GreenMech Evo205DT (fixed base tracked) and Tri Axle Stolen.

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38 minutes ago, GarethM said:

No, but cars are generally equipped with alarm immobilizers.

 

None of mine are.......

[Mick Dempsey]

The amount of diesel my Ranger uses I fully expect them to bring it back and ask for contributions. 

[GarethM]

How old is your car, practically everything since 1998 with a ECU needs a coded key to work which is the immobilizer.

 

Plus your average wood chipper costs more than most new cars.

Edited December 1, 2022 by GarethM

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2005 Defender TD5

[GarethM]

Is has an immobilizer built into the key.

It's a little RFID chip that talks to a receiver surrounding the ignition switch.

 

It's been compulsory since 1998.

Edited December 1, 2022 by GarethM

[Dan Maynard]

1 hour ago, GarethM said:

Is has an immobilizer built into the key.

It's a little RFID chip that talks to a receiver surrounding the ignition switch.

 

It's been compulsory since 1998.

Not on my 2004 defender either, key is just lump of plastic at the top and no coil around the ignition barrel. Think some defenders had central locking etc but anything electric best avoided on LR.

 

Can't see how it would be compulsory?

[GarethM]

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If you’re in the process of buying a car or car insurance, you’ve probably noticed the term ‘factory-fitted immobiliser’...

 

It will have one, if you have buttons on your key it's an immobilizer/alarm.

 

If it's just a plain padlock style key, then someone has disabled things.

Edited December 1, 2022 by GarethM

[dumper]

Td5 defenders had immobiliser fitted from factory 

may have been bypassed 

Edited December 1, 2022 by dumper

[dumper]

I fail to see why chipper manufacturers don’t fit trackers or immobilisers as standard, especially if you are going to leave it on a trailer overnight, they could be deeply embedded into the machine making  removal difficult 

[josharb87]

I guess it comes down to a cost against the competition thing. 
 

if Greenmech for example were to lead the way and add them, their machines would be potentially automatically £xxx more expensive than the competition. 
 

you’d need (for example) the 3 big uk makes to all do a gentleman’s agreement and all start adding them at the same time 

 

 

 

simmilar happens here in Sweden when you buy a new car, they’re sold on summer tyres, but no extra set of winter tyres. rendering the vehicle potentially illegal to drive for 4-6 months a year - because if one make started to throw them in automatically then they’d be that much more expensive