Keeping equipment secure in a remote location

I have them beside the building and a tree line so they can not been seen from the county road. I pulled the tongue off one and a wheel off another to make them a little harder to for someone to steal.

Do you have any other ideas on how to keep them from wandering way?

Thanks,
Paul

Saw a sign once on the side of a barn:

Motto: Shoot first, screw the questions. Confirmed Kills Deer - 3
Rabbits - 8
Squirels - tons
Trespassers/Criminals - 4

You have to wonder with todays technology, is there an inexpensive tracking device you could install ?

Then include posting a visible sign that says all equipment and components are permanently marked, serial numbers are on record, tracking devices installed( obviously where they can't be found) - kind of like the others said, it's a deterrent, besides what you did already which should really make those wagons undesirable to steal.

You never can tell how far a thief will go, making it difficult by being creative certainly helps.

Go to your nearest FB office an buy a sign proclaiming equipment is marked and post that on your building.

Use really good chain to anchor stuff outside, trouble is that good chain may be worth more than the hay racks and its hard to put ID marks on.

Or keep the hay racks at home if you can't reshuffle the storage on the farm to get them inside. A loader can put some implements on top the racks to make for more compact storage.

Gerald J.

Saw a news bit on a pawnshop in Houston that was continually being burglarized. They put a large aquarium with 2 rattlesnakes in the front window. They posted a sign that the snakes were turned loose at night. The reporter asked "How do you open up in the morning?" The owner replied "Very Carefully!"

Most thieves don't want to do any work to steal. Taking the tongue and tires is a good deterrent. Chaining both together with a logging chain and big lock (put lock in a place that's hard to get to) will also help.

Unfortunately, the other posts are also true. If a thief really wants something, they'll get it. Best you can do is make your stuff too much trouble to take.

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