Re: borrower's Words

Posted by rossow (mn) on June 18, 2019 at 18:09:14 from (69.24.180.147):

In Reply to: borrower's Words posted by moonlite37 on June 18, 2019 at 11:57:26:

Neighbor (now dead, but not at my hand, although I would have been justified) called one evening to ask if I had noticed he had borrowed my 4x8 Studebaker-box trailer. I said no, I hadn't noticed. (It had been sitting behind one of my sheds.) I said no problem. He said wait, there's more. He had attached the trailer to his S-10 to haul wet concrete from a you-haul-it place. I said clean it up and bring it back. He said wait, there's more. He had lost control of the truck when the overloaded trailer started to sway, and he went head-on into a semi. The cops said the trailer was illegally loaded so had to be hauled to a storage yard. I said get it back. He said wait, there's more. The wet concrete was no longer wet; it had set up at an angle, filling about half the box plus most of the stake pockets. Also, one rim had been bent and the wiring had been cut in the crash. And he had injured an ankle so couldn't do anything to get the trailer back. I told him to call his insurance company or I would call the cops and report the trailer stolen. So he found some relative to break out the hardened concrete, sort of, and dump the trailer off in my driveway. I had to rewire it and couldn't find a replacement 14-inch rim so had to buy a pair of 15s with tires from a salvage yard. This all happened about 25 years ago, and that trailer still has evidence of the concrete in the box and pockets. Addendum: I sort of got even when he and his wife were getting divorced. I bought their 8N Ford with loader and one-bottom plow from his wife at a bargain price before he had time to sell it to a co-worker. I love that tractor.

FWIW, I never borrow anything. If I need something once, I figure I'll need it again, so I have a good excuse to buy it. And I never loan anything; if someone needs something I have, I'll most likely do the work for them or at least assist so I can keep my eye on things.

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