Can I borrow your........

[bcp]

There have been many scattered comments on TBN about problems caused when someone borrows something and breaks it, or returns it better than when it left.

I was reminded of this by a local news story. Here's part of it.
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Two luxury cars, a Maserati and Jaguar, crashed into each other, and then one of the vehicles knocked over a light pole, Kapp said. The drivers of both vehicles fled the scene, but a witness told police the cars appeared to be racing, she said.

The owners of both of the vehicles reported that they allowed people unknown to them to borrow their cars, according to the police department.
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Here's one of my own good borrower stories. I'm lucky that I don't have any bad stories.

My neighbor borrowed a hand tool and broke it. He returned it, and a new replacement.
He mentioned that he could probably fix the broken one, so I gave it to him.

Everyone should have neighbors like that.

But I won't loan my tractor to anyone without me going with it.

Let's hear your story.

Bruce

 

[grsthegreat]

im done loaning...i always end up going to get it back myself. the last time was my 28' extension ladder. he promised me hed have it back the next day. 2 weeks later i had to go get it. next time he wanted to borrow it i asked for a $100 deposit. told hiom if he returns it the next day i give him his money back. if i have to go get it, i keep the money. he left without ladder, and has never asked to borrow it again. these things are my tools of my business. not to be loaned out the cheepos.

i loaned out a 7 pin trailer plug analizer to a neighbor about a year ago. i forgot i loaned it out until i needed it. i looked all over for it. i finally remembered after about an hour of searching and cussing. i again had to go get it back. it was sitting in his tool box. no more.

 

[Citydude]

My neighbor borrows my trailer often. He put new tires on it last fall. That's a good neighbor.

 

[Jstpssng]

I don't borrow and I don't lend. Every time I used something belonging to somebody else it broke and I had to buy or fix it anyways. The third time that I found myself loading my logging winch into the back of my pickup alone- by armstrong- was the last time that I ever lent anything.

 

[JethroB]

When I borrow something, which is very very rare, I go in with the mindset that I’ll replace it with new and better if I break or lose it. And why do some folks get ticked off when you ask them to return something? Especially money.

 

[Hay Dude]

My neighbor borrows my trailer often. He put new tires on it last fall. That's a good neighbor.

My neighbor borrowed my little trailer and forgot to hook up the 4pin electrical connector.
He dragged the connector down the road for 20 miles and brought it back to me with a slightly shorter ground-down version of my plug.
I dont loan tools or equipment anymore. I will offer to loan them the equipment with me operating it.

 

[Diggin It]

I was reminded of this by a local news story. Here's part of it.
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The owners of both of the vehicles reported that they allowed people unknown to them to borrow their cars, according to the police department.
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Ya' know what that's called?


A LIE!!! Two of 'em in fact.

 

[Citydude]

My neighbor borrowed my little trailer and forgot to hook up the 4pin electrical connector.
He dragged the connector down the road for 20 miles and brought it back to me with a slightly shorter ground-down version of my plug.
I dont loan tools or equipment anymore. I will offer to loan them the equipment with me operating it.

Yep, things happen. Now, I wouldn't let him use my tractor but he has never asked. He rents if he needs machinery.

Funny you mentioned the the trailer plug. He replaced mine a year ago. Thought it was the plug. Turned out that his wiring on his new GMC was screwed up.

 

[MoKelly]

Our neighbors are all really good about stuff. One neighbor is a very skilled welder and has helped me out quite a bit. We rarely “borrow” anything - we tend to come over and help complete the task. This let’s us learn from each other.

The only thing we really “borrow” is to allow each other to come on our land to fish. I’ve got a really nice gravel bar to fish from and I’ll gladly let neighbors fish. Everyone still asks in advance which is nice.

MoKelly

 

[YanmarFever]

Most of the MAJOR tractor repairs that we did years ago were because the owner lent his machine to a friend, or brother in-law
or his neighbor..
Im talking broken ring & pinion gears, and burnt clutches.
One guy had 12 hours on his mahindra 2615 with a burnt out clutch, it was totally shredded to pieces.