Ditto what Mr Jimi said... I try to make a habbit out of not loaning out trucks, tools, tractors, trailers or my wife.
I will however show up with any of those things and help a friend or family member out
I did one time loan out my smaller, older 4x8 utility trailer to my uncle. he had helped me plenty in a few hard spots, and he was a commercial truck driver so i figured if i was going to trust anybody.. it better be him. Yurne dout good.. trailer came back better than it left.. he put a new plug end on it as the old one was kinda dry rotted.
Past that.. uhaul or show up to help!
soundguy
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Originally Posted by deere755
I posted some time back about loaning my truck and trailer to my stepdaughter and it coming home with a dent in the tail gate and some damage done to the fender on the trailer. She wanted to borrow it again and I suggested she get a uhaul and I pay for it. This seemed fair to me but she threw a fit about it. Now a little over a year later she and her new boyfriend who I don't much care for are wanting to borrow it so she can move again. As it turns out the weekend she is moving I will be out of town with my son for a baseball tournament. I don't want to let her or her new boyfriend have it without me being around to supervise it. This stirred up a lot of problems between us the last time I refused to let her use it after she had damaged it. My wife thinks I should let the trailer go this time and just look the other way if it comes home damaged to keep peace in the family. Because of the tention between my stepdaughter and I my wife was unable to see her grandkids as often. Things are just now starting to get better between us and my wife is afraid this will stir it up all over again. I do loan out my trailer to a few people but I am very picky about who uses it. I know the people who I let use it will take care of anything that may be damaged as this has happened before. I know it is family but I don't believe this should make it ok to loan it out. It really makes me mad that our grandkids are used as a bargaining chip. Any opinions would be appreciated. Am I being unfair? If they want to move the weekend before or the week end after I will bring the truck and trailer over and help them myself. I just cannot be there that weekend.
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