Quad trackers

[neilo]

In the never ending battle to keep quads out of the hands of the doastheylikies, it is evident that no amount of security will stop them taking them if they want them. Cordless angle grinders are easy to steal/get hold of, and make light work of most locks/doors/etc. Is a tracker worth fitting?

What is making me think of this now is the tale of a Suzuki quad that was stolen in South Shropshire a few night ago, which was recovered 30 minutes later. It was fitted with a tracker from Biketrac ( https://biketrac.co.uk/ ). Obviously the owner must have seen it go, or he wouldn't have known to track it immediately, let alone anyone to recover it.
I know plod don't get too excited about looking for stolen quads, but if we/they know the definite whereabouts, there must surely be a chance of recovery, catching the barstewards responsible, and even prosecution (naïve, I know)?

Does anyone have one of the above trackers, or any other make, and is it worth the (not inconsiderable) expense?

That particular one is priced at £299 (+ installation) and a subscription of £99 per year, so certainly not cheap.

 

[PSQ]

Obviously the owner must have seen it go, or he wouldn't have known to track it immediately, let alone anyone to recover it.

Not necessarily, as GPS trackers can be 'ring fenced' in an area at a particular time period - perhaps the farm yard between 8pm and 8 am, with another zone being the farm boundary between 8am and 8pm. Once the tracker is seen to be moving out of it's area the owner is automatically alerted.

But, is there not an issue with the ***** scum buying cheap 'GPS blockers' on Ebay that interfere with the GPS position signal?

 

[ford4000]

In the never ending battle to keep quads out of the hands of the doastheylikies, it is evident that no amount of security will stop them taking them if they want them. Cordless angle grinders are easy to steal/get hold of, and make light work of most locks/doors/etc. Is a tracker worth fitting?

What is making me think of this now is the tale of a Suzuki quad that was stolen in South Shropshire a few night ago, which was recovered 30 minutes later. It was fitted with a tracker from Biketrac ( https://biketrac.co.uk/ ). Obviously the owner must have seen it go, or he wouldn't have known to track it immediately, let alone anyone to recover it.
I know plod don't get too excited about looking for stolen quads, but if we/they know the definite whereabouts, there must surely be a chance of recovery, catching the barstewards responsible, and even prosecution (naïve, I know)?

Does anyone have one of the above trackers, or any other make, and is it worth the (not inconsiderable) expense?

That particular one is priced at £299 (+ installation) and a subscription of £99 per year, so certainly not cheap.

I've got a tracker on one quadbike, and if it moves without the ignition being on, it will alert the company who will then contact me to check if everything is OK. I know it works, because I turned the engine off to freewheel down a long hill while walking sheep back to the meadows, like I've done for 20+ years, and within 50 metres my mobile phone was ringing to check if it was being stolen!!

 

[ffukedfarmer]

Following.

I really need to do something to protect the replacement for the mule that was stolen back in November. I am tempted by a self install tracker, but as above I am concerned that it could be pointless if these jammers work.

 

[Pistonbroke]

Police were here last week regarding dogs chasing our ewes but talking about quads. 100+ quads gone in Powys last year and only got three back because they have trackers

 

[Tomr10]

I had o e that texts my phone let's you know the instant it is touched

 

[Grassman]

I had o e that texts my phone let's you know the instant it is touched

Which one is that?

 

[vantage]

I had o e that texts my phone let's you know the instant it is touched

I had a girlfriend like that once!

 

[Tomr10]

Which one is that?

Datatool stealth

 

[steveR]

Cheap and possibly, cheerful option?

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The remote disable options are supposedly useful... I reckon it wants a remote operated spike coming out of the seat!!!

 

[Cab-over Pete]

@Alternativedairy can help you with trackers.

 

[Wheatland]

I’ve got trackers on vehicles supplied by a few different companies. Some the higher priced ones have features which allow you to disable the machine remotely and monitor driving style and fuel usage when in legitimate use as well as tracking. For about £7/month (which includes the data sim) you can get one you fit yourself.

I‘m sure criminals will be learning to check the battery area of quads and vehicles as they nick them and the type that have their own battery might be more useful as you can hide them away and may have a better chance of recovery

 

[abitdaft]

@neilo We have the biketrac one in your link. You can add as many contacts to be notified as you like if it moves without ignition on and as mentioned above you can have it on continuous tracking or set times to suit or a perimeter. You can see the history of all movements, speeds etc. It will also send an alert if the bike is upended or cowped/flipped. If we need to move it in the trailer I just leave the ignition on. They are super fast in letting you know, pretty much instantly.

 

[ROBINWORKS]

We fitted an ATVTrac to a customers ATV last year, One morning I received a call from a rather upset and flustered customer who had been alerted in the early hours of the morning that his atv had been moved. He checked where he had left it parked that night, and right enough it was gone.
We then acted on behalf of the customer along with the police and recovered the atv.
Vehicle was recovered, parts ordered, repaired and delivered back within 24 hours.
People don't like the idea of a yearly subscription, but forget, your item is being monitored 24/7 365 days a year.
If you pay a 3 year subscription up front it works out at less that £1 a week.
A safety feature that is on these trackers are, if the ATV rolls over it will notify whoever is on the list of contacts with a telephone call from their security centre.
Please note i do not work for ATVTrac but I do believe in their concept and product, and it did work on this occasion.

 

[David.]

So is it a myth that these devices can be blocked, or scanned for and then removed/lobbed in the hedge?
Genuine question.

 

[Tomr10]

So is it a myth that these devices can be blocked, or scanned for and then removed/lobbed in the hedge?
Genuine question.

They can be removed and blocked trick is to track it before this can happen

 

[sticky]

I was tagged into a whatsapp group last week and during the week a truck and a couple of quads went from a farm. The vehicle had a tracker fitter and subsequently enabled, from what has been said it is in an area of a camp and the police apparently won't go and recover them.

So, if this is true you could say what's the point.

 

[beardface]

Its beyond me why quad and utv manufacturers/suppliers don't fit them as an option/standard, given how many get stolen. Or is it that they like the constant repeat business.......

 

[beardface]

I'm also surprised that nfu don't have a deal on vehicle trackers or that if you buy a vehicle as a nfu member you should get a sizeable discount on tracker too. The only way we will clamp down on rural crime is if gangs can be caught in possession of stolen goods, thi in conjunction with cctv would put them bang to rights. Imagine if every farm in UK had trackers on vehicles and at least one camera at the main gate or over a storage shed/workshop how quickly the police could clamp down on the main gangs running most of the UK rural crime. National cooperation, evidence and catching them with the goods will yield results in a short space of time.

 

[kmo]

Are most trackers gps signal only? Are they wired to the vehicles electrics, or do they have their own power supply?
Been watching this series of vids of stolen vehicle recovery. This firm seem to have more luck tracing vehicles using a UHF frequency tracker, than the gps signal tracker.