We've been doing some trading around on the farm. I took Steve to get his truck out of the shop in Terre Haute one day and in the process got talking with the sales manager. He asked if I was looking for something?
I told him I was too cheap.
"How cheap?"
"Really cheap."
"Come look at this..."
"This" was his personal truck. He has a son in college and is needing money more than 8 vehicles (I can understand that). '01 Dodge 1500 extended cab 4WD fancy wheels, toolbox, Reese hitch. Kind of like this but actually better looking:
It was even red.
He said a price. I made an offer. He said OK.
Great, how do I explain this at home?
On the way home I got to thinking about it. Aman's truck is showing it's age, we have a Jeep we don't us nearly as much as I anticipated,
and we have a flatbed we rarely use since got the F550.
I offered to trade Aman straight up, then we'd sell it and the other 2 and I should come out even.
He thought on it for about 2 seconds. Kind of like when I traded Jim the Toyota truck for the old Camaro ... REALLY? SERIOUSLY?
He listed his truck, sold it rather quickly. I mentioned on Facebook I was going to sell the Jeep. That was about 8 AM. By noon I had a check in my hand.
I was talking to Ralph at the welding shop. He had a tag axle for a truck he'd been trying to sell with no success. I suggested he let me list it on the AgTalk+ Classifieds for him. I listed it about 11:00 one night
A bit after 8 the next day he called to say it had been sold ... to a guy in Virginia.
We have some stuff I'm tired of walking over and around, like the planter closing wheels and stuff on the pallet I bought a couple years ago.
I listed them on AT+ late Thursday night. By 11 the next day they were all spoken for
I listed the flat bed last night.
Also listed the KW.
It's a good truck, too good a combination to break up.
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