Attention: TDR Forum Junkies Hey Guys,
As some of you may know I was reluctantly trying to seel my 92 D250 for the last 7-8 months with little success. Well that all ended when I put the truck on fleabay 2 fridays ago. I listed it on a 7 day auction,and had lots of people looking at it,and watching it. I was sure after a few days that I would reach my reserve price of $4500 easily,and I did after some furious bidding,and a final winning bid of $5501. The strange thing about started on the second day of the auction. The high bidder was a person with 0 feedback,and after some investigation I noticed he was the winning bidder on a truck that was almost identical to mine in the town next to mine. I thought this too be wierd,and also in my investigation I noticed the high bidder was also the winning bidder on lots of things during the month of October,but still had no feedback. I brought this to ebays attention,and contacted them about cancelling his bid. Ebay thought it was odd as well,and told me how to cancel his bid. Before I did this I contacted a seller of one of the items this bidder had won,and asked why no feedback. The woman replied,and said she had spoken on the phone with the buyer,but still had not received any payment. Shortly thereafter I received about three messages from the bidder about how he really needed the truck,and was willing to pay up to,and over my reserve. I reluctantly allowed him to rebid,and he ended up winning the auction.
Now the really crazy stuff begins.
If you have stuck with me so far this gets really funny/scary.
The buyer ended up being in my neighborood the night the auction ended,and he called to ask if he could come by to see the truck he won. I said sure,and he came by to look at it,and I realized real quick that this guy wasn't all there. It seemed he really didn't know anything about trucks,let alone 1st gens. He liked the truck,and told me he won this one,and the one I knew about that was nearby,so that he could get his boat rental,and moving business going on Long Island,NY.
Fast forward to Wednesday night when he calls me,and asks if he can come by around 10:30 PM with cash,and pick up the truck. I said sure,but don't be too late,as I have a wife,and kids,and need to work in the morning. He shows up,and we exchange money,titles,and some I TRIED TO BY-PASS THE CUSSING FILTER-chat. He asks me if there is a good place that he can bring the other truck he bought with a rental trailer on it so that he can load up my truck. I tell him there is a huge highschool parking lot about a tenth of a mile up the road,and I drive my truck up there with him following me. When I get in the lights of the parking lot I finally see his rental trailer that is from U-Haul,and is meant for a regular car,not a Club cab trubo diesel 1st gen.
The guys asks me to guide him onto the trailer,and I tell him I think he is crazy trying to trailer this behemoth to LI on that trailer. I reluctantly guide him onto the trailer,and he is slipping the clutch something awful,and giving the truck way too much fuel to get up the not-so-steep ramps. He gets the front tires all the way up onto the trailer,and I notice the rear wheels were still on the ramps. I tell him again that the trailer is too small,and then I notice the trailer has big stickers that say maximum weight 4000lbs,GVW 6000lbs. I tell him I think my truck is about 5000+lbs,and he is way over the weight. He says the truck will tow it fine,and I say yes the truck is completly capable,but the trailer isn't suited for it with no sway control,surge brakes,and apparently low weight capacity.
The guy comes up with an idea to slide the ramps back in,but not all the way so that they stick out enough to allow the rear wheels to sit on them. He thinks backing the trailer up to a hill will allow him to do this,and I tell him again that I think he is crazy to even want to use this trailer let alone having the rear wheels sit on the ramps. He asks me to guide him onto the ramp,and I start telling him to cut the wheel to one side,and he isn't paying attention to me,and drives the truck off the ramps,and gets it stuck on the side of the trailer. The lower control arm is hung up on a large metal guard for the taillight,and he thinks it best to just leave it for the night in the school parking lot,which I know is a recipe for a tow in the morning. I tell him I am going to get my floor jack,and my truck. I get the stuff,and we get the truck off the trailer,and he decides to stay the night in a local hotel,and try again in the morning. I tell him to get a bigger trailer,but he says it is the biggest they rent,and it will work fine.
He loaded it the following day by driving it up the ramps,and using a jack to jack therear of the truck up high enough to slide the ramps in. He told me that he tried to strap it down using the straps that go over the front tires,but they didn't reach,so he had to drive to a local autoparts place to get ratchet straps,and off to CT he went to get a ferry to LI. I talked with him today,and he said it was a scary ride especially down hill,and he could only go 40-45 MPH as anything higher was dangerouse. I think the whole steup was dangerous.
He told me today that he pulled into a rest stop and a trucker told him that everyone on the CB was talking about him,and that he should really park that thing before he kills someone. I can't believe he made it that far without being pulled over,and arrested. Have you guys ever seem anything like this? I will try to attach a pic of the trailer with my truck on it that I took with my camera phone. It was really sad to see my old girl leave,and even sadder thinking about it falling off a trailer,and maybe hurting someone. Watch out there guys for nuts from NY towing 1st gens.
Sorry for the novel here,but I thought you guys would like the story.
Chris
As some of you may know I was reluctantly trying to seel my 92 D250 for the last 7-8 months with little success. Well that all ended when I put the truck on fleabay 2 fridays ago. I listed it on a 7 day auction,and had lots of people looking at it,and watching it. I was sure after a few days that I would reach my reserve price of $4500 easily,and I did after some furious bidding,and a final winning bid of $5501. The strange thing about started on the second day of the auction. The high bidder was a person with 0 feedback,and after some investigation I noticed he was the winning bidder on a truck that was almost identical to mine in the town next to mine. I thought this too be wierd,and also in my investigation I noticed the high bidder was also the winning bidder on lots of things during the month of October,but still had no feedback. I brought this to ebays attention,and contacted them about cancelling his bid. Ebay thought it was odd as well,and told me how to cancel his bid. Before I did this I contacted a seller of one of the items this bidder had won,and asked why no feedback. The woman replied,and said she had spoken on the phone with the buyer,but still had not received any payment. Shortly thereafter I received about three messages from the bidder about how he really needed the truck,and was willing to pay up to,and over my reserve. I reluctantly allowed him to rebid,and he ended up winning the auction.
Now the really crazy stuff begins.
If you have stuck with me so far this gets really funny/scary.
The buyer ended up being in my neighborood the night the auction ended,and he called to ask if he could come by to see the truck he won. I said sure,and he came by to look at it,and I realized real quick that this guy wasn't all there. It seemed he really didn't know anything about trucks,let alone 1st gens. He liked the truck,and told me he won this one,and the one I knew about that was nearby,so that he could get his boat rental,and moving business going on Long Island,NY.
Fast forward to Wednesday night when he calls me,and asks if he can come by around 10:30 PM with cash,and pick up the truck. I said sure,but don't be too late,as I have a wife,and kids,and need to work in the morning. He shows up,and we exchange money,titles,and some I TRIED TO BY-PASS THE CUSSING FILTER-chat. He asks me if there is a good place that he can bring the other truck he bought with a rental trailer on it so that he can load up my truck. I tell him there is a huge highschool parking lot about a tenth of a mile up the road,and I drive my truck up there with him following me. When I get in the lights of the parking lot I finally see his rental trailer that is from U-Haul,and is meant for a regular car,not a Club cab trubo diesel 1st gen.
The guys asks me to guide him onto the trailer,and I tell him I think he is crazy trying to trailer this behemoth to LI on that trailer. I reluctantly guide him onto the trailer,and he is slipping the clutch something awful,and giving the truck way too much fuel to get up the not-so-steep ramps. He gets the front tires all the way up onto the trailer,and I notice the rear wheels were still on the ramps. I tell him again that the trailer is too small,and then I notice the trailer has big stickers that say maximum weight 4000lbs,GVW 6000lbs. I tell him I think my truck is about 5000+lbs,and he is way over the weight. He says the truck will tow it fine,and I say yes the truck is completly capable,but the trailer isn't suited for it with no sway control,surge brakes,and apparently low weight capacity.
The guy comes up with an idea to slide the ramps back in,but not all the way so that they stick out enough to allow the rear wheels to sit on them. He thinks backing the trailer up to a hill will allow him to do this,and I tell him again that I think he is crazy to even want to use this trailer let alone having the rear wheels sit on the ramps. He asks me to guide him onto the ramp,and I start telling him to cut the wheel to one side,and he isn't paying attention to me,and drives the truck off the ramps,and gets it stuck on the side of the trailer. The lower control arm is hung up on a large metal guard for the taillight,and he thinks it best to just leave it for the night in the school parking lot,which I know is a recipe for a tow in the morning. I tell him I am going to get my floor jack,and my truck. I get the stuff,and we get the truck off the trailer,and he decides to stay the night in a local hotel,and try again in the morning. I tell him to get a bigger trailer,but he says it is the biggest they rent,and it will work fine.
He loaded it the following day by driving it up the ramps,and using a jack to jack therear of the truck up high enough to slide the ramps in. He told me that he tried to strap it down using the straps that go over the front tires,but they didn't reach,so he had to drive to a local autoparts place to get ratchet straps,and off to CT he went to get a ferry to LI. I talked with him today,and he said it was a scary ride especially down hill,and he could only go 40-45 MPH as anything higher was dangerouse. I think the whole steup was dangerous.
He told me today that he pulled into a rest stop and a trucker told him that everyone on the CB was talking about him,and that he should really park that thing before he kills someone. I can't believe he made it that far without being pulled over,and arrested. Have you guys ever seem anything like this? I will try to attach a pic of the trailer with my truck on it that I took with my camera phone. It was really sad to see my old girl leave,and even sadder thinking about it falling off a trailer,and maybe hurting someone. Watch out there guys for nuts from NY towing 1st gens.
Sorry for the novel here,but I thought you guys would like the story.
Chris
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I can certainly understand why you would miss it already!
