Security marking trailers

[slackjawedyokel]

Does anyone bother security marking their livestock trailers etc?
I got a new Ifor Williams trailer last year. To make it a little less desirable to thieves I stencilled the farm name and postcode on the front in foot high letters.
My thinking is that Ifor Williams trailers are fairly valuable and common/anonomous so thieves are unlikely to be caught if they get away from the farm (police are unlikely to want to stop all livestock trailers on the A1 just to look for one stolen one). Making it unique and easily distinguishable will, I assume, make a thief think twice about nicking it as they may get caught more easily, and would also make it harder to sell on.
Of course it also makes it harder if I want to sell it on - fortunately we tend to keep equipment for a long time.

 

[roscoe erf]

No

 

[Nearly]

postcode on top of trailer in big letters?

extra brackets for useful stuff bolted on make it more unique.
Obviously the guard cats are not for hire!

 

[Y Fan Wen]

I look after the 2 local scout trailers. I got hold of a load of different scouting related stickers and plastered them all over. Then I took photos from all the different directions as evidence.

 

[GTB]

Two trailers ago the local police ran a scheme where they painted the farm's postcode on the roof of the trailers so that they could be seen from the sky.

 

[slackjawedyokel]

I've thought about postcoding the roof in the past but decided against it. It doesn't act as a deterrent unless the thief climbs up and looks at the roof and I find it kind of unlikely that a police helicopter will be scrambled to search for a trailer that's being spirited away unless its whereabouts are roughly known.
The way I did it hopefully a thief will decide against nicking it in the first place, and if it does get stolen a cop car in a layby could easily id it.

 

[Hooby Farmer]

i have stolen from HoobyFarmer on the roof of mine..............................well ive often thought about it

 

[Campbell]

Ifor W do the TER security registration for you at purchase.

 

[solo]

Downside to advertising your postcode is it tells them where to find it to start with.

 

[Welsh Farmer]

Ifor W do the TER security registration for you at purchase.

..... which is really valuable because if in the event of your recovering your stolen trailer from someone who claims they have bought the trailer in "good faith" you will get your trailer back because the new "owners" did not exercise due diligence in contacting TER to verify that the trailer was totally legit. Stolen TER trailers are deffo more problematic to move on so therefore are less likely to be stolen in the first place.

 

[Cushniecattle]

I bought a new iforWilliams 14' stock box 14 months ago and I would be very supprised if anyone stole it! It is a terrible trailer and is nearly a right off!

Your animals must be very gentle if you can get them to last any longer than two years.

 

[capfits]

Had the farm postcode welded onto a slurry tanker, by manufacturer at no cost. Would do it again on any other new build equipment that came this way.

 

[Brisel]

I had mine Datatagged by CESAR.

 

[Pan mixer]

I painted the roof red

 

[Paddington]

postcode on top of trailer in big letters?

extra brackets for useful stuff bolted on make it more unique.
Obviously the guard cats are not for hire! View attachment 241328

Are those toolboxes standard ?

 

[Nearly]

Are those toolboxes standard ?

Just waterproof ammo boxes bolted on. Need to keep ratchet straps somewhere.

edit - like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-Met...471917?hash=item1c5359b3ad:g:UCAAAOSwd4tUJR8R

 

[Nearly]

Just waterproof ammo boxes bolted on. Need to keep ratchet straps somewhere.

edit - like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-Met...471917?hash=item1c5359b3ad:g:UCAAAOSwd4tUJR8R

And at the back....

Wagon rear markers, just in case the car behind me can't see the trailer in broad daylight. It happens.