[AT] A little afraid of this one.

[Chuck Saunders]

Heck, if the trucker hands you cash, there shouldn't be any problem,
otherwise probably not
Chuck Saunders

On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have a guy in NC that claims to be very interested in a 22' John
> Deere field cultivator I have on Craigslist (Indianapolis list). I
> took a very crappy picture one cold day of it sitting in the weeds and
> that is all he has seen. It shows "something" green sitting in weeds
> with a little of the upper folding frame and top-link connection
> sticking up out of the weeds. I sure wouldn't buy something from a
> picture like that... Here is my ad:
> http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grd/1053553324.html
> -
> Here is his message minus the phone number:
> "hello. I am wondering if you still have the field cultivator
> available.  We sure are interested in getting it.  We have a tractor
> trailer truck up that way, if you still have it, do you have any way
> to load it. The trucker was going to do it as a backhaul.  We are
> located in North Carolina."
> -
> A search on his phone number comes up dry. At least it is a NC area
> code. He only gave a first name.
> It just all seems a little "off" to me. Scams are a serious problem on
> Craigslist and they warn you constantly to only buy and sell locally
> and avoid transactions where you cannot meet the buyer/seller face to
> face.
> I think I will take a pass on this one and wait for a local buyer.
> I could help load it on a low trailer or even deliver it locally but
> I'm not sure I could get it up on a semi. Anyone that has been to my
> farm will also tell you that my road is not semi friendly...   :-)
> -
> BTW, I did sell my 16' IHC disk this week to a fellow Scott and I have
> visited with at auctions for many years. He used to work for an
> auctioneer that I knew fairly well who died not long ago. I didn't
> feel too bad about the disk sale, I bought it from a neighbor many
> years ago for $600 and sold it for $950. I had put a set of blades on
> it about 5 or 6 years ago but they were off of a disk that a friend
> with too much money to spend bought new ones for and he gave me his
> old set. They were 18" blades and still measure about  17.5" I have no
> idea why he replaced them. The old ones I took off of my disk were
> down to about 14" and the edges were getting too soft. It was a great
> disk but I just had no more use for it, my CUB won't pull it.   :-)
> I also sold my Glenco chisel plow recently and was very happy with that
> deal.
>
> --
> "farmer"
>
> "Good clean muck never hurt nobody!!!"
> Morris Moulterd
>
>
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>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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