Equipment Stolen !!!!!!!

[baddboygeorge]

Gehl ctl 60 , track skid steer with 2 buckets,(cat grapple bucket & a smooth bucket) stolen yesterday in Radcliff , Kentucky area. Any one with any information please call Kentucky State Police! The grapple was missing 4 teeth on right side.Thanks George

[tthomass]

That stinks. Insurance? How was it stolen?

[JB1]

George are you sure they aint got that at the train wreck using it.

[baddboygeorge]

It was a rental that we had rented for a month. The rental yard has coverage an its already been reported to the local police. It was there last night at 8:30pm an this morning at 10 a.m. it was missing! Any info would be great , please keep your eyes out , thanks George

[tthomass]

A company I once worked for had one stolen on a trailer......hook up and go. With a tip a while later everything was found buried in a corner of a field covered in grease and sealed up. I had never heard of something like that before.

[baddboygeorge]

unit was sitting at work site no trailer was there .! I hope they find it!!

[grasswhacker]

Will keep an eye out bbg. Hope it gets recovered.

[leaflandscape]

Stealing a skidsteer without a trailer available. Hopefully they didn't drive the skidsteer off the site, there'd be quite a low-speed chase on 'cops' next week!:rolleyes:

[MOW PRO LAWN SERVICE]

That's crap George, i will keep on the look out my buddy had a trailer stole it takes a lot of nerve to steal and be a piece of crap in life if it stays in the state you might get lucky and find it.

[bishoplandscape]

thats what you pay insurance for i wish i was lucky enough to have one of my machines stolen and any rental company that dont have a lo jack system on there machine was asking for it.:nono: :nono:

[J&R Landscaping]

thats what you pay insurance for i wish i was lucky enough to have one of my machines stolen and any rental company that dont have a lo jack system on there machine was asking for it.:nono: :nono:

Why would you want any machine stolen?? Insurance will cover it but with down-time and the aggravation of filing a claim and all that, it don't make much sense to me.

George, best of luck getting it back!

[bishoplandscape]

i guess that would be a problem if you only have one machine or your whole fleet was stolen but one call and my case dealer and they would have a machine on my sites before i even showed up love those 24 hour phone numbers.

[AGLA]

They'll find it. I'm glad you had it insured, but it still messes production up on your job and makes it a little uncomfortable when you go to the rental center even though it is not your fault

Sometimes it is good try to add a little humor to a bad time. I can't help but see an easy joke coming out of this story:

What can you rent for $200 a day, has two buckets, is missing four teeth, and is gone when you wake up in the morning? ... a Gehl in Kentucky.

[MOW PRO LAWN SERVICE]

LOL,did you say girl funny one i want take offense heck i married my cousin.

[baddboygeorge]

I never dreamed someone would steal this machine! never in a million years! the rental company I do all my rentals from are great people to work with! They wanna make sure everything is done properly before they bring me out another rental to use! I understand completely this is a big loss for everyone! the unit only had less than 200 hours!!!Please eveyone keep there eye balls open please!thanks for all the jokes an help thanks George!!

[baddboygeorge]

I have to give it to ya , that was a dang good one!! thanks George

[Vikings]

Something that mobile, that expensive should have a GPS chip.

[hosejockey2002]

I don't know who in their right mind would steal a rental. Around here the rental companies stick weld their company name in about 10 places on the machine. You'd have to grind for two days to get rid of it all.

[hwm57]

BadboyGeorge,

Sorry to hear about your luck. We seeded the golf driving range in Radcliff a few years back, had a brand new tractor 2 weeks old, left it on site overnight the next day we come in and some punks had taken a hammer to it and busted out all lights and instruments. Then they stuffed rags down the fuel filler spout and lit them. Fortunately the diesel didnt catch fire, but overall with what fire there was plus the other damage it was pretty bad. BTW, was that the Rental Stops new Gehl?

[baddboygeorge]

actually rental stop had it leased from taul equipment! Hwm who are you? lets talk thanks George

[Fordsuvparts]

Hey george we should be done with the the Gehl some time this week, should we just take it back to the job site or drop it off at the rental yard, by the way you need to get those teeth fixed on the grapple.

Seriously we had a an attempted theft when we worked on a piece of the Watterson last year, they tried to steal the truck with a min exc on it, and it was right in the middle of the hotel parking lot. One of my employee's just happened to be coming back from a local strip club. He scared the guy off but he trashed the steering column on the truck witha screw driver and hammer.

[willretire@40]

We have sunbelt rentals around here and everything is fully painted bright green. I wonder if they get stuff stolen.

[MarcSmith]

When I worked at TGLC, the G-ville branch had 2 trucks and trailers stolen....trucks and trailer recovered, but all equipmentin the trailers was gone.

and the Forestville branch had 15 trailers broken into and all 2 stroke equipment lifted....

If they are smart its already out of the state....

[baddboygeorge]

its been a week since this machine was stolen an the rental store hasn't even called me in regards to getting another machine on the job! I expressed how much i needed to get this job done . i guess they dont care about my job there more concerned about there loader.I am gonna call them tommorrow an see where we stand. If all else fails i guess i will have to go to another rental yard an rent one! thanks George

[MarcSmith]

its been a week since this machine was stolen an the rental store hasn't even called me in regards to getting another machine on the job! I expressed how much i needed to get this job done . i guess they dont care about my job there more concerned about there loader.I am gonna call them tommorrow an see where we stand. If all else fails i guess i will have to go to another rental yard an rent one! thanks George


If I rented you a machine (new one to boot) and it was stolen from your job site, id be a bit hesitant to rent another machine to you for that same job lest I lose two machines in rapid sucession.

Yeah you're in a bind and now you don't have a machine on your job, but think of what the rental company has lost. a $30K machine, plus all of the rental income that machgine woudl have generated. we all know how insurance companies operate, so they get 50-75% of that $30K back and have to drop another 5-15K in a new machine. And if they are Self insured as many larger copmanies are, they just lost 30K.

Alot of us btch and gripe when customers aren't flexible or understanding when WE have breakdowns or equipment loss, all they care about is their job, while all we care about is getting our equipment running or recovered...

Personally, after a couple days, I would have contacted the other rental yard and gotten the loader from them....Of course, the other rental yard already knows about your theft and they me be hesitant to rent to you as well.....:cry: :cry:

2000 hours of rental in 8 hour increments will equate to 250 rentals or $62K @ 250 bucks a day.....

[King Shannon]

I'm originally from that area. (E-town) If you leave a quarter on the dashboard there will be someone trying to break in to get it. I have had so many things stolen while there that I walk backwards to pay for my gas to keep a constant eye on the vehicle! Sorry for your loss. It may have something to do with the two very large and bustling flea markets (Elizabethtown and Shepherdsville)

[jbailey52]

I gotta ask.. why rent a machine for a month?? I mean wouldnt you pay in a month for a rental what you could pay for payments for a new machine for a year? Or am I wrong?

[baddboygeorge]

monthly rental is 1400 ,,, your payment on that unit would be 700 - 1100 a month depending on the terms! a lot of large companies prefer to rent because there not responsible for the maint. end! were a small company so we rent when we need ! we are looking into purchasing a unit beacause our need for one is getting much more demanding!have fun thanks george

[PatriotLandscape]

I gotta ask.. why rent a machine for a month?? I mean wouldnt you pay in a month for a rental what you could pay for payments for a new machine for a year? Or am I wrong?

I rent a better machine than I can afford. for 1200 you get a new bobcat with trax the payment for me would almost be teh same and they fix anything that goes wrong with it!

[baddboygeorge]

exactly the reasons of renting!!

[bishoplandscape]

I rent a better machine than I can afford. for 1200 you get a new bobcat with trax the payment for me would almost be teh same and they fix anything that goes wrong with it!

yeah but at the end of the day you dont own the machine even after paying for it

[baddboygeorge]

what happens at the end of the day an the machine throws a rod thru the block, or ya get it buried in the mud , or it blows a hydro pump or a wheel motor ?? its all on you to get it fixed, but if its a rental unit all ya do is grab a phone an call them an that problem isnt yours anymore! so sometimes rental is a better option!

[DiyDave]

Sorry to hear of another loss. Around here I dont leave anything on a jobsite overnight, Disable starter at lunchtime and worry a lot! One time I did manage to catch a no good punk vandalizing a bulldozer. Paybacks really are hell.

[carcrz]

what happens at the end of the day an the machine throws a rod thru the block, or ya get it buried in the mud , or it blows a hydro pump or a wheel motor ?? its all on you to get it fixed, but if its a rental unit all ya do is grab a phone an call them an that problem isnt yours anymore! so sometimes rental is a better option!

Warranty!!! Or a tow truck if it gets stuck.

[AGLA]

"I rent a better machine than I can afford. for 1200 you get a new bobcat with trax the payment for me would almost be teh same and they fix anything that goes wrong with it!"

... and you only pay for the months that you use it.
... and you can rent different ones that suit the needs of the jobs that are current.

[PatriotLandscape]

I rent because I need other equipment more I bill the rental in the contract and when it's winter I don't have a payment I can't afford.

[bishoplandscape]

must be cheap where you are around here for a decent machine its 300 a day 900 a week or 2700 a month me i pay 700 a month on my case bobcat and that pays for all warranty and if something breaks they give me a free loaner machine with unlimited use and at the end i sell the machine and still get most my money back thats just me but i like to have my machine all the time


"I rent a better machine than I can afford. for 1200 you get a new bobcat with trax the payment for me would almost be teh same and they fix anything that goes wrong with it!"

... and you only pay for the months that you use it.
... and you can rent different ones that suit the needs of the jobs that are current.

[bishoplandscape]

personally i wouldn't hire someone that only showed up to a job with a truck and a rental machine how serious is that person about there business when they don't have there own equipment i have alot of contractors that use me because i can come out get the job done rite and is cheaper then them renting a machine don't get me wrong Ive rented some machines but i wouldn't depend on it inserting the rental cost in a contract thats a joke good luck to you sir

[jbailey52]

Bishop, thats just a dumb statement

[MarcSmith]

Bishop, thats just a dumb statement


I concur....No matter where I worked, there where many occasion when I bid on job, knowing that I did not have the equipment to do the job (large area bush Hogging, Stump grinding, Tree work, Augers for planting trees, Spades for moving trees renting extra skid loaders for snow removal, hiring subcontractors for mulch blowing)

Why limit yourself to the equipment you own, and why burden yourself with equipment/payments you don't need or use on a regular basis.

Whether you own a peice of equipment or rent one, you had better be charging for it.

[Fatboy]

One of my employee's just happened to be coming back from a local strip club. He scared the guy off but he trashed the steering column on the truck witha screw driver and hammer.
If he was my employee I would have bought him a lap dance.

Fatboy

[leaflandscape]

There are very few guys around who own every piece of equipment to do every job out there. Renting equipment is something even the bissest construction firms do. Drive by any construction site, even a skyscraper, and there's rented equipment there guaranteed. You can't say renting isn't professional.