[PostHarvest]

We live on an island ffs, this would not happen if the will was there to stop it.

But there is such a low crime rate on this island that the police have plenty of spare time to dance around making Youtube videos

 

[Red Fred]

They should stop buying speed cameras and invest in more x-ray cameras instead so they can see what is in the lorries

 

[spanners and hammers]

no excuse at the docks ,, no holiday traffic only lorries surely they got time to check more , if the thieves knew more was getting checked they mite slow down a bit

 

[spanners and hammers]

what happens when it breaks down in whatever country it ends up in and they need the serial number for parts ? does it not flag up as nicked

 

[Fendt516profi]

what happens when it breaks down in whatever country it ends up in and they need the serial number for parts ? does it not flag up as nicked

They nick the part off similar tractor over here and ship it over

 

[MrNoo]

Apparently 3 been arrested on handling stolen goods, one from London, Bulgarian and chap from Poland, so far 3 tractors been recovered.

 

[simon-0116]

Be in Europe by now.

Why there is nothing being checked at the ports I don't know!

Amount of vechiles in and out would bring country to standstill if every Lorry/ container checked properly.

 

[Still Farming]

 

[forblue]

But will the unit and trailer get confiscated and sold i somehow doubt it....

 

[Gadget]

It's nice to know that there are still people out there who are obsevant enough to think that something may be amiss