Stolen equipment that does not have to be licensed to operate is seldom recovered. These are items like mowers, tractors, ATVs, side-by-sides and other off road vehicles and equipment. While trailers have to be licensed in North Carolina, in some states they do not which means as soon as they get stolen they get transported to states where they can easily be put into operation with out any transfer of title. When items like these are stolen you are very unlikely to see them again unless you have some way to know their location.