My buddy Frank was heavily into boats and had a couple of trailers that his widow wanted gone.

One I knew was junk, total rust bomb.

The other was a nice-looking 1500 pound single axle galvanized rig for a small boat or dory. I knew the tires were rotten but the rest looked okay.

Dale the Builder has a small boat he's tired of trying to wrassle into the back of his truck so he's interested in the little trailer.

"I'll put some new tires on it and repack the wheel bearings and you can have it for $xxx"

Riiiiiiiiiiight. Bearings and races completely trashed. Looks like the spindles are okay and I can save the hubs. Leaf springs that used to be a 3 pack with wedges are now a really, REALLY thin single leaf and I'm pretty sure if you put a 1000 pounds on the trailer they'd snap.

My initial price estimate on the trailer has doubled, I'm already pretty much giving away my time, and we're not done yet...

Soooooo... you're saying, free puppies and free trailers are pretty much the same thing?

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Originally posted by vthoky:
Soooooo... you're saying, free puppies and free trailers are pretty much the same thing?

Only thing worse is a free pony...

Thankfully, I can only imagine that.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

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Originally posted by vthoky:
Soooooo... you're saying, free puppies and free trailers are pretty much the same thing?

Only thing worse is a free pony...

Had a buddy on the giving end of a free pony, once his girls outgrew it.
Receiver's kids enjoyed it for years & the giver didn't have to dig a large hole.

Always remember that there is a vast difference between "free puppies" and "free the puppies". Grammar is your friend, and that little article is very important to the final result.

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Originally posted by ArtieS:
Always remember that there is a vast difference between "free puppies" and "free the puppies". Grammar is your friend, and that little article is very important to the final result.

Indeed. I'm all for "free the puppies"!