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The National Plant & Equipment Register (TER)
October 2013 eNewsletter
In This Issue
You loved Freebie Friday!
Crime doesn't pay!
Wallets away, spend your pennies another day!
Plant thieves... Who's watching the nicked kit?
Gifts aren't just for Christmas!
UK one day... Holland the next!
Tractor theft increase...
Two cash machines stolen, then recovered, and one arrest made!
Do you know it's true value?
TER Checks in September...
Warning! Stolen items...
Quick Links
Greetings! 

Welcome to our October 2013 eNewsletter!
 
As always, we have a variety of different stories to keep you up-to-date.
 
Thank you for reading - and please don't hesitate to contact me with any comments.

Best regards,

 

Gareth Barkwill
Manager   
gareth.barkwill@ter-europe.org

You loved Freebie Friday!   

 

On a sunny Friday in July, we sent an email offering you the chance to complete a free equipment valuation between 9:00am and 2:00pm. 

 

We received an overwhelming number of requests from our dedicated readers, many of whom were chuffed to bits with their TER/LECTURA valuation certificates. 

 

Everyone loves a freebie and who know's what we will do next!


To valuate equipment with us now, just go to: 

www.ter-europe.org/content/valuations  

Crime doesn't pay! 

 

A 34-year-old man from Somerset has been found guilty of conspiracy to handle stolen property and four counts of handling stolen property.

 

The Polish-national, who was part of an organised criminal gang based in Wiltshire, has now been sentenced by a judge in Swindon to five and a half years in prison.


The case had been referred to Crown Court after a local resident in Westbury spotted a transporter which turned out to contain a stolen John Deere 6230 tractor and JCB excavator.


A near-by storage unit was later found to be concealing �365,000-worth of vehicles and plant machinery which had been stolen from the Hampshire area.


Read the full story here: 
Wallets away, spend your pennies another day!
 

Equipment buyer's breathed a sigh of relief on 7th August as a whopping 31% of TER Check's were matched as stolen!

 

The �75,000-list of stolen items which were flagged up by the TER team included a Deutz M640 tractor, a JCB 530-70 telescopic handler and a Caterpillar 301.5 excavator.

 

Remember, if you're buying used equipment, check it with TER at:  

www.ter-europe.org/content/ter-check

 

Don't risk losing the kit - TER Check it!

Plant thieves... Who's watching the nicked kit?
 

On 5th September, a member of the public stumbled across a 

2.5-tonne Caterpillar 302.5C excavator (pictured) which appeared to have been abandoned in the Crossflatts area of West Yorkshire.


The concerned citizen, who also happens to run a large plant hire company, called TER and discovered that it had been stolen only a few days earlier!


The owners, Hewden, who register their stolen equipment with TER, were delighted to recover their missing excavator after the police Scenes of Crime Officer (SOCO) had examined it for fingerprints.


If you know the whereabouts of stolen equipment, call the police or TER!
Gifts aren't just for Christmas!
 

Here at TER headquarters we love gifts - so we have decided to give you, our readers, a gift worth over �250!!!


But you'll have to wait... so watch this space!


In the meantime, why not visit our website (
www.ter-europe.org) to check equipment, valuate equipment or register equipment?
UK one day... Holland the next!
 
A JCB excavator was stolen from Gloucestershire and turned up the next day on the border of Germany and Holland.

A man has been arrested in connection with the theft of the machine which had been exported out of the UK at the Port of Dover on a Polish-registered trailer.


It was located in mainland Europe following the activation of a tracking device and the combined efforts of three UK police forces working in cooperation with Interpol.


Read the full story here:  
Tractor theft increase... 
 
An investigation by Farmers Guardian has revealed that, despite a general decrease in rural crime, the theft of tractors has risen significantly.

Data obtained from 34 police forces under the Freedom of Information Act showed that the number of tractors which were reported as stolen increased from 120 (during the six-month period to March 31st 2012) to 221 (during the six-month period to March 2013), an increase of 84%.


Read the full story here: 

http://m.farmersguardian.com/home/hot-topics/rural-crime/tractors-and-atvs-targeted-as-livestock-thefts-drop/57846.article

Two cash machines stolen, then recovered, and one arrest made!
 

An arrest has been made after two cash machines were ripped out by a large JCB excavator from a Tesco store in Pembury, Kent on 8th August.


The cash machines and their contents - and the JCB, which had been stolen - were eventually secured by the police.


Read the full story here:

Lectura logoDo you know it's true value?

 

TER have teamed up with Lectura to offer agirl
valuations service to suit everyone's needs...

Valuation packages:
  • Know how much you should buy or sell an item for.
  • Flexible packages allow you to choose from one category, a few categories or all categories.   
  • Back up your sales price by producing a valuation certificate.
  • Negotiate on sales prices with our valuation certificate.  
  • Specialist market analysis area allows you to see current market sales prices which can be filtered by type, year and country.
  • Dealer's and manufacturer's - see how your equipment fairs against your competitors - are you the market leader? Who is? Use the information to be ahead of the game.
  • Insuring, financing or adjusting? We will do all the hard work for you and get the right price with confidence.
  • Police, customs and the CPS - Use valuations to check whether items were bought too cheaply!

Call TER on +44 (0)1225 464599 to set up your free trial or to discuss any aspect of our valuations service - or email: valuations@ter-europe.org

TER Checks in September...

In May
TER Check girl, 6% of TER Checks were issued a Match Found result after being matched as either stolen or financed.

Items matched as stolen included:
  • Bobcat T40170 Telescopic Handler 
  • Benford HD1000KR Dumper
  • Ifor Williams HB505R Trailer

Watch the TER Check video:

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Trade Checks (which search for reports of theft) cost just �10 and our Premium Checks (which additionally search for reports of outstanding finance) cost just �30 (VAT applicable). 

 

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Warning! Stolen items...

The following are just a few of the items which were stolen in September:
  • Manitou MLT731TLSU Telescopic Handler (serial number 201315)
  • Volvo EC27C Excavator (serial number 3204)
  • Bobcat T40170 Telescopic Handler (serial number 363311316)
  • Thwaites 1-tonne Dumper (serial number C0161)
  • John Deere 6930 Tractor (serial number L06930P615736) 
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