[ihc] Re: ihc-digest V7 #226

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 8:53 PM -0700 11/23/03, Dave Nuenke wrote:
> I don't usually participate in these discussions, but I think you 
> need to see the other side. Good for you if you pulled your axles 
> from a rusted beyond repair rig. Unfortunatly it doesn't always work 
> that way. I had a case last year where I had a front axle jacked 
> from UNDERNEATH a truck. It was an 800 parts rig that I had at a 
> buddy's house, went over to see him and noticed something looked odd 
> and took a look. I was pissed more due to the principle than 
> anything because it was a Dana 27... (this was in Rapid City SD 
> where theft of any kind is quite rare, especially something that 
> obvious). Well fast forward a year and a bit, I ran into a group of 
> Jeep guys playing in the snow the other day and joined in for a bit. 
> Afterwards we started talking about our rigs, and one of the guys 
> started bragging on how he and one of his buddies made a visit to 
> the "midnight auto parts" last year to get his Scout front end. I 
> let him continue to dig his own grave deeper until I opened my 
> mouth. I simply asked him for $150 or my axle back, his jaw just 
> about dropped. He started talking BS until I grabed my cell phone 
> from my pocket and offered to call the Sherrif to report his 
> aquisition. Suddenly he became much more negotiable......
Wow, that's some story, Dave.  How unusual it is that it was 
successfully resolved.

Isn't it interesting that the numb nuts was talking to a Scout guy 
about his theft? Glad you got him.

John
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