Can you put AirTags on things like this?
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warrington74 said:
Can you put AirTags on things like this?
The problem with AirTags is you need an iphone around it to work. Most of the time when our (I am not the Op) equipment gets stolen its going somewhere to sit for a little while, like a field somewhere outside of town or driven straight south to sit in a field before being moved again.
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TacosaurusRex said:warrington74 said:
Can you put AirTags on things like this?
The problem with AirTags is you need an iphone around it to work. Most of the time when our (I am not the Op) equipment gets stolen its going somewhere to sit for a little while, like a field somewhere outside of town or driven straight south to sit in a field before being moved again.
I'll add to this from Taco... AirTags are constantly giving off a signal. I don't want to pretend I know much about radio signals but our insurance is quick to point out that you can purchase a radio frequency scanner for less than $50 on Amazon. Most GPS units get found because they aren't stealing the machine until that radio frequency the GPS is giving off can be found. A radio frequency scanner is one of the tools of the trade for a thief.
The GPS units we are using these days are off, and twice a day the unit turns on for 1 minute, transmits the signal, and then turns back off. So you have radio frequency exposure for 2 minutes per day versus permanently. We can set the GPS device to be constantly on, but there is a risk these days.
I'll go back to my original post... these thieves are getting slick.
This is a whole new level of Going Live threads.
Already caught 1 more than a giddings thread too
So, in a former life I was a CO for TDCJ.
I carried the Community Service squad at one point & those guys would do everything from mow/operate tractors to work at the food bank.
I had more than one of them tell me that heavy equipment was the easiest thing to steal with the least amount of risk. One told me that he would literally just pull up to an active job site and load up whatever equipment he was stealing and take off. He said the more casual he acted, the easier it was. No one questioned him because they just assumed he was supposed to be there.
Another one told me once when we were driving past a bunch of county tractors that were shredding by the highway that he could get me a tractor for $3000, or 2 of them for $5000. He wasn't kidding.
I asked them about the welders that you always see suspended from cranes and they told me that the controls are never locked, so you just hit the lever and the arm comes down.
Keys get left in equipment etc etc.
I know this doesn't help the current OPs situation, but it is something to consider going forward.
I carried the Community Service squad at one point & those guys would do everything from mow/operate tractors to work at the food bank.
I had more than one of them tell me that heavy equipment was the easiest thing to steal with the least amount of risk. One told me that he would literally just pull up to an active job site and load up whatever equipment he was stealing and take off. He said the more casual he acted, the easier it was. No one questioned him because they just assumed he was supposed to be there.
Another one told me once when we were driving past a bunch of county tractors that were shredding by the highway that he could get me a tractor for $3000, or 2 of them for $5000. He wasn't kidding.
I asked them about the welders that you always see suspended from cranes and they told me that the controls are never locked, so you just hit the lever and the arm comes down.
Keys get left in equipment etc etc.
I know this doesn't help the current OPs situation, but it is something to consider going forward.
The Outdoor Board always comes thru!! Whoop!!
O.G. said:
So, in a former life I was a CO for TDCJ.
I carried the Community Service squad at one point & those guys would do everything from mow/operate tractors to work at the food bank.
I had more than one of them tell me that heavy equipment was the easiest thing to steal with the least amount of risk. One told me that he would literally just pull up to an active job site and load up whatever equipment he was stealing and take off. He said the more casual he acted, the easier it was. No one questioned him because they just assumed he was supposed to be there.
Another one told me once when we were driving past a bunch of county tractors that were shredding by the highway that he could get me a tractor for $3000, or 2 of them for $5000. He wasn't kidding.
I asked them about the welders that you always see suspended from cranes and they told me that the controls are never locked, so you just hit the lever and the arm comes down.
Keys get left in equipment etc etc.
I know this doesn't help the current OPs situation, but it is something to consider going forward.
Oh it gets worse haha. We are not going to have individual keys for the billions in equipment we own... you can buy a ten pack of these keys off Amazon for ten bucks. So, don't even worry about your guys just leaving the keys in them, the thieves will just bring their own.
If you had the right PPE and truck, at a big job site, you could rip a million bucks worth of equipment before the company that rented it would most likely notice.
ETA: Geofencing equipment on job sites does prevent this. Just in case any thieves use this as a how to ha.
"If you are reading this, I have passed on from this world — not as big a deal for you as it was for me."
T. Boone Pickens
T. Boone Pickens
TacosaurusRex said:O.G. said:
So, in a former life I was a CO for TDCJ.
I carried the Community Service squad at one point & those guys would do everything from mow/operate tractors to work at the food bank.
I had more than one of them tell me that heavy equipment was the easiest thing to steal with the least amount of risk. One told me that he would literally just pull up to an active job site and load up whatever equipment he was stealing and take off. He said the more casual he acted, the easier it was. No one questioned him because they just assumed he was supposed to be there.
Another one told me once when we were driving past a bunch of county tractors that were shredding by the highway that he could get me a tractor for $3000, or 2 of them for $5000. He wasn't kidding.
I asked them about the welders that you always see suspended from cranes and they told me that the controls are never locked, so you just hit the lever and the arm comes down.
Keys get left in equipment etc etc.
I know this doesn't help the current OPs situation, but it is something to consider going forward.
Oh it gets worse haha. We are not going to have individual keys for the billions in equipment we own... you can buy a ten pack of these keys off Amazon for ten bucks. So, don't even worry about your guys just leaving the keys in them, the thieves will just bring their own.
If you had the right PPE and truck, at a big job site, you could rip a million bucks worth of equipment before the company that rented it would most likely notice.
100%
TacosaurusRex said:warrington74 said:
Can you put AirTags on things like this?
The problem with AirTags is you need an iphone around it to work. Most of the time when our (I am not the Op) equipment gets stolen its going somewhere to sit for a little while, like a field somewhere outside of town or driven straight south to sit in a field before being moved again.
Also if a strange Airtag is around you for more than a couple of hours it will alert your iPhone. You can then have it play a noise so you can find it even if it's not your Airtag.
Years ago we owned a small wholesale business and showed/took orders for our hand-made products to various markets around the country. We typically drove ourselves and wares in our own rig and our livelihood depended on those orders.
Overnight I would almost always back our trailer into a corner and pull the fuel pump fuse to disable our rig. Is there no way to do something like this which would require the thief to do at least a some mechanical work before the heist?
Overnight I would almost always back our trailer into a corner and pull the fuel pump fuse to disable our rig. Is there no way to do something like this which would require the thief to do at least a some mechanical work before the heist?
I don't think you know me.
Jack Squat 83 said:
Years ago we owned a small wholesale business and showed/took orders for our hand-made products to various markets around the country. We typically drove ourselves and wares in our own rig and our livelihood depended on those orders.
Overnight I would almost always back our trailer into a corner and pull the fuel pump fuse to disable our rig. Is there no way to do something like this which would require the thief to do at least a some mechanical work before the heist?
Of course there are steps that can be taken, but a majority of companies do not want their employees popping hoods on equipment, it is a liability issue. One of the oldest methods still works the best, a lock and chain.
On large projects where contractors "borrow" from each other or they are in high crime areas, we install key pads on the ignitions. Those are whole another can of worms though and I am not a big fan of them.
"If you are reading this, I have passed on from this world — not as big a deal for you as it was for me."
T. Boone Pickens
T. Boone Pickens
Just start chopping off hands (or something else) and it would stop...
lexofer said:TacosaurusRex said:warrington74 said:
Can you put AirTags on things like this?
The problem with AirTags is you need an iphone around it to work. Most of the time when our (I am not the Op) equipment gets stolen its going somewhere to sit for a little while, like a field somewhere outside of town or driven straight south to sit in a field before being moved again.
Also if a strange Airtag is around you for more than a couple of hours it will alert your iPhone. You can then have it play a noise so you can find it even if it's not your Airtag.
I took the speaker out of the AirTag I have in my truck.
This "transporter's" luck ran out
North Texas Man Accused Of Stealing Expensive Cars In College Station, Houston, And Arkansas
https://wtaw.com/north-texas-man-accused-of-stealing-expensive-cars-in-college-station-houston-and-arkansas/
North Texas Man Accused Of Stealing Expensive Cars In College Station, Houston, And Arkansas
https://wtaw.com/north-texas-man-accused-of-stealing-expensive-cars-in-college-station-houston-and-arkansas/
roynonroy said:
This "transporter's" luck ran out
North Texas Man Accused Of Stealing Expensive Cars In College Station, Houston, And Arkansas
https://wtaw.com/north-texas-man-accused-of-stealing-expensive-cars-in-college-station-houston-and-arkansas/
It's just a civil dispute! /Transporter
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