Very nice stolen dump trailer sitting a block from my home for over a week.

[breadtrk]

After I've done my due diligence, I sure as heck ain't going to let it sit there and rust away.

 

[roadhunter]

Put a low enough price on it so the buyer won't balk at that little "no title" issue

Some states dont' require titles or even tags on trailers, Oklahoma for example.

 

[ultrarunner]

Well it is still sitting there... someone rifled through it last night and driving by the cover for the Interstate Battery was open... so the battery might be gone.

The Dealer is Travlin Toys in Tracy California... did not call.

Trailer is parked on the pavement of a public street.

On a side note... about two blocks from the trailer I noticed a Tahoe... maybe 12 years old that looked clean... it had a improperly parked police notice on the window... homes on both sides of the street.

Last night two guys with a pickup were taking the wheels... they had one side on bricks under the front disc real drum and were using a large timber for leverage to raise the car up on the curb side...

No point in calling the police... they will not respond and already have tagged the vehicle.

There are ways to get police action... I have used them in the past before.

If I were to call in and say it was a hazard for children and someone is going to get hurt I bet someone would be out in short order...

 

[Soundguy]

if it's parked on a public street it is a road hazard.. what if a kisd was playing in front of it and walked out and a driver hit the kid because of not seeign the kid thru the obstruction?

 

[roadhunter]

Well it is still sitting there... someone rifled through it last night and driving by the cover for the Interstate Battery was open... so the battery might be gone.

The Dealer is Travlin Toys in Tracy California... did not call.

Trailer is parked on the pavement of a public street.

On a side note... about two blocks from the trailer I noticed a Tahoe... maybe 12 years old that looked clean... it had a improperly parked police notice on the window... homes on both sides of the street.

Last night two guys with a pickup were taking the wheels... they had one side on bricks under the front disc real drum and were using a large timber for leverage to raise the car up on the curb side...

No point in calling the police... they will not respond and already have tagged the vehicle.

There are ways to get police action... I have used them in the past before.

If I were to call in and say it was a hazard for children and someone is going to get hurt I bet someone would be out in short order...

Sounds like you live in a rough neighborhood if people are openly stealing wheels off vehicles and dumping stolen trailers. Also can't believe police dont' respond to calls of someone stealing the wheels off a car. I'd never make it there. I dont' even take the keys out of the cars or tractor at my house and dont' even lock the house unless we leave on vacation. Makes it nice for the UPS and Fed Ex man to put packages inside.

 

[johnrex62]

I am surprised that no one has suggested removing the plates and take it home.

Naw! We are law abiding citizens here. Plus it is too far away from me. :thumbsup:

 

[ultrarunner]

Well that's the thing about Bay Area living...

Many times a good neighborhood is just a couple of minutes from not so good.

The only way to get home is to go through the not so good even though it is only 9/10ths of a mile away.

One of the biggest indicators to city quality of life is your immediate neighbors... thankfully we have always had good neighbors... black, asian and one or two white families...

The state of law enforcement is sad... moral is low and all calls get prioritized... the fastest 8 hours in my life have been my ride alongs with law enforcement... 8 hours passes in the blink of an eye... mostly crime in progress calls with code 3 response... very little time for traffic enforcement... before my friends all retired... some had 20+ years on the force and NEVER wrote a traffic ticket... could be why there are so many cars with expired plates and drivers with no license.

I apologize to TBN members in that I am photographically challenged... don't own a smart phone and my 12 year old digital camera memory card has no slot on my "New" Acer computer.

 

[roadhunter]

Ahh the peoples republic of kalifornia.

 

[chopped]

in these parts after they failed to act I would be at the selectmans office.At least in a smal town we still have control of the town employees performance.The process has been proven here over the last couple of years,

 

[ultrarunner]

OK... I dug out my 15 year old digital camera and bought a scan disk adapter...

As they say news and pictures are 11...

(It something I have wanted to do for sometime now)

 

[Soundguy]

cool!

 

[ultrarunner]

OK... here are few pictures...

Two are of the dump trailer today...

One of the Chevrolet a block away that was being stripped of wheels as I drove by

Another of the view from my yard to San Francisco

Last a picture of my D3 where it lived for the last 17 years...

 

[Soundguy]

wow! setting right on t he road.

 

[RobertN]

I am not sure what the equivilant would be out here though.

I'm about 2 hours east of Ultrarunner in the Ca foothills, on the way to Lake Tahoe. I have never heard of a "selectman" or many of the Eastern US local government types, here on the west coast.

in these parts after they failed to act I would be at the selectmans office.At least in a smal town we still have control of the town employees performance.The process has been proven here over the last couple of years,

 

[dcomp]

Check with a couple of local ready mix companies might could even leave a flyer hanging on their bulletin board. Most contractors know or know of each other and they like to go in and B'S with the guys in the office

 

[Coyote machine]

Nice view! The Bay too.:thumbsup:
TBN got you to update your camera skills. Now put wheels on the Cheby, dump the trailer load in front of the local Po Po station, load up the D3, and call me when you're ready to deliver 'the package' to my door.

 

[ultrarunner]

That would be a journey from Oakland to Vermont... one I would enjoy but not as much with a trailer in tow.

TBN is my prospective for the rest of the country... safe to say I'm the only homeowner tractor owner in these here parts.

The view of San Francisco and the Bay is spectacular at night... too bad the folks in San Francisco only have the East Bay to look at.

Still remember the day 17 years ago when the D3 arrived... someone actually called the police because there was a Bulldozer being offloaded... AND back then they came!!!

Guess it is part of parcel living in a big urban area with acreage...

As for the dump trailer I am astonished no one has messed with it... guess it looks too much like work and have 2 yards of gravel is another deterrent.

Doubt my 91 Silverado could pull a load like that up the very steep 9/10ths of a mile up the hill...

When my friend gets back from DC I will ask for him to try and see if his Officer friend can contact the registered owner if he can't give me the info... it has to belong to somebody...

Anyone remember when tools were a high theft item? Well not around here... it's high end electronics and jewelry topping the list and expensive sneakers...

 

[paulharvey]

if it's parked on a public street it is a road hazard.. what if a kisd was playing in front of it and walked out and a driver hit the kid because of not seeign the kid thru the obstruction?

If it's on the actual roadway/travel lane I would call your local public works/street and bridge/county engineering department. If it's in the travel lane it would be a crash hazard.

Welll... that's the "right" thing to do. If it sat more than two weeks I Might move it myself to just barely on my property and look into how to lean the trailer. Then how to legally take it. No way would I spend any amount of money hunting down the owner; and I don't think I would spend more than half an hour of my time trying.

 

[varmint]

Around the city of Baltimore, that trailer would have been sold to a scrap yard by now. Interestingly, a while ago I read that guys in the city were cutting down "live" aluminum light poles to sell as scrap. Wonder if they would sue the city when they got electrocuted. No, I don't live there. Far enough away, half a mile off the public road, where nobody ventures unless they have business. Sad that the trailer's owner can't be re-connected with his equipment, but as someone wrote, after insurance kicks in, it's garbage.

 

[ultrarunner]

We have metal thieves and they don't care if it if private or public...

The round freeway overpass guardrails starting disappearing, they were replaced and gone again.

Now they use electrical conduit and the 4" diameter and so far no one has bothered.

Trailer was there on the way to work at 5:30 am this morning...