From having worked on building sites, this smacks of an inside job. We once had an expensive generator nicked and the tracker had been chucked out just like this, not far from the site. One of the regular lads said he’d walked in on two of the extra hired help rummaging around under the generator panels a few days before and he thought it was odd. Turned out they were rummaging around for the tracker so they knew where it was in advance of nicking the generator. We actually got it back because one of them was stupid enough to put it in his garage though 😂
What an honest company for posting the good with the bad results. Also shows the tenacity of Richard’s company in wanting to try and back their customers stolen gear up.
It's good to see them showing a situation whereby they don't recover an item, demonstrating other outcomes even tho it's not the desired one. Great videos guys.
Love these videos with this man who has saved so many small time builders and people with other trades who have to pay their bills and their homes etc etc They depend on their pieces of plant equipment it’s their bread and butter as they say’ Goes to show how many people were left with out their jobs & marriages houses cars and work vans etc etc ))) spilts family’s up and wrecks people’s marriages & lives and future all because their equipment is all gone never to be seen again which is heartbreaking and if they had a tracker fitted none of misery they’ve went true wouldn’t have happened to them at least they would have a chance to get their stuff back God bless ya all
Thanks for your comment, it's certainly rewarding to find and return peoples stolen goods, and you have summed up quite nicely about the negative impact that theft victims could suffer, and this is why we will always go that extra mile.
@@AutomatricsMtrack thank you sir for your response)) Are you busy these days with the COVID 19 scar because people weren’t working etc etc and god bless ya man and your family)) Keep the good work up can’t beat the tracking systems amazing tool towards theft and other misery caused by the scumbags who make their money by stealing people’s livelihood etc etc Look after your self mate
@@patrickjm3487 Thanks - Busy is an understatement - new products - new website - new servers - more recoveries - Still no pain no gain - We have a dozen or so new operational videos to post all in the pipe line 👍
What a bummer ! I guess you cant find them all ,and fair play to you for uploading a fail. Please post more vids love watching them .why dont you ask for assistance on here ? Im sure some of you subs would gladly come out with you.
@@bazahaza United States Chemical Safety Board - excellent 3D rendered reconstructions of deadly industrial accidents. One of my favorite channels as well.
Have you ever thought on placing multiple trackers on the more expensive assets? In my opinion, thiefs wouldn't be smart enough to search for a second tracker after having found the first one.
I had an idea about these kind of localization jobs: How about outfitting a drone with this technology? I guess it may be a bit on the heavy side as it is, but with some tweaking of the electronics and the antenna, it could be possible to do such a thing. The signal and directions could easily be sent to your smartphone, as well as a gps location.
They use Drones when they can't get access to an area for recon, Very professional outfit these Guys.. That would be a good next step in the Tools used for recovery of stolengoods.
@@kevinansell9341 I am sure the large losses from theft every year would make those investments quite okay, and if the response time gets a lot shorter, before a drone is on site, some thiefs may think twice about taking off with the item. If the recovery company was spread out a bit more, and had such drones ready for flight in most locations, they could get to stolen items a lot faster. When the drones gets faster and have a much better battery time, maybe a drone could be launched from the office, make their own way to the reported site, to videotape any activity, while the company car and police was called to intercept the theft.
@@man_eating_monkey My intention was that they would have a full array of tech. goodies. RF scanner with directional antenna, GPS and a good multi purpose camera with infrared or night vision would be a part of the tech. Such a drone would be just about invisible in the dark, and still able to catch the thief in the act, on video, while transporting or trying to hide the stolen machine.
Absolutely fantastic that you show this video, just goes to prove that not everyone covers up what they dont want the public to see. absolute respect for you and your company.
A group of us Amateur radio guys do "Radio direction finding" each week down here in Eastbourne.Someone goes off and hides with a low power transmitter and the other guys track the signal down and find the "Fox"..It's a bit like back in the 80's when the DTI (now Ofcom) used to track us down for operating our Pirate radio station.Love your videos but sorry the concrete pump wasn't found this time.
@@avaz3837 Bolton 😅😅😅😅👍👆 Before you know it you lot will be playing in pub car parks. 😅😅 And you e thumbed your own comment you sad twat like your club sad and pathetic
It's amazing to think there are areas of the UK without mobile signal. I live in Australia and despite it being huge its very rare i lose mobile signal to the point where i cant make any contact at all. Even in the middle of the bush when i am working on stage rallies i normally have signal!
I guess it’s always going to be more difficult to hide a unit on a smaller machine, especially when a scumbag is looking for it. Can’t win em all but fair play for showing that. Keep up the good work guys n gals !!!
ive watched a lot of your stuff and never commented before well done for showing this, if i ever own something expensive enough to warrant it, i'll definitely be investing in one of your products
@@porthard5951 Lol. A GPS chastity belt. Tracker: I must be close. Its getting louder. Husband: Oh good, it started beeping. Tracker: Um....no. Its her moaning.
Have been thrue numerous of your videos and you making one hell of an advert for Automatrics .. I love how transparent you display it, and just let realty stand on its own feet. +1
there is a very high percentage chance that someone knew about the tracker since they seem to have found it rather easily . and 2 being such a new pump what is the is the financial condition of the owner company.
Licensed drone flight is the next level. Track to right above the signal with imaging. I'm sure you're currently looking into this. Always anxiously await new content, keep up the great work!
We have a drone and are 50% through license, the only drawback is the need to plan and document flights before you take to the air, so it can add another 30 - 40 minutes to the operation.
@@AutomatricsMtrack Not always. You can document a "dynamic risk assessment". I'm not sure the police do 40 minutes of paperwork before flying their drones...
Possible inside job as someone said below. Oh well, things can be learned from the not so great results. I imagine you've refined your installation techniques since this and the losses are low compared to wins.
Wow, if you're uploading from this long ago there must be a nice backlog for us to watch :) I could watch these every day as I'd love to do the job you do.
Have you ever thought when you are struggling to tell which direction the signal is coming from to have a display which is simply a circle and flashes in the orientation which the signal is coming from? Seems like it would be a massive help for you.
Do you offer customers an option of fitting a dummy tracker in an obvious place so when thieves start stripping the vehicle they think they've found it and stop damaging the vehicle further and also the proper tracker is still functioning?
Hi team, Can you please explain why the unit wasn't sending a GPS signal? I understand you shouldn't need cell signal to get a GPS ping. I'm guessing the unit only send GPS when it goes into alarm, and you can't force it because there's no cell signal. In that case, why didn't the unit alarm? Cheers
(Assuming here) GPS is the location data, receive only, the unit needs to get to a mobile network to alert base. To transmit back to a satellite the unit would need a much higher gain antenna and be less flexible in it's placement, easier to spot, not to mention shorter battery life. The backup RF method can be powered by a small battery for a long time.
In this case we needed a cell connection to transmit the GPS data. GPS receivers work fine without Cell towers but that GPS data cannot be sent anywhere until it gets a cell connection. In this area there was no cell connection for about 5 miles crazy we know but there are still so many dead zones around. Thanks for your comment
@@AutomatricsMtrack A London based criminal gang operating in Northern England was recently found to have been "obtaining" secure mapping data from a cellular service provider in order to choose dead zones for storing stolen vehicles. They were specialists in breaking current cars for spare parts, especially electronic components. These were then shipped to the Middle East and Asia. Effectively, a vehicle could cease to exist in 48 hours.
Hi Haider, thanks for asking. The E39 M5, which I have had for 15 years is awaiting a SuperSprint exhaust system upgrade at the end of January from Evolve in Luton. The RS needs a good clean, neither cars are a daily driver. That's my R129 SL500 which I have had for 22 years. Think we have used the SL on a few earlier videos along with the B3.3 Alpina (sorn for long term storage) They are all keepers, that will hopefully appreciate, although they do need a maintenance budget. 👍👍👍👍
AutomatricsMTrack Wow your a inspirational car collector then. I’m sure Imran and Evolve Automotive will make that Supersprint exhaust sound better than you expect. I always love your videos Richard. Your company is very remarkable. Regarding this video. It is quite bewildering to find out that this happened in Reading, Henley. I only live 3 miles away from Henley. One day when I can afford my dream car, for sure your company will be the one I trust. Appreciate the response to my question Richard. Have a great Christmas and New Year
IS the tracker and GSM combined? if not they may have only defused one part of the bomb,only for the other part to bite them in the bum when the pump comes back into cellular range (don't answer this, giving any crims watching the benefit!).
A very slick theft. they knew how to outsmart the tracker and where to look for it. I would suggest the customer watch his casual employees better and see if one suddenly shows explainable purchases ,such as a better car,or fancy work clothes etc. Anton Koen in South Africa has shown that the thieves there actually have jamming devices they fit to cars in case there is a tracker , and he has shown photos of car thieves carrying military issue jamming equipment taken with infrared cameras . So,somewhere in the UK or eastern Europe a small time contractor has suddenly taken ownership of a piece of gear priced way above their income level .
How can part of a country, where people live, not have any network connectivity? In my country you have cellphone connectivity on almost every mountain.
Should use thinner longer battery in the unit so it can be concealed better and spray it to match the inside paintwork so it looks like edging or something, matched with a dummy unit that is easier to see so they can discard the fake
Would it help if a dummy tracker was installed in a hidden position (not too hidden ! ) to dupe the criminals into thinking they have discovered the tracker ?
Im sure this is an uniformed question but "why can't you weld the tracker in so that it can not be removed or is really hard to find?" or put it inside the tire or something?
I wonder whether instead of hiding it, you package it to make the thieves think it is actually part of the equipment. In this case it is labelled up to indicate it is a controller in the concrete pumping process.
Cheers, yes we need to always drive home to customers the importance of finding the very best hide location possible and to use a tool to access the area. This customer admitted later he could have made a better job of hiding the unit and has now since done that on the replacement machine. We say to customers to bury the unit as deeply as possible and then we check signals during the fit process.
@@AutomatricsMtrack Is it possible to buy a fake tracker? Maybe a good idea to fit a fake/decoy tracker in a more easy to find place as if the thief tries looking for a tracker they will find and remove the decoy and then not look for the real one?
What if you installed 2 tracking devices on the same asset? If thieves find the tracking device you would have a back up in the 2nd tracker on the same asset.
It's a mono mag base whip type aerial, we showed fitment on some earlier videos but we don't want to repeat content, so we dont show it these days. Thanks for your question.
really cool to see how you find things... smart theives ,but im guessing there isnt a better way thats finnancially feasible to prevent them from getting away like this again
Well, that sucks. Good though that you also show the unsuccessful part of your job. Seeing the blurred device it looks quite big. On a machine the size of this Concrete Pump it doesn't seem te be that hard to find.
Thanks for your comment, it's a team operation really between clients and us all needing to do our best to defeat bandits. Regards the size this was an older model, our current battery devices will easily fit inside a cigarette packet and our wired devices which also have a 5 day battery backup are less than half the new model size
great job! always enjoy the content even tho it normally means a scumbag has stolen something, be great for you to make a longer episode showing start to prosecution if you ever get the chance. best wishes
So if the tracker go into alarm every time it senses movement, it must check in via cellular connection to make sure it hasn’t been put into alarm to turn off the RF beacon, if no cellular connection is made it just stays in alarm?
I agree with the comments about either an inside job, or someone who follows / knows about your channel,.. sounds like someone KNEW the pump had ( or might have had) the tracking transponder installed ( I mean a normal common thief would not even think about a tracking transponder being installed on what they steal (let alone know what one looks like) . and I find it strange that they stopped to take the transponder off just a short distance from the job site they stole it from
It's a good idea and yes we have thought of that. We have a standard drone and are 50% through license, the only drawback is the need to plan and document flights before you take to the air, so it can add another 30 - 40 minutes to the operation.
Yes, you got there too late they found the tracker device, and got away with this theft. The response to this theft was too slow. A pattern I've noticed that you need to change.
Hello, Im with ACME Faraday Cages Inc and I would like to speak with the thieves in your area regarding our new breakthroughs in defeating RF transmissions...
At the moment only direct from us here in the UK but we are going to start full US partner services in Q4 . We already have a growing list of possible state partners 👍
I work on concrete pump's here in Dublin Ireland and just before covid hit I seen sum new Guy's wit a putzmister pump behind a Jeep and their is not many people who have pumps in Ireland and I've worked on them since I was a kid a I know most people who have them and I never seen them before so have a look over here in Ireland for the pump.
Thats been considered. We have a standard drone and are 50% through license, the only drawback is the need to plan and document flights before you take to the air, so it can add another 30 - 40 minutes to the operation.
We can understand that and although that would be cool in our business we find and recover stolen assets and we don't investigate the crimes. We will look to allocate some resource to follow up the recovery with customers and the police. Thanks for your comment 👍
seems interesting that the thieves targeted a very expensive machine, that is very mobile and easy to nick and found the tracker very quickly.............very professional or insiders. Im betting insiders like other people.
Unbelievably expensive this bit of kit. For motor cars valued from 60k upwards brand new it should be compulsory to have this security device attached to the car. This is a way to bring down thefts and the price of motor insurance.
AutomatricsMTrack to me I think this is an inside job of some kind they knew it had a tracker and where to find it and how to remove it they also knew that location had no phone or gps signal someone where it was stolen from is in on it. Insurance job maybe
First find the tracking GPS unit and then put it on a shipping container to someplace like Africa or Hong Kong. Then take the equipment home for your use of it without worrying about it being found. Also get all the numbers off the equipment and repaint the thing.
From having worked on building sites, this smacks of an inside job. We once had an expensive generator nicked and the tracker had been chucked out just like this, not far from the site. One of the regular lads said he’d walked in on two of the extra hired help rummaging around under the generator panels a few days before and he thought it was odd. Turned out they were rummaging around for the tracker so they knew where it was in advance of nicking the generator. We actually got it back because one of them was stupid enough to put it in his garage though 😂
Hope they got charged?
@@jackalek charged with what??? its fucking uk bro. do wtf you want. 6 months suspended after dealing crack bro!
@@a.s945 Damn I'm about to come to the U.K. to run my coke business
Hard to beat a nice insurance job! 😂
@Holly13 Satre89 he claim 60k form insurance, it's very common in uk to do this sort of scam
It's very nice to see you upload even the cases where it is a loss. Very honest of you.
Thanks, we don't see this that often, but when we do we believe it helps drive home the importance of owners to outsmart bandits when hiding kit.
Hi are the trackers fitted by customers?
AutomatricsMTrack
Absolutely right👍🏻
Agreed ... shows the integrity of this company , that even when unsuccessful... it gets posted on you tube. I admire them.
@@AutomatricsMtrack Hi are the trackers fitted by customers?
What a start to the weekend, a Friday night Automatrics upload.
Totally agree, loves these video's. Thanks for posting
2 uploads! :D
What an honest company for posting the good with the bad results. Also shows the tenacity of Richard’s company in wanting to try and back their customers stolen gear up.
Shame you aren't posted in the US. I'd pay seriously for the integrity and commitment you put into recovery.
It's good to see them showing a situation whereby they don't recover an item, demonstrating other outcomes even tho it's not the desired one. Great videos guys.
Love these videos with this man who has saved so many small time builders and people with other trades who have to pay their bills and their homes etc etc
They depend on their pieces of plant equipment it’s their bread and butter as they say’
Goes to show how many people were left with out their jobs & marriages houses cars and work vans etc etc )))
spilts family’s up and wrecks people’s marriages & lives and future all because their equipment is all gone never to be seen again which is heartbreaking and if they had a tracker fitted none of misery they’ve went true wouldn’t have happened to them at least they would have a chance to get their stuff back
God bless ya all
Thanks for your comment, it's certainly rewarding to find and return peoples stolen goods, and you have summed up quite nicely about the negative impact that theft victims could suffer, and this is why we will always go that extra mile.
@@AutomatricsMtrack thank you sir for your response))
Are you busy these days with the
COVID 19 scar because people weren’t working etc etc and god bless ya man and your family))
Keep the good work up can’t beat the tracking systems amazing tool towards theft and other misery caused by the scumbags who make their money by stealing people’s livelihood etc etc
Look after your self mate
@@patrickjm3487 Thanks - Busy is an understatement - new products - new website - new servers - more recoveries - Still no pain no gain - We have a dozen or so new operational videos to post all in the pipe line 👍
What a bummer ! I guess you cant find them all ,and fair play to you for uploading a fail. Please post more vids love watching them .why dont you ask for assistance on here ? Im sure some of you subs would gladly come out with you.
These and the USCSB videos are gold
Please paste a link? What is uscsb?
@@bazahaza United States Chemical Safety Board - excellent 3D rendered reconstructions of deadly industrial accidents. One of my favorite channels as well.
@@garywatsonThanks, I recommend the History Guy
I appreciate the honesty of putting this video up.
Don't think I have watched one that has got away from you, I wonder if the crims watch your chanel ?
It's happened before - someone who binge watches this channel, haha
@@FrenchValleyAirport I will need to start watching the older episodes now lol
only because they havnt showed you them all
I remember watching one were they (the thefts) had found the tracker and put it on another machine, and that machine had gone abroad...
@@CJA150179 yeah they put it on a jcb
Have you ever thought on placing multiple trackers on the more expensive assets? In my opinion, thiefs wouldn't be smart enough to search for a second tracker after having found the first one.
Thats what I said too. Put a dummy in a more accessible spot.
And no wise cracks about having me hide in it. lol
I had an idea about these kind of localization jobs: How about outfitting a drone with this technology? I guess it may be a bit on the heavy side as it is, but with some tweaking of the electronics and the antenna, it could be possible to do such a thing. The signal and directions could easily be sent to your smartphone, as well as a gps location.
They use Drones when they can't get access to an area for recon, Very professional outfit these Guys..
That would be a good next step in the Tools used for recovery of stolengoods.
@@kevinansell9341 I am sure the large losses from theft every year would make those investments quite okay, and if the response time gets a lot shorter, before a drone is on site, some thiefs may think twice about taking off with the item. If the recovery company was spread out a bit more, and had such drones ready for flight in most locations, they could get to stolen items a lot faster. When the drones gets faster and have a much better battery time, maybe a drone could be launched from the office, make their own way to the reported site, to videotape any activity, while the company car and police was called to intercept the theft.
Kevin Ansell But do the drones have RF scanners or are they just for recon?
@@man_eating_monkey My intention was that they would have a full array of tech. goodies. RF scanner with directional antenna, GPS and a good multi purpose camera with infrared or night vision would be a part of the tech. Such a drone would be just about invisible in the dark, and still able to catch the thief in the act, on video, while transporting or trying to hide the stolen machine.
Multiple 'trackers' on the unit? A couple of well hidden units in clear view - and one that's not so easy to find?
Absolutely fantastic that you show this video, just goes to prove that not everyone covers up what they dont want the public to see. absolute respect for you and your company.
A group of us Amateur radio guys do "Radio direction finding" each week down here in Eastbourne.Someone goes off and hides with a low power transmitter and the other guys track the signal down and find the "Fox"..It's a bit like back in the 80's when the DTI (now Ofcom) used to track us down for operating our Pirate radio station.Love your videos but sorry the concrete pump wasn't found this time.
That must be annoying! Good of you to show a loss also. Still an amazing bit of kit that tracker.
You just can't win them all. Worth a try and a good video for us to view. Better luck next time, and see you on the next one.
Quality upload for a Friday evening 👌👍🏻👍🏻
What a rewarding job.
Would love to work for this company.
Driving round finding stolen things .
Leeds Scum
@@avaz3837 Bolton 😅😅😅😅👍👆
Before you know it you lot will be playing in pub car parks. 😅😅 And you e thumbed your own comment you sad twat like your club sad and pathetic
@@avaz3837 Bolton bum
It's amazing to think there are areas of the UK without mobile signal. I live in Australia and despite it being huge its very rare i lose mobile signal to the point where i cant make any contact at all. Even in the middle of the bush when i am working on stage rallies i normally have signal!
Mobile signal travels far further in open spaces, in England we have terrain, hills, trees and the like which block the signal.
I guess it’s always going to be more difficult to hide a unit on a smaller machine, especially when a scumbag is looking for it. Can’t win em all but fair play for showing that. Keep up the good work guys n gals !!!
Putting a dummy device along with a real one hidden deeper on the machine is maybe not a bad idea?
I was thinking the same... but then I thought "If they did that, they're not going to tell you on their videos, are they?"
Nah integrate the tracking device into the most expensive component in the vehicle and see how that goes down.
At last, this channel is getting far to few updates :)
ive watched a lot of your stuff and never commented before
well done for showing this,
if i ever own something expensive enough to warrant it, i'll definitely be investing in one of your products
Thanks
I'm sorry that the crooks foiled a successful recovery. Very frustrating. Thanks anyway for sharing the result anyway. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, will do!
I need these trackers for my kids 😁 keep up the great work
@Dan Carter It ain't the kids you need to be tracking... 😎
@@abubinmahons the missus?
@@porthard5951
Lol. A GPS chastity belt.
Tracker: I must be close. Its getting louder.
Husband: Oh good, it started beeping.
Tracker: Um....no. Its her moaning.
Have been thrue numerous of your videos and you making one hell of an advert for Automatrics ..
I love how transparent you display it, and just let realty stand on its own feet. +1
You can’t win them all but it does give your success stories more credibility when you can also see the ones that got away
there is a very high percentage chance that someone knew about the tracker since they seem to have found it rather easily . and 2 being such a new pump what is the is the financial condition of the owner company.
Among my first thoughts too...
I see what you're suggesting... I'm sure the insurance investigators have seen it all.
The tracker needs to incorporate an explosive device for situations such as this.
@@shreddder999 In that case I suggest a shot gun shell of rock salt.
@@shreddder999 In that case I suggest a shoty shell of rock salt.
Licensed drone flight is the next level. Track to right above the signal with imaging. I'm sure you're currently looking into this. Always anxiously await new content, keep up the great work!
We have a drone and are 50% through license, the only drawback is the need to plan and document flights before you take to the air, so it can add another 30 - 40 minutes to the operation.
@@AutomatricsMtrack Not always. You can document a "dynamic risk assessment". I'm not sure the police do 40 minutes of paperwork before flying their drones...
This needs to be a TV series. Good work, when I get a car worth stealing I'll be requesting your services !
Let us know when you have it, one of this channel's viewers will steal it whilst carrying a GPS/3G/4G jammer 😉
They had a segment on TV before. I believe it may have been on a BBC 2 show, Crime Trackers or something like that it was called
Possible inside job as someone said below. Oh well, things can be learned from the not so great results. I imagine you've refined your installation techniques since this and the losses are low compared to wins.
Wow, if you're uploading from this long ago there must be a nice backlog for us to watch :) I could watch these every day as I'd love to do the job you do.
Think you have nailed that point pretty well. The next upload will feature 3 x stolen assets all being reported on the same day. 👍
Props to you guys for showing the extent of effort you will go through for the customer! Good on ya.
We need more videos love your channel 👍
Have you ever thought when you are struggling to tell which direction the signal is coming from to have a display which is simply a circle and flashes in the orientation which the signal is coming from? Seems like it would be a massive help for you.
You mean a doppler direction finder. You need some electronics and four antennas for it. So far as i know only small bandwidth.
Prints on the tracker possibly? Thank you for the upload.
beat someone to death with it first though. that might be enough to get the plod out of bed.
Throw it through the police station window. . . Hit the copper on the head... Then maybe.
Do you offer customers an option of fitting a dummy tracker in an obvious place so when thieves start stripping the vehicle they think they've found it and stop damaging the vehicle further and also the proper tracker is still functioning?
Thats always an option for high risk applications
Good to see the videos back something to enjoy watching on my lunch breaks keep at it buddy you do a great job show them thief’s they don’t have power
Hi team,
Can you please explain why the unit wasn't sending a GPS signal? I understand you shouldn't need cell signal to get a GPS ping.
I'm guessing the unit only send GPS when it goes into alarm, and you can't force it because there's no cell signal.
In that case, why didn't the unit alarm?
Cheers
(Assuming here) GPS is the location data, receive only, the unit needs to get to a mobile network to alert base.
To transmit back to a satellite the unit would need a much higher gain antenna and be less flexible in it's placement, easier to spot, not to mention shorter battery life.
The backup RF method can be powered by a small battery for a long time.
In this case we needed a cell connection to transmit the GPS data. GPS receivers work fine without Cell towers but that GPS data cannot be sent anywhere until it gets a cell connection. In this area there was no cell connection for about 5 miles crazy we know but there are still so many dead zones around. Thanks for your comment
@@AutomatricsMtrack A London based criminal gang operating in Northern England was recently found to have been "obtaining" secure mapping data from a cellular service provider in order to choose dead zones for storing stolen vehicles. They were specialists in breaking current cars for spare parts, especially electronic components. These were then shipped to the Middle East and Asia. Effectively, a vehicle could cease to exist in 48 hours.
Richard how is your red Edition Focus RS getting along. That vehicle is a keeper. Also how is the restoration on your E39 M5 going.
Hi Haider, thanks for asking. The E39 M5, which I have had for 15 years is awaiting a SuperSprint exhaust system upgrade at the end of January from Evolve in Luton. The RS needs a good clean, neither cars are a daily driver. That's my R129 SL500 which I have had for 22 years. Think we have used the SL on a few earlier videos along with the B3.3 Alpina (sorn for long term storage) They are all keepers, that will hopefully appreciate, although they do need a maintenance budget. 👍👍👍👍
AutomatricsMTrack Wow your a inspirational car collector then. I’m sure Imran and Evolve Automotive will make that Supersprint exhaust sound better than you expect. I always love your videos Richard. Your company is very remarkable. Regarding this video. It is quite bewildering to find out that this happened in Reading, Henley. I only live 3 miles away from Henley. One day when I can afford my dream car, for sure your company will be the one I trust.
Appreciate the response to my question Richard. Have a great Christmas and New Year
IS the tracker and GSM combined? if not they may have only defused one part of the bomb,only for the other part to bite them in the bum when the pump comes back into cellular range (don't answer this, giving any crims watching the benefit!).
A very slick theft. they knew how to outsmart the tracker and where to look for it. I would suggest the customer watch his casual employees better and see if one suddenly shows explainable purchases ,such as a better car,or fancy work clothes etc.
Anton Koen in South Africa has shown that the thieves there actually have jamming devices they fit to cars in case there is a tracker , and he has shown photos of car thieves carrying military issue jamming equipment taken with infrared cameras .
So,somewhere in the UK or eastern Europe a small time contractor has suddenly taken ownership of a piece of gear priced way above their income level .
How can part of a country, where people live, not have any network connectivity? In my country you have cellphone connectivity on almost every mountain.
Agree its totally nuts 🤔😢🤔😂
Should use thinner longer battery in the unit so it can be concealed better and spray it to match the inside paintwork so it looks like edging or something, matched with a dummy unit that is easier to see so they can discard the fake
Would it help if a dummy tracker was installed in a hidden position (not too hidden ! ) to dupe the criminals into thinking they have discovered the tracker ?
You can get mobile reception in outback Australia but not in rural parts of England that's surprising.
Im sure this is an uniformed question but "why can't you weld the tracker in so that it can not be removed or is really hard to find?" or put it inside the tire or something?
Well done Richard and the team. Love watching these vids , so interesting. Please keep up the good work 👍
I wonder whether instead of hiding it, you package it to make the thieves think it is actually part of the equipment. In this case it is labelled up to indicate it is a controller in the concrete pumping process.
Thank you for your honesty, any lessons learned?
Cheers, yes we need to always drive home to customers the importance of finding the very best hide location possible and to use a tool to access the area. This customer admitted later he could have made a better job of hiding the unit and has now since done that on the replacement machine. We say to customers to bury the unit as deeply as possible and then we check signals during the fit process.
@@AutomatricsMtrack interesting that it wasn't perhaps the best hidden device.
@@AutomatricsMtrack Is it possible to buy a fake tracker? Maybe a good idea to fit a fake/decoy tracker in a more easy to find place as if the thief tries looking for a tracker they will find and remove the decoy and then not look for the real one?
What if you installed 2 tracking devices on the same asset? If thieves find the tracking device you would have a back up in the 2nd tracker on the same asset.
Couldn't you track it with the sonic screwdriver... ?
I see what you did there. It's been commented many times that he looks like Dr Who and someone above commented he looks like Jor El, Superman's dad.
@@GRPLiningServices : 😂 Was it The Cybermen that nicked that pump then... ?
Yeeee love me a MTrack recovery video. upload more please :)
What does the roof antenna look like? is it the flat black plate with the four aerials that the police use?
It's a mono mag base whip type aerial, we showed fitment on some earlier videos but we don't want to repeat content, so we dont show it these days. Thanks for your question.
Interesting, but how come you never see any people on those hiding places?
really cool to see how you find things... smart theives ,but im guessing there isnt a better way thats finnancially feasible to prevent them from getting away like this again
Well, that sucks. Good though that you also show the unsuccessful part of your job. Seeing the blurred device it looks quite big. On a machine the size of this Concrete Pump it doesn't seem te be that hard to find.
Thanks for your comment, it's a team operation really between clients and us all needing to do our best to defeat bandits. Regards the size this was an older model, our current battery devices will easily fit inside a cigarette packet and our wired devices which also have a 5 day battery backup are less than half the new model size
@@AutomatricsMtrack ah that explains, thanks for the clarification!
great job! always enjoy the content even tho it normally means a scumbag has stolen something, be great for you to make a longer episode showing start to prosecution if you ever get the chance. best wishes
By the way, the font on your branding, and the short piece of theme music, are really cool. Nicely done., Which one expects from Britain :)
Keep uploading please! Your videos is very satisfying to watch!
Next upload will be pretty special so keep an eye out 👍
So if the tracker go into alarm every time it senses movement, it must check in via cellular connection to make sure it hasn’t been put into alarm to turn off the RF beacon, if no cellular connection is made it just stays in alarm?
Indeed although the alarm RF beacon transmission follows the rules of our operational algorithm
Great video. Hiding these trackers is a dark art. 👍👍
Gypos, they're well aware of these tracking devices.
I agree with the comments about either an inside job, or someone who follows / knows about your channel,.. sounds like someone KNEW the pump had ( or might have had) the tracking transponder installed ( I mean a normal common thief would not even think about a tracking transponder being installed on what they steal (let alone know what one looks like) . and I find it strange that they stopped to take the transponder off just a short distance from the job site they stole it from
Hey dude I seen you on the M1 a couple of days ago in your focus ST!
Guess that must have been a lookalike... we have not been on the M1 this week
Just a thought, have you tried a UHF Rx on the drone , may help out in certain situations.
It's a good idea and yes we have thought of that. We have a standard drone and are 50% through license, the only drawback is the need to plan and document flights before you take to the air, so it can add another 30 - 40 minutes to the operation.
Yes agree
It’s admirable that you’ve uploaded a failed recovery
God bless ❤️❤️
Bast ...ds 😡
Thieves are becoming more adept at countersurveillance. But they rarely persevere after they find the first tracking device in a vehicle...
How do you know?
Not looking for any to work for you up north are you? Wouldn’t mind doing this 👌🏻
Keep up the great work and great content Richard! 💯
Yes, you got there too late they found the tracker device, and got away with this theft. The response to this theft was too slow. A pattern I've noticed that you need to change.
If it was checked for fingerprints by the Police then may be able to identify the thief?
When its been on a building site with loads of people touching it and the hire company staff. Waste of time. Its probably a inside job anyway.
Is the weather ever nice there?
Does your system cover mechanics tool chest.
We have customers that use our services for this application
I want one. Do you have dealers in north or do you travel to fit?
You can self fit and purchase online https:/www.trackersecurity.co.uk/buy.html
Hello, Im with ACME Faraday Cages Inc and I would like to speak with the thieves in your area regarding our new breakthroughs in defeating RF transmissions...
Binged on these videos clp times over lol class 👍👍👍
Have you tried putting on fake decoy trackers?
Hi, is your system available in USA?
At the moment only direct from us here in the UK but we are going to start full US partner services in Q4 . We already have a growing list of possible state partners 👍
I work on concrete pump's here in Dublin Ireland and just before covid hit I seen sum new Guy's wit a putzmister pump behind a Jeep and their is not many people who have pumps in Ireland and I've worked on them since I was a kid a I know most people who have them and I never seen them before so have a look over here in Ireland for the pump.
With all the CCTV cameras these days you might be able to get a number plate of the vehicle if you know which route was taken.
You need a drone with rf built into it, not sure if that is possible though
Thats been considered. We have a standard drone and are 50% through license, the only drawback is the need to plan and document flights before you take to the air, so it can add another 30 - 40 minutes to the operation.
Need a drone to scour the properties close to the tracker.
I wish you could include more on the arrests and convictions of the Perps to see if there is truly Justice,
We can understand that and although that would be cool in our business we find and recover stolen assets and we don't investigate the crimes. We will look to allocate some resource to follow up the recovery with customers and the police. Thanks for your comment 👍
@@AutomatricsMtrack It's just that the courts seem to too easy on these people who are a bane on society, and thank you for your reply.
@@richtfox agreed if we could we would change the UK court system to ensure more prosecutions
What swimming pool company has this.
seems interesting that the thieves targeted a very expensive machine, that is very mobile and easy to nick and found the tracker very quickly.............very professional or insiders. Im betting insiders like other people.
I love these videos. Keep up the great work!!!!
.....and I wonder who this item was stolen by?
The insurance company is going to smart for this one!
You'll be making more from RUclips than from the business at this rate!
Unbelievably expensive this bit of kit. For motor cars valued from 60k upwards brand new it should be compulsory to have this security device attached to the car. This is a way to bring down thefts and the price of motor insurance.
Bummer :-( I wonder if pro thieves are using tracker detectors that will find the RF signal ?
I had a great day and an Automatrics video is the best ending for today
You could read your comment as it was you that stole it :-) A year later I'm in lockdown and watching as there is nothing else to do.
Aww I’m gutted for you. I like it when you get a result Richard! 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 boo hiss to the thieves 😡🤬
oyou need to upload more recoverys they are ace.
Does the customer fit the tracker or automatrics?
The thief fits it.
On this occasion the customer, normally not a problem but the bandits had all the time in the world. They knew they were in a signal dead-spot
AutomatricsMTrack to me I think this is an inside job of some kind they knew it had a tracker and where to find it and how to remove it they also knew that location had no phone or gps signal someone where it was stolen from is in on it. Insurance job maybe
First find the tracking GPS unit and then put it on a shipping container to someplace like Africa or Hong Kong. Then take the equipment home for your use of it without worrying about it being found. Also get all the numbers off the equipment and repaint the thing.
I wish there was a weekly upload
Next upload will feature three assets stolen on the same day, keep an eye out will be coming soon 👍
AutomatricsMTrack perfect 👌 sounds like you had a very busy day !!
Great channel