Plant Check UK
Is this machine stolen?
A digger, a tractor, a telehandler or a trailer, checked by PIN or serial number against The Equipment Register. The first step is free and shows how many problems came up.
£29.00 for the report. The count of problems is free.
This is not a government website. Plant Check UK is a private company service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or authorised by the police, CESAR or any government body. We charge £29.00 for our own service, which finds, checks and explains the records listed here and delivers them as a report. You can get the underlying records yourself: The Equipment Register's own check at https://www.ter-europe.org/services/check/, £10.00 plus VAT for a theft check, £30.00 plus VAT with finance, read 23 September 2026.
What the report contains
Machinery check, £29.00
- Theft check against The Equipment Register
- Whether the machine is on the register, and the reference
- A plain line on finance: searched or not searched, and why
- Report on screen and as a PDF by email
- The supplier answers by hand. Its stated time is within 30 minutes in working hours, within four hours outside them
Every section of the report shows its source and the time it was read. Where a record could not be read, the report says so and says why. It never prints a blank.
How it works
Where to find the number
Tractors, excavators, telehandlers and trailers carry a 17 character PIN on the maker's plate, usually on the chassis near the cab or the hitch. Older machines carry a shorter serial number. Type whichever the plate shows. If the machine has a CESAR mark, the CESAR number is fine too.
How this check works
The Equipment Register has run since 1995 and answers each check by hand. Its stated time is within 30 minutes in working hours, Monday to Friday, and within four hours outside them. Your report is emailed the moment the answer lands, and the report page updates with it.
The Equipment Register sells its own theft check at £10.00 plus VAT and a theft and finance check at £30.00 plus VAT, read 23 September 2026. Our £29.00 covers the theft check, the register status, and the report with its sources. It does not include the finance search, because that search alone costs more than this report. The report says so in plain words.
The Equipment Register, ter-europe.org/services/check, read 23 September 2026.
Why a buyer of a machine checks
A tractor, a digger or a trailer has no logbook. There is no keeper record to look at, so a stolen machine can pass through three honest hands before anyone asks a question.
If the machine turns out to be stolen the police can take it, and the money you paid is gone. No law hands a private buyer the machine back.
The Equipment Register reported in September 2026 that 11 percent of the checks it ran that year found theft or a finance problem. One in nine.
So the value of this check is the dated proof that you looked before you paid, with the register named and the reference on it.
The Equipment Register research reported by Pro Landscaper, 11 September 2026. Read 23 September 2026.