Nobody is immune, it’s everywhere.
I think the reporter has misread the police report and mistook the tractor to bring a tractor unit that was in the lay-by overnight.
No sensible farmer would leave expensive kit or equipment in lay-by unless it was broken down or the farm worker left it there for a plethora of reasons.
According to John Deere website there tractors hold 177 l so can’t see any tractor holding 270 liters.As said above I reckon they meant a tractor unit
That’s some decent detective work there Guv.
Surely a tractor driver wouldn’t sleep overnight in it, and if he stopped for a snooze he or she would see and hear anyone up to no good?
Henry Stephens:
Nobody is immune, it’s everywhere.
You’re correct there, I recently had to have a scan at a mobile unit, when I arrived the male nurse was checking the fuel in the genset. He informed me they had to check it every morning as the local toe-rags had drained the fuel the previous week. This caused all the appointments for that day to be cancelled. These scanners are used for life saving diagnosis, but these scumbags have no morals or interest in anything but themselves.
This scanner is in the grounds of a hospital , but that means nothing to these bags of excreta. Regards Kev
Low life scum is an apt name for fuel thieves.
edd1974:
According to John Deere website there tractors hold 177 l so can’t see any tractor holding 270 liters.As said above I reckon they meant a tractor unit
Thats a pretty small tractor there . Try something like a 7R 350 John Deere - fuel tank on spec sheet 463 litres
https://www.deere.co.uk/assets/publications/index.html?id=b47bac6f#54
Trucknet csi at it again… focusing on the important issues.
adam277:
Trucknet csi at it again… focusing on the important issues.
edd1974 didn’t beleive that an agricultural tractor could have a fuel tank bigger than 175 l . I simply pointed out that it could (and I know there are much bigger tractors with even bigger fuel tanks ). Fuel theft is an important issue but facts are important in coming to conclusions
I thought tractors ran on red. 
Generally, yes, but I believe there’s a scheme where those entitled to use red can use white but then claim a tax rebate.
Anyway. I think this is just yet another example of “modern journalism” not understanding the terminology of our industry 
I worked for an unscrupulous haulier who had a 2000 litre storage tank of either kerosene or paraffin and bought end life tractor units as it didn’t matter if the fuel blew the engines up.
robroy:
I thought tractors ran on red.
Theives don’t care what colour the fuel is.
Lucky tip off from a blokein a field foiled this lot some years back.
When high value equipment is stolen from farms overnight by the time the farmer wakes up to discover it’s gone the stolen machinery can travel long distances overnight to Ireland and Europe, if is inside the container, the chances are it won’t be checked and maybe put a fraudulent information list on the cmr or manifest.
With two drivers on a double manned shift you get a long distance across Europe.
In a rural village i saw numerous tractors with the ignition keys left inside the cabs.
I informed the police who emailed to say the farmer won’t remove the keys as he would hear the tractors starting up if someone tried to steal them
but the farmhouse was nowhere to be seen nearby.