More greenstar stolen!

[Steevo]

Forgive my ignorance but john deere must know where all this stuff is going? Can they not just turn the stolen ones off somehow or is that too simple?

 

[Barley]

Had the screen stolen out of the combine two weeks ago, combine was in a barn with the doors shut!
Banbury area,keep a look out!

 

[MF565]

Not just JD either, local NH dealer had 15 screens/ recievers taken out of tractors combines a couple of weeks back.

 

[Lofty1984]

Surely the bit of inconvenience and time removing and refitting far out ways the on costs associated with having them stolen? If its got a plug on it it wants to come out every night.

It’s a pain in the arse to remove them I know but you wouldn’t leave your wallet or phone on show in your car in the street,it’s no different these days sadly. if the dome ain’t there it can’t be pinched as for the screens if it’s not the armrest one then take it with you

 

[Mark Hatton]

With todays technology it should all be pin/Password protected, trackable and easy to remove from the machine, manufactures need to be at the front of this.

 

[axehandle]

May have to get some fake domes and fit trackers!

Farmer turns detective to track down tractor GPS thief - Farmers Weekly

A farmer turned detective and traced a rural thief believed to be responsible for the large-scale theft of high-value tractor global positioning system

www.fwi.co.uk

fake domes with C4 in and a shaker switch !

 

[Phil P]

fake domes with C4 in and a shaker switch !

I like your thinking

 

[MF565]

I like your thinking

just remember to take it off carefully before taking the tractor down the road.

 

[Mark Hatton]

fake domes with C4 in and a shaker switch !

"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!!"

 

[Norfolk Olly]

Last year local farm had 11 starfire receivers stolen out of a locked cupboard in the locked workshop so removing them isnt always the answer. But theres an end user happy to take a punt on a cheap system, like all the chemical that gets stolen someone is happy to buy it and save a few quid. Manufacturers need to up their game, recievers should be built into the roof

 

[Chris W]

You dont hear so much about other brands of equipment being stolen at the same rate as JD.... Is this because there isn't the market for it or because its the only brand that make the receiver stand out so much ? Should we paint our domes green or black and mount them further back on the cab roof?

 

[Phil P]

You dont hear so much about other brands of equipment being stolen at the same rate as JD.... Is this because there isn't the market for it or because its the only brand that make the receiver stand out so much ? Should we paint our domes green or black and mount them further back on the cab roof?

Local NH dealer also got cleaned out a few weeks back and the chap who down the road from me who got done the same night I did got his fastrac emptied, they even removed the controllers from that!

 

[manttys]

can you fit a small gps tracker under the dome? There is some room where the wiring loom is located.

 

[Chae1]

Forgive my ignorance but john deere must know where all this stuff is going? Can they not just turn the stolen ones off somehow or is that too simple?

They'd shut them down quickly enough if you didn't pay subscription.

 

[Phil P]

Just had another neighbour call me to say he’s been done last night! Two screens and two receivers, around £20k! Not a happy chap!

 

[Princess Pooper]

An estimated £1m worth of GPS kit stolen in multiple incidents across Lincolnshire last night apparently.

 

[Lincs Lass]

An estimated £1m worth of GPS kit stolen in multiple incidents across Lincolnshire last night apparently.

Boston and surrounding area has been hit

 

[nick...]

For every unit stolen Deere get to sell another so they are still making money.in the 90s sports bike theft was rife and most got broken and then raced.manufacturers never bothered with security as they sold another unit and still raking it in
nick...

 

[David.]

Time these buggers were floated out into The Wash on a burning barge.
It is scandalous that Deere appear unwilling to do much to help.

 

[WRXppp]

You dont hear so much about other brands of equipment being stolen at the same rate as JD.... Is this because there isn't the market for it or because its the only brand that make the receiver stand out so much ? Should we paint our domes green or black and mount them further back on the cab roof?

I’m sure the reason Deere made the domes yellow was all about marketing, when they first came out they where so noticeable you just had to ask what it was then when you can quite clearly see your two neighbours both with them the urge just gets too much! Unfortunately just like the honey hunters who attach little flags to wild bees so they can follow them back to the hive, these domes provide the perfect tracking system for thieves to a huge hoard all in the same place, it seems the only safe place is if on the machine you are with it driving it or under the bed while you sleep!