Stolen Takeuchi TB 235 Compact Excavator Automatrics find operation Ashen 3rd Dec 2018

A construction company contacts Automatrics to report a stolen excavator. The Takeuchi TB 235 3.5 ton compact excavator was taken over the weekend from a work site near Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
Automatrics send a signal to connect with the covert Automatrics MTrack theft recovery tracking system. The unit connects OK, however no GPS fix can be received from the unit. Automatrics deploy a RF radio signal finder to the reported local cell site location to try to locate the stolen machine. Follow the finder to see if the machine can be located and recovered.
Please note there is at least one shock event in this video with swearing on camera. This has been left in to depict accurately events as they occur during this Automatrics find operation.
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[@sshelton1433]

The YT algorithm just randomly plopped this on my feed.... and I'm hooked

[@martinpanks992]

This man is what you want when tracking your stolen equipment, enthusiastic to the max and never fails when looking for the asset..

[@gerardburton1081]

Agreed.

[@terrywilder9]

I heard a small contractor in New Jersey painted all their equipment purple with yellow dots. When one of their excavators were stolen they called a popular local radio station with a description for some assistance. After the station had asked their listeners for some help for this contractor, sure enough somebody was looking right at it while driving home from work.

[@brentbarnhart5827]

LMAO

[@MrPlusses]

Here in British Columbia we did a corporate video for a logging company that painted all their equipment bright pink. I don't believe they ever had a theft.

[@terrywilder9]

@@MrPlusses Way back in the late seventies and early eighties when Kimberly Clark had logging rights in eastern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario they had several pieces of equipment painted a beautiful acrylic bright flourescent watermelon color. However, to steal any piece of their equipment would have required a several hour haul on a dead end road with only one exit to Highway 11. I would have thought they did this to spot their machines when workers would leave them afar from the main logging site, just prior to crew changes.

[@MrPlusses]

@@terrywilder9 Equipment theft in remote areas is still a big thing here in BC. Shut downs and holidays are prime times for things to go missing.

[@terrywilder9]

@@MrPlusses This probably implies some big companies are knowingly purchasing stolen equipment. It's hard to imagine for some small concern having any use for say, for example, a caterpillar harvester head.

[@maccyp1824]

Someone in that cottage spotted you checking out the barn.....wouldn’t be surprised if they were involved in the theft!

[@richardhuxtable1289]

prove it ! over my deed hedgehog

[@rsmith155]

No shit Sherlock

[@GoForGold256]

It was the butler with the candlestick!

[@christined3953]

im betting it was colonel mustard with the pipe & maid

[@ronaldhickman9953]

absolutely involved

[@caleb9416]

“Hello Richard it’s Richard” 🤣

[@jimdomoradzki483]

Hello Dick, its Dick

[@richardharach3540]

Hi I’m richard

[@imapigeonyoupeasant1489]

@@richardharach3540 Hello Richard

[@xxDOTH3DEWxx]

just a couple of dicks

[@ChrisTheSparky]

@@xxDOTH3DEWxx 😂

[@illusivec]

Ahh the UK. Where stealing an excavator is just a bit of misdemeanor but hurting people's feelings on Twitter will get your door kicked in by the MI6.

[@BrokenLifeCycle]

Some of their houses still have pipes made out of lead.

[@Alex_Off-Beat]

In America the cops would impound the excavator and charge you $500 to get it back lol

[@helenhebert7127]

Yeah, the same way here in San Francisco. Actually, the police don't even help you with break-ins anymore unless the theft exceeds $950.

[@helenhebert7127]

Satan I guess this makes the second time I sided with Satan. 😂

[@lancer525]

Why do you people keep posting such a stupid claim? It's obviously not true, and it just makes you look like an angry, petulant child...

[@SinkyYT]

Good drone work. Looks like the people in the cottage tipped off the crooks.

[@richardballinger517]

Just what I was thinking.

[@helentucker6407]

I'm addicted to watching these recoveries...oddly compelling ❤

[@adamberger9]

The UK is a strange place--it is almost like they have accepted that things are going to be stolen and it is not that big of a deal. The police do not seem that interested. It is almost condoning theft without real consequences.

[@breathe_3asy]

agree

[@davidcouzens]

Or the exact opposite.

[@zromo8994]

It's exactly the same as most places. They do as much as they can, which is a lot more than you imply

[@orbepa]

20 mins of fun lost-found-recovered. This is a lot better than all the crap on the TV thats padded out, filled with adverts and "You too could win this weeks cash prize".

[@icepl4net]

One dislike is from the one who stole the digger

[@stebam3241]

Dislike was from me coz my attitude stinks.

[@captainawasome8985]

Now his whole family has disliked. Hope they rot in jail!

[@icepl4net]

CaptainAwasome the whole gypsy family

[@daleslover2771]

icepl4net 🤣🤣

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

*The other 182 Dislikes are from his Muslim Buddies.*

[@ElementofKindness]

. . . . and who owned the barn that it was first left at? Seems like that should be another person of interest.

[@onepup-pr3yl]

What barn?????????????????????????????????

[@travelinthru9519]

Yep receiving stolen merchandise

[@ez4208]

One pup, WTF have u just watched. The barn that had the digger in when he walked up to and was hidden right at the back.

[@erwanlecocq381]

In France it's very common for theft to drop the machine on barn that seem abandoned / not much used, just for few day, time to find someone to buy the stolen machine. By using barn without permission, the owners can't tell the police who are the theft because he REALLY don't know. It's even pretty common that farmer find some stolen car on their barn and have to call the police ^^ No joke ^^

[@BOHICA_]

@@DOTCurrency you mean Chodes.

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Excellent! I love to see this. As an equipment repair guy, seeing thieves get busted is always GOLD.

[@johnkettles548]

That's great they recovered their mini excavator. But please.... Use 4 chains, and tensioners in all 4 corners. Not nylon ratchet straps. LOL

[@weldmachine]

It did seem a little light duty for what they were carrying, lol.

[@ThorbzE]

Nah mate, even at a hardware shop you could go buy a strap for 30 quid that takes 4t. That machine probably does not weigh more than a ton. The majority of stuff carried on a trailer is fastened using this method and/or stopping (putting it without space inbetween any of the objects leading to the wall facing the forwards direction).

[@carson2583]

@@ThorbzE you are high if you think thats less than a ton

[@carson2583]

@@ThorbzE that machine is almost 4 tons

[@carson2583]

8487 lbs 3850 kg

[@gerardburton1081]

You ought to be very proud of yourselves for spotting that device in such a rural area. That seemed an impossibility.

[@davidcouzens]

He had a fucking tracker and it was the only property in the area!...

[@Nitrxgen]

really love these videos, this must be such a rewarding job to know at the end of the day your product and your work helped an individual gets their hard-earned goods back

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

Spot On ... thanks for watching 👍

[@suzyqualcast6269]

nitrxgen : must make for a nice earner to boot, and - why not, indeed ?!

[@samuelboyd972]

They call themselves autometrics seems they have the Spelling SPEĹLING WRONG!

[@BF1GUN]

The idyllic English countryside but what hides behind those rustic barns 😀 Another superb recovery. Your customers certainly get their money’s worth.

[@chris746568462]

Did they get a £80 fine and a good telling off from the police?

[@ON8EI]

Plus free legal aid.

[@wlan246]

Up to and including having their Fencing Loicence pulled!

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

*If they're a Muslim Refugee, they got paid £80 and a good Tossin' Off by the Police.*

[@narnianhero]

That level of theft in the US and in Texas is a felony and likely will land you in jail for a year or more. Also leaves a big stain on your record and makes it hard to get hired again.

[@jamesrogers47]

I'm sure they got their just desserts...

[@HotAxleBox]

You should be very proud of the work you do for all plant owners

[@likilikiki]

If it was me, i wouldn't have let that barn get out of my sight.

[@TheBushdoctor68]

He didn't. He just didn't realize there was a back exit.

[@gordbaker896]

@@TheBushdoctor68 A Truck had to go into the barn and attach the trailer!

[@TheBushdoctor68]

@@gordbaker896 Yea, it's not like a truck could have already been in the barn.

[@carolinehoward180]

I’d buy you a drink myself for all the amazing hard work you put in. A true professional 🖤

[@chris1newbury]

they've got enough staff if you're going five miles over the speed limit

[@Bourinos02]

OÏÏÏ, you have your licence fo that butter knife? :D

[@XShaneX19]

Yeah they had 10 officers ready when that guy made his dog raise his paw as a joke

[@thegentlemanreturned]

@@XShaneX19 CountDankula

[@JohnDoe-uq9ni]

@@thegentlemanreturned best part of it is he wasn't going to pay the fine but the government took it from hes bank

[@thegentlemanreturned]

@@JohnDoe-uq9ni shows you who is really in control of YOUR money.

[@unsaltedskies]

This must a very rewarding job locating stolen goods. To think the initial disappointment of finding it only for it to be moved then to have a 2-for-1. Cracking result indeed!

[@tecnaman9097]

Good job Richard. Rather curious the police knew where to head for at the get go when the machine was 'stolen' from the farmers barn? Looks like the whereabouts of Aladdin's Cave of stolen treasures was already known to the local constabulary.

[@davidkerrychubb1]

Some thinks stinks

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

On the second recovery the office were feeding new cell maps directly to the police, a minute by minute pursuit. It was the first GPS fix that took them right into the second yard. We got the impression that the police had that site on their radar, but in later discussions with them they said they once thought a drug farm was operating from there but nothing had ever really been seen to be kicking off there

[@JustAnOrdinarySimmer]

Not really, police have a "favourite" for everything and by that I mean they will frequently check out the locations of KNOWN CRIMINALS. Kind of like if a bunch of shops got robbed the Police will go and see the local shoplifter who they have arrested numerous times before. It's not really rocket science or, the way you put it... "magic"

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

@Johnny Ericsson This customer does not use the optional remote control to arm and disarm his fleet of Automatrics MTrack Proactive motion sensors. Just chose to call us on theft option

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

@Johnny Ericsson Sorry you mean did we receive a motion alert when it moved from the barn. Not at that time, we kept checking the RF which is normally sufficient to confirm still at location. We literally just missed it by a few minutes. Motion alerts did come in later.

[@bbb8775]

these recoveries are amazing, by far my most favourite channel on youtube right now

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

Thanks for watching more on there way 👍😁👍

[@holdfast7657]

Understaffed Police. Yep, too busy policing hurt feelings.

[@userPrehistoricman]

And diversity quotas.

[@why4818]

Nope Theresa May and her party cut the police funding by 40%

[@DevinJuularValentine]

No ... Police staff have been cut by govt, who are trialling private police in London and other parts of the UK. Yes privatisation of the police force. Where I live traffic police looking after my case (hit and run drink driver) said they've gone from 8 to 4 crew in two years for Southampton. If you don't direct your anger in the right place we are going to continue heading towards dark ages...

[@billeltham]

Misdirected resources and lame excuses by senior police 'management'. Have a look at this video by Daniel Bostock. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKvSiaN5icZ_h80

[@shaonian]

But at least they got caught in the end. Probably get a stern talking to or possibly even a fine.

[@1889michaelcraig]

Great job Sir. I'm glad you recovered your customers Machine and someone else's Tractor.

[@kevinchamberlain7928]

Again, private corporations doing the work of the police. The police actually bolloxed their part in this. Handed to them on a plate and they are that slow the thieves are able to move the stolen property!!!! Police are increasingly a waste of money. No arrests.

[@Nhmonitoring]

As security company in the states, we look at the areas where the police lack and create a business around it. Just like in this case. Good Job as always, and keep it up.

[@dm55]

But. they'll. be the first ones you'll call then you are in trouble.

[@dm55]

You'd be the first one bitching when your taxes are increased for increased policing.

[@kevinchamberlain7928]

@@dm55 When this machine went missing the police were the SECOND ones called, turned up late and fucked things up. You're a cop-sucker, Matt.

[@0xsergy]

@peter d I think they're mostly complaining because of the huge police cuts across the UK. there's some areas that only have cops during the day, night it's almost free to do what you want. quite a crazy situation there.

[@lifesavid]

Job well done! Shows the importance and effectiveness of having vehicles and equipment having tracking devices attached. Better than paying expensive insurance policies that often don’t get the true value back.

[@MoosesValley]

Police could not act even in time when you had already done all the hard work for them and found the machine. Useless ! But well done Richard, you saved the day and also led to the recovery of another tractor ! Hope the owner appreciates your critical work in this.

[@davidmg1925]

i'm getting the sense of not much conscience going on in these places...... thou shalt not pinch other peoples' kit etc etc " ...easier to say what's not stolen.... "

[@chrispza]

David Farmer I read one in a militaria magazine about a chap in Scotland who had a tank (Challenger, I think,) stolen from the place where he warehoused it. Most tealeafs will take anything that isn't welded down into concrete foundations … behind razorwire and attack-dogs.

[@Navitus]

That's really smart on his part to give an instant update of his whereabouts and information before searching closer.

[@robertleifeld225]

Really good video, best so far and the audio excellent. Enjoyed the double heist.

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

We were trying to improve the audio, so really appreciate your comment 👍

[@wetrock2766]

@@AutomatricsMtrack Good thing you give a synopsis after a while because the accent and words are not all easily understood by people outside of GB

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

@@wetrock2766 Guess we are just normal local citizens talking the way we do here. You can always ask us for a translation 😁👍 for example "Pucker" means "Legit or "Legitimate" or Sound as in "Sound as a Pound" 😁👍

[@wetrock2766]

@@AutomatricsMtrack Lol, thank you for the answer, I did not expect any. It's true, I didn't mean it in a negative way. Like where I live, we speak a normal everyday language (for us) that people from other countries wouldn't understand. Cheers!

[@smilenowsmileforever4226]

@@wetrock2766 I understood every word

[@lancer525]

It's really cool to be able to search up where you are on Google Earth, and see where you've been and where you are when you find these things. You really get around, Richard!

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

Nice to get out and about 👍

[@mismas81]

Thanks god you've found it. My car got stolen few years ago...i also found it...with some luck... Bastards who steal such things.

[@axelusul]

Remember my mate did his dissertation on Trackers and new technologies for the protection of Plant and Construction Equipment. This was in 1995, very interesting and prescient.

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

Cool Comment 👍

[@VAX1970]

Should have flown the drone into the barn, rather than approaching it on foot.

[@EnglishLaw]

That's what I thought

[@kills456]

Problem is if the metal.blocked the GPS signal in the first place the radio signal would probably do the same

[@joaquincortada1483]

Was thinking the same

[@willycase6430]

The drones are quite noisy

[@Malc180s]

Stupid idea. You'd be shite at this job.

[@tellmesomething2go]

This was amazing, mates! Not one but two thefts, on the same piece. And an extra one to boot! Unbelievable about moving it a second time. Very braising. Good work,all around.

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

Many Thanks for your comment it was certainly a challenge 🤔👍😁

[@JohnDoe-lr6eo]

He stole that fair and square.

[@UCCLdIk6R5ECGtaGm7oqO-TQ]

Always a good watch these videos.

[@travisreed4070]

Please tell me the guy who had the tractor stolen got one of the tracking systems of yours

[@jonmooney9953]

Best one so far! Automatrics MTrack does it again. Good job!

[@ronnieg6358]

Can't understand why you took your eyes off it when you found it!

[@ahmedmahay]

Ronnie G he couldn’t stay on private property for too long

[@RespawnRestricted]

@@ahmedmahay but he could have parked in the public road right their watching the barn

[@majinkaos]

Fuck that I would have posted on the excavator. I dare you to say something about private property. I’m sitting on private property that’s not yours!

[@666MadDog]

@@majinkaos haha.. i would have take a seat in that excavator waiting for the guys..

[@massv953]

yea he really sucks at his job, let it walk away under his nose and turned it into much more of a goose chase. American recovery guys would not let this shit happen.

[@lesliefulton9219]

What you need is a little remote camera you can set up once you identify the site, to watch traffic and see if anyone moves it, it would get you identity of who did the job, while you wait for law enforcement to show up.

[@fuffoon]

Its great to have this technology and recover stolen goods. Do your customers get any theft insurance premium reductions for their insurers?

[@buddyhirshfield5970]

You should’ve said you’re Muslim and somebody called your Racial name they would’ve been there in two seconds

[@ed_halley]

Do you go through life just injecting completely irrelevant racist bullshit into every conversation you can find on the Internet? Ridiculous waste of biomass, you are.

[@freeaudiobooks7469]

@@ed_halley Islam is not a race. Quit being offended for everyone.

[@rickystephenson518]

Eli Z not everyone

[@Kay-cf5et]

@John Thomas you're a chav

[@robertmatthews7584]

OI M8, LES 'AV A LOOK AT THE QUEEN'S SNARKY COMMENT LOICENSE, SHALL WE?

[@maverick4220]

100% who ever owned that barn and that cottage was involved.

[@MrLongshot26]

That plot twist! 9:08

[@demblades315]

MrLongshot26 had a feeling that would happen when he left it

[@DFRDRIFTPIG]

What a shit show. Why wouldn’t you park close enough to keep eyes on the digger while waiting for the cops.

[@MrLongshot26]

@@DFRDRIFTPIG hindsight is a great thing

[@DFRDRIFTPIG]

MrLongshot26 in another video he finds the machine and waits for the cops but they take their time. So he decides to go to the pub for some tea and return later. Also I hope their device has an external battery as the thief’s now are going to disconnect the battery in hopes the gps signal drops out.

[@BobGnarley.]

honestly though what do they expect, driving past with the RF beep at full volume repeatedly, then actually walking around the digger and flying a drone over the property. You'd have to be deaf AND blind to miss all that. If I was this guy I'd turn the volume down when I get close AND only do one or two passes of the property if it's out in the sticks like this. and I definitely wouldnt get a drone out unless it was literally the only way of seeing inside. Imagine you just stole a digger and while your in your barn in the middle of nowhere some guy keeps slowly driving past with a loud BEEP...BEEP...BEEP hahahah...

[@ew4206]

Sounds like P!key bizness?

[@VAX1970]

If it's not the Pikey's it's the Eastern Europeans at it, like last time.

[@jessh5310]

@FRIENDLY JAPANESE BUSINESSMAN .Irish traveller or caravan dweller or thieving lowlife with no fixed abode.

[@EnglishLaw]

Well said @@christommo

[@VAX1970]

@FRIENDLY JAPANESE BUSINESSMAN No it's a description of and Irish traveller / gypsy who steals things. Not a race but a nationality

[@christommo]

FRIENDLY JAPANESE BUSINESSMAN . If they are a traveller, they’re still a Pikey

[@carlharris2808]

Richard always good to see the bad guys lose.

[@richardhuxtable1289]

very true but I'm afraid to say a lot more winners for tea leafs and a lot of straight looooosers

[@danielgorzelniak3209]

The biggest bad guys won in 1945 :(

[@staticfanatic6361]

You need to get started earlier in the day. Seems as you don't want the location revealed! The people of where the stolen property is located, are as guilty as the theif!

[@tndrtacoz1176]

This was just recommended to me on youtube. A channel that finds stolen excavators.

[@ogbsoffgrid.3683]

More gyppos?

[@wlan246]

@@naui_diver9290 Ya like dags?

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

*Where's Borat when ya need Him?*

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

*Knock Knock* *Who's There?* *Egypt* *Egypt Who?* *Egypt you, when sold you that fake Rolex.*

[@thegoodbetdotcom3069]

Super result! I would really enjoy this job on the tracking side (did a bit of police work) plus also canvassing for new accounts as I think every plant company and other expensive items as appropriate should have tracking capabilities. If life wasn't going in a different direction with my own business opportunities this is the sort of thing I would love to do.

[@nethalus]

I would say that cottage haad LOTS to do with that theft TBH, as soon as you were noseying in that barn, too quick to be any other reason, the Beibergh district (Hadleigh/Sudbury etc) area does have a fairly high crime rate, especially plant and lead/pipe etc, and there are a few 'traveller' camps including a large one just west of Ipswich that is renowned for crime. Manpower for Suffolk Police is getting to dangerously low levels sadly. A brilliant result, and that Claas tractor could have even been nicked from their UK HQ just off the A14 near Bury St Edmunds, about 20 miles or so from Sudbury

[@rorycoxhill1080]

This is in Braintree DC area Essex.

[@nethalus]

What threw me was Sudbury, that is in Babergh district, and he was just off Duddery Hill in Haverhill, which is fairly high up, and about 4 miles or so from Ashen, which strangely is partly in Suffolk and Essex. I did think Richard risked his life, his every move was being watched from that house, too much of a coincidence, he did put himself in danger nosing about, now that is a rookie mistake, he had the RF signal, but impatience got the better of him on this one, Police attending will have been from Essex, not Suffolk, cross border requires special permission from duty control, the brand new CLAAS tractor will have been a bonus for police, the mind boggles why manufacturers of heavy plant do not factory fit RF and GPS tracking units, especially as around here you are barely an hour away by road from the largest container port in Europe, and within a couple of hours, your nicked plant can be on it's way to anywhere in the world

[@brianchester4218]

Just a shame that the crooks cannot be caught as they were virtualy next to them

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

Thanks for your comment very informative 👍

[@shark73]

@@nethalus the problem with fitting gps/trackers from factory is that every crook will learn where to look for them(standart placements), and then remove them. still i agree, way too little is done on antitheft/tracking, i guess manufactors of cars/trucks/motorbikes/tracktors/etc sells more with each theft

[@John_Be]

It never fails. Richard is hunting for equipment and it raining.

[@hang3xc1]

Should've parked across the driveway, or at least right at the driveway. Nitwits. But by them moving it, TWO stolen pieces of equipment were recovered. So it all worked out in the long run.

[@flowmastaflam]

You're a madman walking into the barn of some random dude housing stolen property. Crazy risky. Wait for backup!

[@darugdawg2453]

Thats what you call trespassing. Youll be smoked if it was in US

[@kedolan4992]

@@darugdawg2453 It's only trespassing if there are posted signs (and you have to post a bunch, not just 1 at the front gate or something, you have to ring the whole property), or if you've been told directly that you're not welcome. Otherwise you're just a guest walking up to say hello or something, as far as the law is concerned.

[@AiMR]

It's the UK, where the most dangerous weapon they have is a butter knife 🤣

[@seanconway6419]

Old bill didnt even know what the CESAR plate was!!!!

[@BrendanNutley]

GPS, RF locating, wilderness. My kind of hunt. Bring on the next one!

[@Robhalifax]

Epic. And a drone for good measure.

[@AucklandBlonde]

What an awesome job you’ve got out finding these Carr’s, bikes,tractors and diggers etc...

[@axgtsimi]

great result i wish you would upload more often

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

Not long to wait for the next one .... Ford Mustang theft on its way very soon 👍

[@axgtsimi]

@@AutomatricsMtrack did the police go back to the location where it was parked first. looks like a few other items in there whats probably stolen.

[@userPrehistoricman]

How many of your theft recovery operations do you put on KZbin?

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

@@userPrehistoricman We try and post a video of every recovery we attend. Sometimes the Police recover the assets so we do not attend in those events. If there is not a video, we do tell the story of what has happened, and try to get photos to post to our Facebook page: facebook.com/automatrics/

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

@@userPrehistoricman not as many as we would like, it depends on GPS location situation and type of asset.

[@robertrishel3685]

You must really enjoy your work! I know I would, doing something unquestionably good in every sense of the word! Bravo sir!

[@694069406940]

good video's love watching them and to see how you find it i mite get one of them fitted

[@binarybox.binarybox]

This was different, Richard with some help and local knowledge from the police...and another bonus find which is excellent but I'll never forget the outboard motor video with such a result. I agree with Biker Girl, I think the barn was a temp lay up and they gave a phone call to the thieves as it disappeared straight after Richard's arrival. I wonder if the police have a video of the chase?

[@helgelarsen4850]

well done! Afterwoods it's easy to say that you shuldent have turned the RF-reciever off, while waiting for the police. And that it was a bit sloppy work, not checking for other exits. But still a good result. Even a bonus, in the tractor. Keep the good vids comming. And as I have requested before, some information on the aftermath is always welcome.

[@emmettbyrne9835]

Nice work getting the excavator and tractor back. I can't believe they managed to sneak it out of the barn the first time.

[@Quetzachapin]

Police were too busy arresting people calling someone by the wrong pronoun. SMDH.

[@fartzinacan]

These videos are amazing. I wouldn't mind doing some work like this here in the States.

[@rikujkoivisto]

It should be like, if stolen device costs £10.000, distress is going to be like £10.000+ norm judgement. 😨

[@sorrenpeak4870]

"We got rammed off the road," the policeman says casually, before giving a hearty chuckle. That's it? You got your car RAMMED off the road and you chuckle and let them go?

[@therandomking1265]

That number plate that was on the floor is registered to a 2005 black Honda Civic sport and it has been SORN so it us no longer on the road

[@hippopotamus86]

Well it is a scrap yard.

[@stebam3241]

What a spastic

[@xSUBIACOx]

@@stebam3241 No need.

[@johnthegodfatherslack]

Get a fucking life. Jesus.

[@Ckcdillpickle]

And you figured this out how?

[@hdog2259]

Very local to me this one! I have been Watching these videos for 2-3years now and never expected one so close. Great work though recovering all these things!

[@stevieg_306]

Hahahaha, can't get around an MTrack. Great video as always.

[@hippopotamus86]

Well there has been at least one that he went to Germany to recover some plant equipment but it turned out the thieves found the tracker and stuck it on another digger at some docks.

[@stevieg_306]

@@hippopotamus86 Seen that one, one of the only times they got away with the asset

[@maxsands3861]

Cops probably called their pals that stole the excavator to tell them they've been found out and get it moved! Notice the cop asked about the tracker. On the other hand transporting that excavator with just straps and the way they strapped it was horrible, transporters should be arrested. Should have left a camera in the bushes by the barn.

[@dumbdriller4913]

Two ratchet straps over the tracks eh .... def to code

[@johnknoefler]

USA we use chains for that stuff.

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

@@johnknoefler Australia same. Also have to clean the ex before you transport it.

[@smilenowsmileforever4226]

Chains come alongs d rings

[@maciej_sliv]

Very good job founding these. I wish I could know what's engineering behind this tracker (know I can't), this must be a very clever one, and also the one that has designed it. Well done

[@OliverUnderTheMoon]

eSIM/GPS/RF Beacon

[@speeddemon8786]

Does it cost more to the customer if you have to go out and personally locate the stolen vehilce?

[@DevinJuularValentine]

As far as I'm aware the service is part of the package. I think they give police a chance, if there's GPS loc, but if it isn't able to give off an accurate enough location police won't investigate, so that's when they go out with RF to help. I'm in Southampton so I feel pretty pleased to use them knowing if there's trouble it won't be long before someone is out to get my bike back

[@ollac3758]

No. Thats included on your subscription

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

Any required finding is included in our subscription, we also pay up to £200 towards any recovery transport

[@speeddemon8786]

AutomatricsMTrack That’s really good. Thanks for confirming

[@mac6899]

@@AutomatricsMtrack Hi guys, congrats on a great job, reminds me of the film "No country for old men"!! 🤣🤣 on the subject of your tracking devices, did you ever come across cases where your devices have been jammed by sophisticated GPS jamming systems available online mainly from the PRC, there has been some cases in Ireland where criminals have used sophisticated jamming equipment to cloak stolen property such as Cars, Suvs, plant, and stolen cash in transit boxes which they suspect of carrying tracking devices.

[@bodgerbill3]

Wow! Brilliant. I have been procrastinating for ages but will be placing an order for your super system in the new year Richard.

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

Sounds good !

[@barbaradyson6951]

The thieves get more rights than the victims

[@deadringer6759]

Thank you, KZbin recommendations, very cool!

[@dalem1140]

Unfortunately they probably only get a fine and a slap on the wrist.

[@richardhuxtable1289]

yes when they get caught pinch another machine to pay the fine vicious circle chop chop hands off

[@rickdees251]

The tracking company doesnt want the thief cought. Get the equipment back is all they care about. More free thiefs means more demand for tracking.

[@VAX1970]

@16:55 HONDA CIVIC SPORT 2005 Registration number: FG05CNA Body type: 3 Door Hatchback Colour: Black Date of first registration: March 2005

[@DashCamNetwork]

It's not even been reported stolen though :(

[@hydranmenace]

Excellent safe recovery. Does the cost of your tracking service include the recovery expenses like towing and the rest?

[@martinsmith8417]

Thats definitely an irish traveller trick, the old ram with a 4x4, they should have cut their losses and left it in the barn, but greed got them caught for tractor too, plus whatever else they may have had there.

[@gordon861]

Yea pretty stupid really, it obviously has a tracker or the guy wouldn't have come looking for it, so just chalk it up to a near miss and leave it.

[@deezelfairy]

Yeah, I wondered why the hell they moved it, obvious it had been tracked, I could understand if they wanted it out the barn if the cottage owner was in on it but to another site with another piece of stolen equipment? Clearly huge balls but no brains. I would have just towed it a couple of miles away, dumped it in a lane and cut my losses. Greedy bastards, greed normally gets 'em caught in the end! 👍

[@onepup-pr3yl]

No your wrong there, a traveler would stand next to it and deny it was in the barn and just walk away.

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

Easy to stop that with a couple of bullets. I forget, you Brits aren't allowed to protect yourselves or your property. You just have to bend over and take it.

[@georgefraser4623]

@@tiredoldmechanic1791 yeah and we also don't have schools getting shot up every other week and we are allowed to protect ourselves on our own property .

[@usurper762]

Hope you’ve changed the way you operate after this, so that you don’t ‘lose’ the asset after locating it!

[@kevinroberts9580]

I think every time a thief is caught, they should be publicly caned and then locked up. And maybe a caning every day that they are locked up. I hate the damn Thief

[@danielgorzelniak3209]

Or send them to work and for huge crimes execution?

[@grantw.whitwam9948]

it's hard enough to run a business without thieves.

[@terrywilder9]

Yes! You know how much a deterrent pulling their pants down in public, say a town square, giving them a few lashes or a good paddling and airing it on television would be!

[@lukejohnrussell1026]

It must be so satisfying returning peoples'stolen property.

[@davidmg1925]

I don't mean to be pedantic but if peeps could keep their thieving mits off other peoples tackle it might save all this nocternal stuff.

[@turnbull321]

love the drone! You just need to look on Google maps to check for the get-away routes next time..

[@garrylord4585]

Eww

[@stevenwalls7215]

Do y'all not have much laws when it comes to tie-in down heavy equipment on trailers all y'all used was 2 little straps instead of usein chains and boomers

[@georgefraser4623]

Your lucky if that digger weighs 2 or 3 tonne ,the straps can hold 2 tonne each so digger ain't going anywhere, chains on something this size is overkill

[@jeffwestend909]

@@georgefraser46237,500 lbs. 3500 kg. I'd rather be following 'overkill' on the freeway than dodging the aftermath of 'good enough'.

[@sailingsolar]

Nobody is "caught" until they're arrested, found guilty and locked up. Until that all happens the guilty is hold delt with.

[@leotimtom6637]

The thief read Take Uchi. That is why it was stolen.

[@ianpennack]

The owner of the tractor is a lucky fellow. He gets his back and it wasn't tracked.

[@gtjack9]

Be very careful with taking drone footage. You could be prosecuted by the land owner if you haven’t gained permission, especially since you’re using the images for commercial purposes (advertising of your services).

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

Sure, we are 50% through our commercial license application so we are aware 👍

[@johnthegodfatherslack]

They shouldn't be bloody thieves then should they? Forget the drone, id have used a much swifter approach, it wouldnt have involved the law, yet the results would have been much more satisfactory and i would have caught them.

[@gtjack9]

@@AutomatricsMtrack Great to hear. I wouldn't want you to get bad press for something as insignificant as a drone.

[@patrickmoore1602]

I enjoyed the video. Good luck with your product. Sadly, walking into a person's barn like that is one of the fastest ways to get shot , here in the States.

[@kills456]

That's retarded I can look at the same.property on Google Earth lol

[@samsmith3025]

Incredible the way the equipment was floating above the road.

[@stevenwalls7215]

Just explain to me why didn't you just set at the drive way by the barn and watch it hell you must have pulled mile r more from it to not be able to see it gettin moved, how long have u been doing this shit

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

In our experience stolen vehicles don't usually move from one location to another in the same day as the theft, bandits would usually wait a number of days for stolen goods to cool down. So to start with, we were just not expecting this machine to move after just a few hours. We could have parked outside the barn area, but we felt it would be OK to move to the end of the road (about 500 yards) knowing we could still cover the only believed exit, not block the farm road, not draw attention to ourselves and to be better visible for the attending customer, the recovery truck and the police. We don't want the customer onsite when assets are located on or within private property, we don't want confrontation. So it made sense all round to wait for the police and the recovery truck from the end of the road. On this occasion it could have all gone wrong as we had not realised there was another exit from the barn. The bandits arrived before the police and that could have proved a challenge had we waited directly by the barn. It worked out as a good result and the correct strategy in the end. We got the machine back, police arrested the bandits and we reunited a second victim with the bonus stolen tractor find. These bandits were clearly dangerous trying to force police off the road etc.

[@stevenwalls7215]

@@AutomatricsMtrack I didin need a book report tryin to make y'all feel better u could have just said we screwed up on this one and been done with it just be really glad u had the tracker and I'll stick with the American way and that's when u see it u keep it in sight

[@AutomatricsMtrack]

@@stevenwalls7215 sorry you asked for an explanation and then complain when you get one. Just no pleasing some folk

[@stevenwalls7215]

@@AutomatricsMtrack yeah I no u r forgiven o whanker

[@stevenwalls7215]

@@petemiller519 let me ask u would u tell your 11 year old kid that kinda stuff cause I don't really like u sayin it to me since I am only 12 years old, but u sound like a really good mother

[@CleverMetaphor]

the thumbnail looks like an excavator falling from really high towards a big blue circle on the ground