Combating The Contractors Equipment Theft Epidemic

Hiding work trailers, tractors, graders, skid steer loaders, bulldozers and other types of construction equipment is like trying to hide a six-ton elephant. Yet plenty of thieves are up for the challenge, including a man who reportedly stashed away $1 million in stolen equipment until the Georgia police were tipped off and discovered the items hidden adjacent to a house he was building.

Theft of contractors equipment is a national epidemic. Local police blotters are filled with reports of equipment theft. Its a scenario that plays itself out hundreds of time per year across America's construction sites. The construction site foreman leaves bulldozers, graders, generators and other equipment on a Friday night ready for the Monday morning crew. Sometime over the weekend, a tractor pulling an empty flatbed trailer pulls on to the job site. The driver has been watching the site for several days now and knows where the newest grader is parked. Within minutes the grader is moved onto the flatbed truck, tarped for concealment and driven down the highway. It will shortly be in a container and ready for shipment to a new owner.