10 ways to create a genuine farm truck:
A lot of attention is put into the making of a good farm truck you can park on Main Street with the keys in.
- The home-made security system, which usually involves a tricky, i.e. broken, secret door handle system.; a thief may be able to get around this by climbing in the passenger’s side.
- If stolen the getaway has to be made at no more than 75 km/h due to the vibration.
- The round bale in the box is designed to block the ability of thieves seeing if anybody is pursuing them, which works hand-in-hand with the cracked or missing rearview mirrors.
- The stick-on convex mirrors attached to the bottoms of any remaining outside mirrors give thieves the false sense of trouble being far away.
- The cracked windshield covered in bird droppings is designed to make any forward travel at high speed almost impossible.
- Driving fast is rendered extra risky due to the large number of tools, hydraulic jacks and chains on the floor, as well as by the frayed, unsafe seatbelts.
- Thieves will have other concerns as well, such as sitting on a large syringe left on the seat, or on the staple-pulling end of a fencing tool and/or inhaling the fumes and smoke that enter the cab through the holes in the floorboards and shifter boots.
- Thieves may have to contend with the dog that sleeps on the toolbox in the back. It might wake up and come through the sliding rear window hole.
- The keys hanging from the ignition or laying on the seat are for the old Deere 4020 and grain bin padlocks. Secretly, a knife or anything pointy that can be twisted will unlock the steering wheel and start the truck.
- In most farming communities, it is difficult to steal a farm truck. Everyone smiles and waves at every vehicle they meet on the roads. That makes it kind of hard to fly under the radar.
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