Keeping a BX22 Home

[BobD]

I just bot a BX22 and have been watching all the local landscape artists driving by oogling it. Down here I have learned to keep my hand on my wallet until I get know someone and since I have to let it sit out until I get a garage built I'm wondering what is the best way to keep it from wandering off on its own. Is there some way of easily disabling my pride & joy so it stays where it belongs?

BTW, these forums were a great help in buying my baby. Its a real pleasure to read informative, mature posts without all the bashing I've found by the kiddies on other forums. A great bunch of gentlemen.

Bob

 

[BillG_in_TX]

Bob,

I'd start by parking it around back, and then get started on that garage asap. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[WVBill]

Here's a thought:

Put together a motion activated car alarm actuator and a car horn in some kind of a metal box painted orange and mounted (can even be temporary) to the BX22 somewhere looking like a tool box.

I'd think that anyone monkeying around with your tractor would be so startled by a car horn alarm going off that they'd bail out real quick.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Make coffee and sit by it with a shotgun at night, have your wife watch it during the day. Build the garage soon, cuz ya need your sleep and you may need to get back to work so you don't miss payments and have professional thiefs aka repo-men come and take it. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif WV Bills idea was good or at least make it look like it has an auto theft detection system. Park it close to the house and then park your vehicle in front of the tractor. They at least will have to move your vehicle to get to the tractor.

 

[whaler54]

Hi Bob,

I have a 2002 BX22.

On mine, there is a connector with a removable link (like a blade type fuse - might even be a fuse now that I think of it). The connector is located on the right side of the tractor. I get to it by reaching up under the body about inline with where the hood meets the firewall.

If this doesn't make sense, let me know and I will post a picture.

Hope I am not giving away a secret and helping the bad guys.

Regards,
Paul

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Whaler, I saw that done at a dealer when I was shopping for tractors. Every one that I wanted to test drive he had to plug in the fuse. So I guess that is how some dealers keep them on the lot.

 

[nitronut1]

It's right above my oil filter...

 

[MDNick]

Bob,

If there is no significant other to complain, and you have some french doors . . .

Take off the loader and hoe. With out the tractor, they are pretty much useless and not likely to be stolen. Drive it into your living room, get a Chalkley cup (look it up on this site) and you have yourself an easy chair on wheels. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif It would be so /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif in the living room, and appear quite a bit bigger. If you do have a significant other, leave the loader on and tell her she can use it to help clean the house. I claim no responsibility for your pending demise, though. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[ronjhall]

Bob
There are 2 old threads that cover tractor security.
Click Here

Click Here

There was another long one that had an unusual name. I was not able to find it. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Maybe someone else can remember the heading on that thread.