Post by Susan on Jan 27, 2006 14:00:05 GMT 1
Please if buying second hand trailers or Horseboxes, before even considering ask the sellor for the serial number or reg number/vinplate number then ring
The Equipment Register and check it is not stolen.
01225 464599
You wont waste your time viewing what you can not buy..
It has to stop somewhere the market of reselling stolen goods.
At the moment we propective purchasers make it to easy and have done little to check or safeguard ourselves.
Note this to bring it all home
over a MILLION POUNDS worth of heavy plant equipment gets stolen each WEEK in the UK including horse trailers and horse boxes..
Just by ringing TER you can help and also save yourself aiding this market.
Just because we insure doesnt make it right and it adds to the premiums because they are so stealable.
This is my tale and how I got inc=volved and learned a GOOD lesson.
I nearly bought a IW from a friend and did a check to just see its age and discoved it was registered stolen.!!!!!
DONT add to the grey market and be landed with a trailer that is not your property. The person I know can not sell this trailer as it is not his property to sell legally. It belongs to the insurance company.
Ask for Gareth at the TER ..he is extremley helpful and so are IW's. I cant speak for other trailer manufactures regards helping or having a database like IW.
Note also more IW trailers are stolen, BUT they do have the market share and because they sell so many it is why more show up as stolen.
All trailer makes suffer this.
BUT also when you do own one, help yourself as well
PAINT POSTCODE ON THE ROOF,
PAINT IT ON EVERYPART.
KEEP NOTE OF ALL THE SERIAL NUMBERS AND IDENTIFICATION MARKS.
TAKE PICTURES AND KEEP THEM SAFE.
USE A WHEEL CLAMP AND HITCHLOCK TO MAKE IT HARDER TO STEAL, BUT BE AWARE CERTAIN FRATURNITY WILL MANAGE TO STEAL ANYTHING!
TRY HARD TO LOOK AFTER YOUR PROPERTY.
DONT MAKE IT EASY FOR THE WOULD BE THIEF.
AGAIN
TER IS 01225 464599
The Equipment Register and check it is not stolen.
01225 464599
You wont waste your time viewing what you can not buy..
It has to stop somewhere the market of reselling stolen goods.
At the moment we propective purchasers make it to easy and have done little to check or safeguard ourselves.
Note this to bring it all home
over a MILLION POUNDS worth of heavy plant equipment gets stolen each WEEK in the UK including horse trailers and horse boxes..
Just by ringing TER you can help and also save yourself aiding this market.
Just because we insure doesnt make it right and it adds to the premiums because they are so stealable.
This is my tale and how I got inc=volved and learned a GOOD lesson.
I nearly bought a IW from a friend and did a check to just see its age and discoved it was registered stolen.!!!!!
DONT add to the grey market and be landed with a trailer that is not your property. The person I know can not sell this trailer as it is not his property to sell legally. It belongs to the insurance company.
Ask for Gareth at the TER ..he is extremley helpful and so are IW's. I cant speak for other trailer manufactures regards helping or having a database like IW.
Note also more IW trailers are stolen, BUT they do have the market share and because they sell so many it is why more show up as stolen.
All trailer makes suffer this.
BUT also when you do own one, help yourself as well
PAINT POSTCODE ON THE ROOF,
PAINT IT ON EVERYPART.
KEEP NOTE OF ALL THE SERIAL NUMBERS AND IDENTIFICATION MARKS.
TAKE PICTURES AND KEEP THEM SAFE.
USE A WHEEL CLAMP AND HITCHLOCK TO MAKE IT HARDER TO STEAL, BUT BE AWARE CERTAIN FRATURNITY WILL MANAGE TO STEAL ANYTHING!
TRY HARD TO LOOK AFTER YOUR PROPERTY.
DONT MAKE IT EASY FOR THE WOULD BE THIEF.
AGAIN
TER IS 01225 464599