Kubota Theft & Recovery  

Our local dealer has the best tactic I’ve seen so far to keep equipment from being stolen. They just don’t have any stock. 😂

My favorite happy ending happened in Florida when thieves running from the cops jumped into a pond and got eaten by alligators.

Glad they were caught, equipment recovered. As a 23 year security video expert I would adjust your cameras out and down. No benefit of 1/3 the image wall and sky. Also best to set up choke points with cameras set for identification. The cameras in your video would be considered situational awareness cameras. Identification cameras are low to get a vehicle/person ID and plates. More then happy to consult for you, no charge, if you have any questions. Would be my way to pay back for all of the great videos!

My uncle, long since deceased, but retired from a career in law enforcement always used to say "prisons are full of stupid people"! Glad you guys got the equipment back!

Great to see you guys got your equipment back without any damage!

I bought land so I started doing some tractor research and this channel is a gold mine. Never in a million years did I think it would turn into a true crime channel.

"Petty" theft? Does that loader cost $40? That is felony theft.

We used to remove fuses to prevent theft where I used to work...

Glad you got your equipment back. Finally one for the good guys!

Glad you all got the machine back. Interestingly enough, that trailer is a Homesteader brand trailer.. made 10 miles south of me in New Tazewell, Tn Take care

There was a Kubota MX5200 stolen from my job site and then the thieves took my trailer to steal the tractor in a rural area in TX. I wish all of the keys weren't the same on these tractors and GPS was standard issue...I'm glad that you found your skid steer!

In the early days of our country, the hung horse thieves. Equipment thieves are modern day horse thieves. Tall tree, short rope.

Neil, I'm glad you got the equipment back. What a beautiful machine. I love Orange. Your presence on youtube is a positive one and the recovery shows how much people appreciate you. Or at least I think so!

Neal, keep an eye on your kubota skid doors. I work for a police department in R.I. and we had one stolen a few weeks ago off a new kubota skid. Took literally minutes

Always good to see a happy ending to a story like this. I often take comfort in knowing people dumb enough to steal/cheat and seemingly get ahead sometimes often get whats coming back to them at some point. Might seem like they almost beat out the working man today, but tomorrow it will come back around to bite them.

Glad y’all were able to recover that machine. We have keypads on all but one piece of our equipment and love the added security.

Glad to see you got your equipment back! We just had a big bust in my home town. They’d be out every night of the week taking wheelers, sleds, trucks, skid steers and tools.

WOW... Great Security Footage and keen eye for product/trailer knowledge on your part Neil! Glad that you recovered it ';-)

They must really like the color orange, hopefully soon they will be wearing orange prison jump suits!

Glad you recovered your machine!

Glad you got it back! We had a theft of skid steer on trailer along with other things. They found it a hour north in Cleveland ohio all burnt. Because they couldn't figure out code. They did get their new concrete pump back though truck oulling it was burnt

When I saw the trailer and the thief's original walking path, I figured he was going after the side by side. Joke's on him! Glad it was recovered.

Glad you got it back. I work at a powersports dealership and some one last week came and stole a 22ft enclosed trailer from us at 2 in the afternoon . Hook and book with the cable still attatched found the trailer two days later abandoned in detroit

You have a community that likes you and is willing to help you. That is a sign of an honest dealer who provides good service. The relationship between an equipment dealer and the community is symbiotic. Both need each other to survive and thrive.

Locks only keep honest people honest. It’s the thieves and their parents failures in life not you guys.

I can't believe it fit. I have several enclosed trailers but I don't think my 325G could clear the height! Glad you got it back!!!

My Kubota dealer has some sort of electric extension cord running through all his equipment. If it gets unplugged, it looses power and sets off the alarm.

I'm happy you got your machine back. They deserve years in the slammer!!

Glad to see you got it back!

Awsome!! Glad yous got her back.

I’m glad you got your equipment back!

Glad you were able to recover your property!

So glad to see you got it back!

Don't cut these thieves any slack. Prosecute them to the full extent of the law !....Then have Corleone's pay them a visit.........

Glad to hear your equipment was found.

So I guess Messick's has ended the 5 Finger Discount program! LOL! Glad you got your equipment back!!! Great video! Thanks for sharing❗❗❗ 🙂🙂🙂 👍👍👍

Nice to see you got your gear back, Cool.

💥 It’s not often these stories have a happy ending. 👍 Keep on tractoring!

Awesome!!!!!!! I can’t wait till you catch them.

Glad you were able to get your machine back!! This small equipment with mini-excavators, CTLs, and skid-steers is so useful and really has a foothold in the construction market but very easy to steal such as with the enclosed trailer. That trailer could be sitting across the street from your yard and you'd have no idea your CTL was in it!! The common-key is so handy between machines on job sites but obviously a theft-issue as well. Agree with the comment below as to security-camera coverage in terms of aiming. Perhaps a keypad with automatic gate would be helpful and then periodically changing the codes for those delivering parts or just restrict delivery hours like a number of other businesses do from say 7AM-6PM, etc. I work on many construction sites and the best have enforced hours to both prevent outside thefts and internal thefts between subcontractors.

Glad you got it back so quickly

Glad you got the equipment back. Consider facial recognition software. It can be trained to identify movement on fixed cameras, and even identify movement in only certain grids of the images, so for example normal traffic on a nearby road can be ignored, movement everywhere else sends an alert.

Glad you got it back Neil

so sad, but glad you were able to get them back. Good people make the difference

Glad to see you had good results so far. Hopefully they get what they deserve

Watching that skid go into that enclosed trailer was comical 😂

I hope you eventually do an update video once the court case is complete!

I can't stand a thief ! Glad you got it back !

Our local Kubota dealer suffered numerous thefts for a number of years. One night I was sent on a wrecked enclosed trailer. The dirtbags had gone into a curve too fast and left the road. The trailer was sitting there with the ramp down, and of course, was stolen. No truck to be found anywhere. I noticed faint mud tracks leading from the trailer going across the street to some buildings. In my best bloodhound mode, I tracked the marks, and hidden behind a building was three big mowers and a small backhoe. They were hidden from view. Thinking that they were going to come back and get the stuff, we put it under surveillance. 23 hours later they showed up. We let them load the stuff up and hit them as they were leaving. Funny thing? Not a single theft since that time. These dirtbags addmitted to new equiptment thefts in a fifty mile area over the past seven years. One got 17 years!! I despise thieves!!!!!!!

Glad you got this machine back! I reckon we'll see more & more theft of equipment such as this, even from farms. Good advice at the end: lock your equipment away. (And install a good alarm/security camera system, like in this video!)

Wow, bent the axle(s) and flattened the springs! I've, ahem, overloaded similar trailers and never did that!

Glad to hear it was recovered without damage. Hopefully the individuals involved are prosecuted to the full extent of PA law.

Glad you got your stuff back. Hate seeing people get away with stuff like this. Maybe if possible set up some sort of motion alarm that would notify you or another employee that someone is on the property at lease you would be able to check on your phone to see if they belong there or not.

While watching the video, I was thinking that trailer wasn’t rated for that kind of weight. Glad you got it back in the same condition it left.

Glad you got it back

Glad kubota got there equipment back im a die hard kubota guy

Looking forward to any theft deterrent device demos for tractors in the future. If you find the thieves, be sure to chain them between the tractor and pull scale on your next capacity video.

It is pretty admirable for a dealership to openly admit they have been robbed. Others would try to keep down the spread of information. Thank you for your honesty

Happy ending for Messicks, not so much for the trailer company.

glad you got it back

I felt bad for that trailer lol. Glad you guys got skid back.

Also a good time to touch on buying used equipment from a third party. It is always a good idea to run the serial number of the machine . You can do a Iron Check on NER National Equipment Register . And if it seems to good of a deal it might just be.

Glad you got it back. It always amazes me and makes me sad that people can be so blatantly dishonest.

Glad to hear you recovered your equipment. Unfortunate we have people like that.

That was a lot of weight for that ramp. If it would of had wheels that ramp would of been toast! Glad you got your machine back.

Pair of 3500# axels(7000#) with a 2000# trailer empty weight does't make a trailer happy when you load 9k+ into it.

Great video nice you got your machine. Locks 🔐 are for Honest people.

Gates and locks keep honest people out. This guy obviously knew what he was doing.

Definitely a happy ending in this video, just glad the the equipment was recovered and no money was lost.

Glad there was a good ending. Thieves are just scum.

that fount gate should have a power opener and closer and have an access key pad you can program and give the supper's a code that works for them and one for your employees and change them every so often i would never leave a gate that big open at night its asking for trouble but iam glad you got the skid steer back

In the UK there is a company that retrofits GPS/radio signal trackers, they've been in operation for several years. That company not only provides service for companies but individuals as well, some are on 24 hour monitoring.

Happy to help consult with you to help your security. We can greatly improve your video from UNIFI cameras.

That really sucks. Glad you got your equipment back without any issue. Brings up a question I have about compact or subcompact tractors. Do they have titles? Or just a VIN/serial number which gets registered to the owner? Maybe I'm answering my own question but just looking for clarification. Thanks

As soon as I saw that trailer pull in I was thinking they must be stealing something pretty light. Most of those little van trailers aren't made to carry much weight.

Bendersville PA, this place must have some epic bars.

My local dealer has been hit numerous times. They have recovered some but not all. They told me it cost them $5000 per machine to claim through insurance. I’m glad you got yours back.

Good for you !

A good compromise might be to HAVE the key pads installed with options to remove. If removed by you guys the insurance company is notified. It's a cheap option to also have your chaps remove 'aspects' of individual units. Removing a hose or installing a chain on delivery and posting the item within a locked area will ensure that its not known how to move the unit unless one enters or opens the locked posting box. Just ideas. Stay safe and good luck with what's to follow. Cheers.

Glad the guys got caught. Too bad the company who owned the trailer wasn't so lucky. Sounds like that trailer is junk now.

Those of us who work really hard for a living truly resent those who steal from us for a living and we'll continue to improve our technology and other -- ahem -- ways of interfering with their attempts to do so. So glad you were able to get your equipment back, though I feel bad for the trailer dealer whose trailer got messed up.

Can’t stand a thief. Glad you got your equipment back.

I see DOT equipment, particularly tractors, on the sides of the roads for months at a time everywhere in my State, even on the sides of country roads in the middle of no where (roads that don't even have markers in the middle), and no one messes with them. Although I haven't seen Kubota!

I was a warehouse ops manager for a wholesale distributor for a few years. We had our own fleet drivers make overnight drops and pickups, but I had to put up the guard dogs and open the lot for their access. Commercial deliveries only occurred during business hours. I lived within a few miles of there, so I'd leave the house around 3am and get back home around 4am. The best part was the Krispy Kreme that was on the way home. Hot doughnuts off the conveyer, cup of coffee, morning newspaper, and I was ready for a couple more hours of sleep. Good memories. Fair winds and following seas to all.

Our local Kubota dealer uses an extension cord alarm system that snakes in and around all machinery. Apparently when you unplug it the alarm goes off.

Worked at a Cat dealer in the rental shop years ago. Standard practice was to leave keys in all the equipment in the yard. One weekend, local high-school aged kids decided to joyride almost every machine in the yard. Could have been serious injuries or major damage done, but luckily none of that happened. That Monday morning there was a new company policy regarding keys.

I’ve never seen someone put a skidsteer inside an enclosed trailer. Good thing the thieves weren’t very smart.

Kubota dealership in Decatur, Tx had constant equipment thefts until they put in pipe rail and that put an end to items getting stolen.

You sure are sharing a lot of information that will give thieves more to go on.

Good to hear you we’re able to recover the skid loader ! Crime didn’t pay that time ! I hope the law will be able to find the culprits!!

I was always curious what would happen if you overloaded a 3500 pound axle trailer. Pretty crazy. The leaf springs flattened out.

Inside job... and suddenly the plot thickens lol, glad to hear a somewhat happy ending as that’s not often the case in these situations. I hate the idea of having to chain up equipment, use cameras, gps tracking, chipped keys, all of it just to still have a machine when I wake up, so THEN I can go to work and make enough to be able to pay the bills

Was in construction. Retired. Don't know about certain things but what we would do on a suspect sight is take away a few spark plug cables (gas of course) from the vehicle. All of our newer equipment has dead man switches as well.

Looks like he left prints all over that machine so I would start there but that's super crazy I'm glad you guys got it back so soon would suggest putting all of the equipment behind a better fence just to reduce this risk in the future

Nice to see you got your loader back. Great looking machine by the way. Petty theft for a piece of machinery that must cost $10's of thousands of dollars? Seems like a small charge.

Glad everything turned out for the better. Really can’t let our guard down for a second unfortunately we do have bad people so let’s hope that the justice pervales

Great Ubiquiti cameras!

How sad this happens in America. I am happy you got the machinery back in one piece.

The same happened at the Kubota dealer in Jefferson City, TN this summer. Several new pieces of equipment stolen. Not sure if anyone was ever caught.

It is good to hear about the recovery. The bottom line is that the consumer pays for this type of theft. Insurance only pays for a small portion of the 'professional' theft of Equipment. Uncovered portion of these thefts are the 'time' employees have to cable the equipment. The manufacturer's MUST improve the equipment security with a numerical keypad and authorization numbers only sent to safety trained operators of this equipment.