At Home In The Woods

[Obed]

Monday a guy came out and looked at the trailer and offered $3500 and I told him no. Wednesday, a guy was supposed to drive 4 hours from AL; he said he was going to "get" the trailer. However, Wed. morning he called and told me the trailer was too long to legally pull behind his truck in California, where his truck is registered. His truck is a big rig with a large living area in it. His truck pulling my trailer would be 67 feet long, 2 feet too long.

I had someone come out and look at the trailer today and have an appointment to show it to someone else tomorrow.

Obed

Selling the storage trailer on craigslist has been quite an interesting adventure.

I had one guy talk to me on Sunday morning as he was going to church. He was very interested in the trailer, said he wanted to buy it for my asking price with cash that day. However, he lived 60 miles away and wanted me to meet him halfway with the trailer. After he paid for the trailer he wanted me to deliver it to his house. I told him I wasn't going to go to that effort without having money up front. I told him he could come to my house to look at the trailer that afternoon and if he liked it, he could pay for it and I would deliver it to his house for him. He then said he had a birthday party to go to after church and didn't have time to drive to my house and make it back to church Sunday night. I told him to call me if he wanted to come to my house and see the trailer.

That afternoon he called me and said he definitely wanted the trailer and would bring me cash that day. I said fine and started talking about a time to get together. He then asked me where we should meet. I was a little confused and told him to meet at my house. He said he needed me to meet him halfway to his house with the trailer. Now we were right back to the eariler conversation. He explained that he had sold his truck and couldn't pull the trailer himself. He said he was buying the trailer for a friend in Memphis (7 hours from my house) who couldn't come get the trailer for a couple of weeks. I told him what I had told him earlier that day that he needed to come to my house with cash. If he couldn't come that day, he could come a different day if the trailer was still there. Then I got off the phone.

The next morning on Monday his friend called me from Memphis and said he wanted the trailer. He asked if I would take a deposit to hold the trailer. I asked him how he would pay the deposit and he said he would send me the deposit via PayPal. After talking with my wife, I talked to the guy again and told him I wasn't comfortable with doing the deposit using PayPal. He could either send his friend to my house with a deposit in cash or he would have to wait until he could come get the trailer himself if the trailer hadn't been sold. On Tuesday morning, the friend 60 miles from here called and asked if I had talked to his friend in Memphis and asked if we had worked something out. I told him what I told his friend. The guy tried real hard to get me to work a deal without seeing one of them in person and I wouldn't do it.

I don't know if these guys were up to some sort of scam but I wasn't interested in chancing it. I was getting contacted by people in 3 states about the trailer and figured the trailer would sell without my having to go to the trouble they were asking.

Tuesday at noon a different guy came over to look at the trailer and offered me $3700 for the trailer over the phone later that day. I told him $3800 was the lowest I would go. He was buying the trailer for his father and said he would call me back.

Later that evening, a guy 2 hours away in Kingsport agreed to buy the trailer and come pick it up the next day. Then at 10:15 PM, he called me and told me his 30 year old daughter was in the hospital and he couldn't come the next day. He told me he would try to come get and buy the trailer soon but not to hold the trailer for him since I didn't have his money. On Wednesday, the Kingsport guy called me again and said he could come pick up the trailer Thursday (today). Unforturnately, Wednessday morning I had noticed a roof leak in the trailer. I told the guy about the leak and said I would have to fix the leak then put the trailer back up for sale. The guy asked if I would discount the trailer and sell it to him with the leak. I knocked off $100 and he agreed. He arranged to meet my wife Thursday (today) at 10 AM to buy the trailer.

This morning at 5:45 AM, my phone rang. The buyer said he was 20 minutes from my house. He was supposed to be here at 10 AM but instead arrived at about 6:15 AM. My wife sold him the trailer while I got ready for work. I never saw him. The trailer was gone when I went to work.

It was interesting to hear how people wanted to use the trailer. The guy who wanted to buy the trailer for his dad said his dad was going to move from Mass. to Knoxville and wanted to move and store his household belongings in the trailer. The guy from Memphis owned an ATV business. One guy races go-carts. Another guy wanted to pull a race car and a golf cart in the trailer. One guy works for Oakley sunglasses and travels around to NASCAR races and wanted the trailer for something related to that business. Another guy was going to build a house and wanted a store his furniture on his property while building his house. The guy who bought the trailer had both his parents and his wife pass away in the last year or two and plans to store belongings from the estates in the trailer.

It took one day to sell the camper. It took 12 days to sell the storage trailer. Now I have all this cash. Sounds like a toothbar for the FEL and a rotary mower could be useful. What do you guys think?

 

[B7510HSD]

Selling the storage trailer on craigslist has been quite an interesting adventure.

I had one guy talk to me on Sunday morning as he was going to church. He was very interested in the trailer, said he wanted to buy it for my asking price with cash that day. However, he lived 60 miles away and wanted me to meet him halfway with the trailer. After he paid for the trailer he wanted me to deliver it to his house. I told him I wasn't going to go to that effort without having money up front. I told him he could come to my house to look at the trailer that afternoon and if he liked it, he could pay for it and I would deliver it to his house for him. He then said he had a birthday party to go to after church and didn't have time to drive to my house and make it back to church Sunday night. I told him to call me if he wanted to come to my house and see the trailer.

That afternoon he called me and said he definitely wanted the trailer and would bring me cash that day. I said fine and started talking about a time to get together. He then asked me where we should meet. I was a little confused and told him to meet at my house. He said he needed me to meet him halfway to his house with the trailer. Now we were right back to the eariler conversation. He explained that he had sold his truck and couldn't pull the trailer himself. He said he was buying the trailer for a friend in Memphis (7 hours from my house) who couldn't come get the trailer for a couple of weeks. I told him what I had told him earlier that day that he needed to come to my house with cash. If he couldn't come that day, he could come a different day if the trailer was still there. Then I got off the phone.

The next morning on Monday his friend called me from Memphis and said he wanted the trailer. He asked if I would take a deposit to hold the trailer. I asked him how he would pay the deposit and he said he would send me the deposit via PayPal. After talking with my wife, I talked to the guy again and told him I wasn't comfortable with doing the deposit using PayPal. He could either send his friend to my house with a deposit in cash or he would have to wait until he could come get the trailer himself if the trailer hadn't been sold. On Tuesday morning, the friend 60 miles from here called and asked if I had talked to his friend in Memphis and asked if we had worked something out. I told him what I told his friend. The guy tried real hard to get me to work a deal without seeing one of them in person and I wouldn't do it.

I don't know if these guys were up to some sort of scam but I wasn't interested in chancing it. I was getting contacted by people in 3 states about the trailer and figured the trailer would sell without my having to go to the trouble they were asking.

Tuesday at noon a different guy came over to look at the trailer and offered me $3700 for the trailer over the phone later that day. I told him $3800 was the lowest I would go. He was buying the trailer for his father and said he would call me back.

Later that evening, a guy 2 hours away in Kingsport agreed to buy the trailer and come pick it up the next day. Then at 10:15 PM, he called me and told me his 30 year old daughter was in the hospital and he couldn't come the next day. He told me he would try to come get and buy the trailer soon but not to hold the trailer for him since I didn't have his money. On Wednesday, the Kingsport guy called me again and said he could come pick up the trailer Thursday (today). Unforturnately, Wednessday morning I had noticed a roof leak in the trailer. I told the guy about the leak and said I would have to fix the leak then put the trailer back up for sale. The guy asked if I would discount the trailer and sell it to him with the leak. I knocked off $100 and he agreed. He arranged to meet my wife Thursday (today) at 10 AM to buy the trailer.

This morning at 5:45 AM, my phone rang. The buyer said he was 20 minutes from my house. He was supposed to be here at 10 AM but instead arrived at about 6:15 AM. My wife sold him the trailer while I got ready for work. I never saw him. The trailer was gone when I went to work.

It was interesting to hear how people wanted to use the trailer. The guy who wanted to buy the trailer for his dad said his dad was going to move from Mass. to Knoxville and wanted to move and store his household belongings in the trailer. The guy from Memphis owned an ATV business. One guy races go-carts. Another guy wanted to pull a race car and a golf cart in the trailer. One guy works for Oakley sunglasses and travels around to NASCAR races and wanted the trailer for something related to that business. Another guy was going to build a house and wanted a store his furniture on his property while building his house. The guy who bought the trailer had both his parents and his wife pass away in the last year or two and plans to store belongings from the estates in the trailer.

It took one day to sell the camper. It took 12 days to sell the storage trailer. Now I have all this cash. Sounds like a toothbar for the FEL and a rotary mower could be useful. What do you guys think?

This sounds like a whole story in itself!! As far as the money goes I think
your right on track as everyone should have some teeth!! :thumbsup::laughing:

 

[srs]

What do you guys think?

Obed, As I said many posts ago you need to start building an outbuilding/barn/storage building. We're all waiting! C'mon you can do it!!!!! Ha!

 

[dcyrilc]

Obed, As I said many posts ago you need to start building an outbuilding/barn/storage building. We're all waiting! C'mon you can do it!!!!! Ha!

I'll second that unlees the tractor already has a home in the garage. That gal has treated you well and deserves a home.:thumbsup:

 

[dstig1]

AHhhh yes, the joys of CL.... I have had really good luck (so far...), but that is not always the case. A co-worker was trying to give away a half dead trailer, so he posted it on the free section a few years back. The emails he got were astounding. He posted pictures of it, flat tires, deck in horrible shape, one taillight falling off...even a tree growing up through the A-frame at the front.... One lady asked if it could haul her horses 500 miles (on a single axle flatbed???!?! Maybe if you were hauling their carcasses to the glue factory...), one guy asked about the status of the electrical system (note aforementioned tree, et al), etc. He got a barrage of the most inane emails you could imagine. He gave it to one guy because his email said "is it still available, and if so when can I come get it?" The guy who picked it up asked him why he chose him with all the emails he said he got. It was because "you didn't ask any stupid questions"

But in the end you got it sold. And maybe learned something about dealing with CL folks. Set your terms, know them well, stick by them, and watch out for the curve balls.

And I say get a grapple. You won't know how you got by without it in dealing with woods.

 

[jayste]

Ah yes! The perils of the Craigs list circus! I've been offered $30,000 for a truck I was asking $20k for...??? Anyway, there's plenty of threads on that subject. Glad you got the trailers sold. Time for a new chapter in the "Adventures of Obed and Mrs. Obed" book. I say yes to impletments and yes to a place to store the girl. (tractor that is)!:thumbsup:

 

[scoutcub]

Obed -

that is just too funny of a story, but how true. I buy and sell equipment as a hobby and have heard sooo many stories from potential buyers. My last tractor I sold a local buyer called and said he wanted it.....said my asking price was fine. Proceeded to tell me about all the businesses he owned, clubs he owned, a 400 tractor collection, and he didn't have this particular model and wanted it. I actually googled him and saw some truth in his incredulous story, so I was somewhat believing him. he must have made about 10 appointments to see the tractor, which would always be followed with a apologetic phone call about his "schedule" and he would re-schedule. This went on for 3 weeks. In the meantime, I passed on a lower cash offer from a guy in W. VA, that said he could come up in a day. When I finally called the W.VA. guy back, he had found another machine.
The local guy never showed up.
I ended up selling the tractor to a guy from N. Dakota. He had a commercial driver that I had set up an appt. to pick up the tractor, then HE called and said he would be late due to having the flu. Next appt - he called and his truck broke down. Now I was getting close to traveling overseas, so I told the buyer he needed to make alternative plans. He ended up having his grandpa (who initially looked at the tractor) come and pick it up in a rented box truck.
Sooo.....the moral of the story is....everybodies got a story!
Congrats on selling the trailer, you're definitely moving forward!
I thought you would use the $$$ for furniture?!

Frank

 

[jinman]

Hey Obed. . . I got some stuff I need to sell. You do such good work sellin' stuff. Do you take consignments?:laughing:

 

[KentT]

Water vapor can enter a house through evaporation from humans (sweat, breathing, evaporation through skin without sweating), from cooking, from bathing (think of the steam in a bathroom after a shower), and combustion(burning gas during cooking, candles, etc.) Pets and plants are other sources. Amounts can be several quarts per day per person.

With modern construction techniques it is entirely possible to build a house which is too air tight.

While condensation is an easily noticed consequence, indoor air pollution can be very unhealthy in underventillated houses.

Well said, Dave. For example most timberframe home companies that enclose their frames with SIPs will clearly state that you MUST install mechanical ventilation or void any warranties that they provide....

 

[tony Cecil]

I thought for sure you wold be getting ready for the `garden`, and the location of the garden is important Then the landscaping around the house would naturally follow the garden and further `fall` would be coming, so a barn of some sorts would be nice for you ...You sure have done a great job...Tony ps anything more about the fireplace?