Someone stole my m%&**$9-ing car hauler!!!
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300Nutter
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My brother in law lived in Portland OR and he had a nice trailer he built, nothing as nice as yours.
Just basically a 1/4 ton trailer that he could use when he needed to haul stuff.
Anyway, somebody swiped it right out of his driveway at night. He was POed of course.
Couple weeks later he was driving somewhere else in Portland, saw it sitting in somebody else's driveway. Since he built it, he knew for sure it was his.
I am sure he had all kinds of ideas on how to get it back.
But all he did was wait till it was dark, just drove over there, hitched it right up and drove away.
Said whoever had it never knew he was there.
From then on, he always parked it inside his garage (it was a small trailer).
He always figured that whoever swiped it probably thought one of their slimy buddies had "stole it forward". But that person couldn't do a dang thing about it, because they had stolen it in the first place.
So, my bro in law got a good laugh out of it, since he got it back pretty quickly.
And thinking that whoever swiped it was probably POed at somebody who was "innocent"...that was revenge enough.
Just basically a 1/4 ton trailer that he could use when he needed to haul stuff.
Anyway, somebody swiped it right out of his driveway at night. He was POed of course.
Couple weeks later he was driving somewhere else in Portland, saw it sitting in somebody else's driveway. Since he built it, he knew for sure it was his.
I am sure he had all kinds of ideas on how to get it back.
But all he did was wait till it was dark, just drove over there, hitched it right up and drove away.
Said whoever had it never knew he was there.
From then on, he always parked it inside his garage (it was a small trailer).
He always figured that whoever swiped it probably thought one of their slimy buddies had "stole it forward". But that person couldn't do a dang thing about it, because they had stolen it in the first place.
So, my bro in law got a good laugh out of it, since he got it back pretty quickly.
And thinking that whoever swiped it was probably POed at somebody who was "innocent"...that was revenge enough.
Sorry to hear about the trailer, thieves, liars, people who prey on the young and elderly, are really scumbags... And will be dealt with. Hopefully you will get it back. But everything happens for a reason, I realize sometimes there is not much logic in this, but maybe just maybe something good will come out of this for you....How did the A/C. parts work out for you? Hope you found everything just as described. Good Luck to you and may God bless you and your family.
patrick66
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The unit ended up being too large for my Sweptline pickup, unless I were to remove the stock heater! So, I'll probably install that in my son's '76 Buick Skylark coupe (260 Olds w/o air). I'll have to have a compressor bracket fabbed up and see what I'll need for pulleys on that 260. But, it'll be put to good use, in any case.
67Monaco
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patrick66
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I sent him an email; we'll see.
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Sorry to hear you lost that trailer. I remembered when you offered it as a trade. That is a nice and unique unit. Be interesting to see how this plays out.
tbm3fan
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The link about the Mustang shows people to be getting even more brazen in taking a car, in broad daylight, from your driveway with the owner at home. Came prepared to tow.
If you are going to steal a car dont steal someones baby or that they drive take a car that had been sitting outside for 30 years because the dumbass said "i am going to fix her up" because he wont sell. I would think of that as wrong but with good intentions on saving a piece of history from someones ignorance.
patrick66
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Seriously??? What makes that car or truck any LESS valuable to that owner, than stealing someone's "baby"??? That's a dumbass comment right there. Supposed "good intentions" is still grand larceny.
That would be the same as saying someone was somehow justified in stealing my trailer because I hadn't used it in a while. Ridiculous!
lol i got to stick to my comment call it dumbass i dont care i find it funny lol
I don't want anything stolen from me, period. It sucks, I can think about when someone broke into my car and stole stuff 10 years ago, it still sucks.
patrick66
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No, it's just plain ignorant, and I'm sticking to my comments, too.
65sporty
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I guess they never found your trailer? I mentioned my friends shop was broken into well the cop's caught the guys. Someone he knew. He can't get something's back though because he didn't have all the serial numbers wrote down even though he can identify the stuff. He said his insurance was really fair and only lost on the trailer
patrick66
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I check in weekly with the local PD Auto Theft Division. They have a dozen pics of it, along with the locations of the VIN stampings. A buddy sells trailers. One of his customers said the cops called him last month and let him know they recovered a trailer that was stolen from him...seven years ago! Apparently the thief got caught with other stolen trailers and tractors. The cops ran the expired tag and called the owner. He thought that was long gone! So there IS hope. Not much hope. But some hope.
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