Stolen Truck

[Diamondpilot]

Have you seen this truck? It belongs to a boating buddy and fellow pilot. He has put a lot of work into it as you can see. It was taken from around Sunman Indiana (south east Indiana) a few days ago out of his driveway. I told him I would post it and try to help.

Here is the description he gave me: 1982 Chevy K10 4 door 4x4,... if seen call 911 thanks joe

Chris

 

[ninefinger]

Hate that for your friend, but I can see why some low life would take it. Not much for chevy but it is a good looking truck.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I am not a Chevy man either but it is a clean rust free old truck. Not much on power, only a 350, but got the job done. He used it every weekend to pull a small 21' boat that weighed about 5,000#. That is all the work it sees. He actually hitches the boat up in May and unhitches it in October. He has a barn he simply pulls them into together during the week. He had it out to go pick up some hay and did not put it away for the night then left for work the next day and it got swiped.

He has had it for about 4 years and the only real problem he has had was the rear end had to be rebuilt and last summer on the boat ramp the right front tire about fell off. He got out and looked at it and there was 1 stud left, all the others had sheared. We found 4 other bad studs on the other wheels so we replaced them all and repacked the front bearings at that time.

Chris

 

[JayC]

That sure was a nice truck your friend had. I hope they catch who took it. I absolutely hate thieves!

 

[daBear]

Man I hate that for your friend hope they catch the crook soon.

There is nothing wrong with not driving a Chevy truck, but if you don't what do you tell your friends?

 

[Diamondpilot]

Well I just talked to the guy and the cops said there is a family in his town that is no good. They heard the day after they came back from Michigan with a car on a trailer. Maybe they hauled this one up and came back with one stolen from up there. The only other thoughts the cops had was it will show up stripped of all the goodies like the $2000 wheels and tires or find it somewhere stuck in a field after a joy ride.

Sucks for him. He only had liability. Even with full coverage the pay out would have probably only been a $1000 or less. I can't believe the book value of a 82 truck is worth much more.

Chris

 

[kenmac]

I think GM trucks are very easy to steal. There have been several stolen in my area. I even had 1 stolen back in 1995

 

[Diamondpilot]

I think GM trucks are very easy to steal. There have been several stolen in my area. I even had 1 stolen back in 1995

Did you get it back?

Chris

 

[Ductape]

Yep........ unfortunately a small ball peen hammer and a screwdriver are all it takes. Literally gone in 60 seconds. I hope he gets his truck back. I hate to say it, but if he does, it probably won't look much like it did in that picture.

 

[kenmac]

Did you get it back?

Chris

Yep, I think the insurance wouldn't pay off for about 30 days. They said that is within the time frame that stolen vehicles are usually found. It took them about 32 days to find it . Insurance had already off. A boy where my son goes to school had his stolen last week. They found it in 2 days.Like I said.. I think chevy's are or were easy to steal