Well, it happened to us this past weekend. Our fully enclosed trailer loaded with equipment was stolen from our yard. The trailer is a Wells Cargo 8 x 14 x 6.5 and had almost everything in it. Words cannot express my anger right now. In the trailer was 48" Exmark Turf Tracer, 36" Exmark Turf Tracer, 4 Toro commercial 21" mowers, a Tru-Cut blade edger w/ 4 hp Honda, Billy Goat "Termite", 5 Shindaiwa blowers (3 EB480, 2 EB500), 5 Shindaiwa line trimmers (3 T230, 2 T260), 3 Shidaiwa Hedge trimmers (2 double sided 30",1 single sided 40"), brand new Shindaiwa P230 Multi Tool with both the articulating hedge trimmer attachment and the pole chain saw, $300 Jameson pole pruner, 12' orchid ladder plus over $1000 in misc. like extra Goat bags, hand tools, tool box...
99% of the time the trailer is parked behind one of our dumpers, but this past weekend one was getting a flat fixed and the other is out doing bed work and wasn't parked at the shop. This weekend they only had to pull up and cut the padlock on the tongue
Insurance will hopefully cover most of it, but check your wording policy closely, our policy depreciates the equipment Everything was 3.5 years old or newer so we should be OK. Next trailer WILL be GPS equiped & tracked.
If you do not already have all your equipment listed in a single form I highly suggest you do so. Here is a copy of our blank equipment inventory sheet for reference (unfortunately our present inventory is all that you see listed...)
99% of the time the trailer is parked behind one of our dumpers, but this past weekend one was getting a flat fixed and the other is out doing bed work and wasn't parked at the shop. This weekend they only had to pull up and cut the padlock on the tongue
Insurance will hopefully cover most of it, but check your wording policy closely, our policy depreciates the equipment Everything was 3.5 years old or newer so we should be OK. Next trailer WILL be GPS equiped & tracked.
If you do not already have all your equipment listed in a single form I highly suggest you do so. Here is a copy of our blank equipment inventory sheet for reference (unfortunately our present inventory is all that you see listed...)