The LoJack® System Helps North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles License and Theft Bureau Recover Stolen Takeuchi TB-135 Mini-Excavator in Two Hours, Four Minutes
- September 30, 2013
- recovery stories
Theft of construction equipment is a constant threat to those in the building industry. Why does this happen so often? Here’s an explanation from someone in the business who was a witness in this case: “A person(s) using stolen construction equipment has less labor overhead cost and can therefore under bid another contractor which in turns takes away the legitimate contractor’s chance to make an honest living”. That is why so many companies who own and/or rent these machines choose to protect their assets with the LoJack® system.
On September 17th, 2013, a construction contractor renting a Takeuchi TB-135 mini excavator contacted the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police to report that the mini excavator had been stolen from a construction site off North Brevard Street overnight. Officers verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the Takeuchi.
A short while later, inspectors of the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles License and Theft Bureau picked up the homing signals from the stolen machine on the LoJack tracking computers installed in their patrol vehicles. The inspectors tracked the mini-excavator to South Tryon Street, where it was located being operated on another construction site. The Takeuchi was recovered and eventually returned to the job site.
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