The thing with "Mongo" non ferrous metals like copper has been rampant for years, I remember 20 years back in NYC, people doing all kinds of things to get their hands on it, any unoccupied residence or one being worked on, in the outer boroughs would be broken into and stolen. People in empty lots with burn barrels, burning insulation off stolen wire. At the end of a day, I had to change a heater core in my '84 ranger, tossed the old on in a garbage barrel next to the site entrance, homeless guy had that in his shopping cart before I left.
I used to be away from home during the week, never really had much trouble, though there was a rhodesian ridgeback with a dog door, self feeder/waterer, he was always on duty, would lay behind the shrubs next to the house, even on the coldest nights, though he could go into a heated basement anytime. He'd wait til you got close them come out, he knows you good, don't know you have fun, if you have no gun :) !
We had some clown running the farm land adjacent and trespassing on ours, with a 6x6/gator type vehicle stealing everyone's deer stands and or game cameras, like every single one, he's still out there, he's made quite a few enemies, I did spot him twice, chased him in a snow storm once, then put out angle iron tire spikes, ain't no board with nails that flatten down, this will tear your tires. Have not seen him since.
Around my home I've got some implements, any lighter ones I keep away from the road. One thing you can do with your smart phone, digital camera is take photos of them, data plates, serial numbers, document what you have real easy, I did it and made a list at out horse farm, problem there is myself or my father being away as his wife depend on the help, and you get dirtbag help that steal and or set you up to steal, you have to make it known you are there, armed. He lives there now, but people have stolen lots of things over the years, so I removed any valuable tools and or items, and rarely leave anything I bring when I work there. So now there is a list, and things are marked in in places a thief would miss to grind off or what have you. I was always lead to believe that welding a name or serial number on something changes the molecular structure of the base metal so if ground off, you can use acid to find it again. At home I use a metal letter/number punch set and mark things where they bolt together, where a thief won't see. That list at the farm is detailed with serial numbers, model numbers, year of MFR and the Ins. Co. is copied on it at their request. Most times you won't stop a thief, but myself and my father many years back used to have a lot of trouble with it at our ford tractor dealership in the 70's. I won't be stereotypical, but concentrated within the folks in the close by rural areas here, especially in those days (our town was rural not long ago) are those that would steal, commit arson and what have you, without hesitation. We used to have a alarm system on the shop, but the lot was full of tractors, some implements, old power company bucket trucks that we sold too, + other goods we sold. We used to sit inside til all hours of the night and catch them, one kid crapped his drawers after running smack into my father. Was great in those days as I lived right next to NYSP barracks, knew every trooper there and they were very helpful when these clowns took things. They would steal implements, bug zappers, try and break in.
Recently, we had a rash of robberies, has the trade mark of NYC people, took safes, broke into vaults, most of the local business's were hit, we have been on high alert since, my home is surrounded by woods and cover so I make a presence known. Best you can do is make it harder for them.
Some of the thieves are brazen, farmer I used to help, still left equipment in the field at times, they never bother with that, though most times everything goes back to the yard, pole barns, people would steal bales of hay from him, right at his barn, place is within sight of his home and his sons, unreal.... they use care with their newer hay implements, those are easily hooked onto and driven away.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Third Brush Generators - by Chris Pratt. While I love straightening sheet metal, cleaning, and painting old tractors, I use every excuse to avoid working on the on the electrics. I find the whole process sheer mystery. I have picked up and attempted to read every auto and farm electrics book with no improvement in the situation. They all seem to start with a chapter entitled "Theory of Electricity". After a few paragraphs I usually close the book and go back to banging out dents. A good friend and I were recently discussing our tractor electrical systems when he stated "I figure it all comes back to applying Ohms Law". At this point
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1945 Farmall wide body gas with pto and front plow. Runs good but needs new points.
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
