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Friend Broke My Trailer

dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
edited September 2018 in General Discussion
I let him borrow my 4ft x 8ft trailer and he somehow broke a weld. I think he put all the weight in the back of the trailer.[V]

The weld was not pretty and i was going to reweld the whole trailer myself but i did not want to do it before i could use it again.

Thats what i use to cut my Moms grass.[:(]

I have not wired my new shop up for a welder yet. I guess i will do that next week.[:(]
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  • Tech141Tech141 Member Posts: 3,787 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You use a trailer to cut your Mom's grass? Interesting.......
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  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,286 ******
    edited November -1
    You can?t get anything past these guys.[:D]
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    He Posts like I do which Means I understood Him. He left out that he hauls the Mower in the trailer.[:D]
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  • varianvarian Member Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    flex tape will hold it, ive seen the commercials.
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  • wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,201 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ask the guy that borrowed it to do the right thing and fix it...
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,237 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by wpage
    Ask the guy that borrowed it to do the right thing and fix it...
    Well yes that could happen, however if it was me I would not expect someone to fix(or pay for a fix)on a questionable weld.

    Live and learn, that's why I shy away from lending stuff.
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  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If he didn't offered to pay to have it fixed. Or ask you if he could fix it himself for you at the bare minimum, I think calling him a friend would be stretching it...

    A real friend would never bring anything back broke...

    I would say you got up pretty cheap finding out what type of person your so-called "friend" is
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  • DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My policy is I don't lend things or money to someone unless I don't care if it is returned.
    ....................................................................................................
    Too old to live...too young to die...
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  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Doc
    My policy is I don't lend things or money to someone unless I don't care if it is returned.


    Hey Doc, do you have any money that I can borrow from you?[:o)]
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Doc
    My policy is I don't lend things or money to someone unless I don't care if it is returned.


    Bingo....other people don't take nearly as good of care of my stuff as I do.
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,021 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ya-Haven't loaned anything to anyone outside the family in many years. I've been asked and I just say NO. I really don't care if they think of me as an * hat but in the past it's been inconvenient & costly and I've just had it.
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Takes a real "friend" to borrow something and return it broken....[:(]
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  • scooterdriverscooterdriver Member Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Everyone has their thoughts and stories. I don't lend anything to casual acquaintances, but I've found that real friends are few and far between.

    So, I would lend a real friend a trailer with a weak weld knowing that it might give way...as long as I told him about it and I thought it was safe for his planned use. If it broke, my real friends would offer to have it fixed. I would decline and break out my welder and repair the trailer...expecting them to help out/buy the beer/do me a favor/just continue being one of my real friends.

    I would not let something so simple be the cause of a friendship going south.
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  • kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Doc
    My policy is I don't lend things or money to someone unless I don't care if it is returned.


    Good policy.
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  • JunkballerJunkballer Member Posts: 9,310 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a hard time saying no to loaning something to people in need even when I know I'll probably come out the loser [:(]. very few times have I been screwed over but it does happen, then I don't forget'em.

    "Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee

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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There is no way i would let him do any welding for me.

    I will weld it next week because its raining all week as of now.
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  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 17,042 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That's why I almost NEVER ask to borrow anything, end of story. I borrowed a sump pump 20 years to drain a septic tank hole before it was to be put in after a rain. YEA, it broke and I bought a new one like I should.
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