Good new....Bad news....

[hotglue #43]

Well... the bad news 1st.....
  Completely lost the day as far as working around here getting things ready for the GOTFs.....  I mean I didn't get a single thing done
NADA.......Just got back home.

The good news...... well it starts out sounding BAD.....
Got a call from the Brazoria County Sheriff...........THAT CAN NEVER BE GOOD!!!!

He said the Sheriff Dept in San Patricio County called and said they had my 16 ft trailer...... the one that was stolen from here in October.....It had been making trips with the new ILLEGAL owners to Mexico and hauling thing to and from....Plates were out of date... and they put 'home made trailer plates on it......
   Drove down to Sinton.... 30 miles from Corpus.... Got with the Sheriff Dept....... went to the impound lot...(private)  ...Sure enough, It was my trailer...
  They had removed the VIN#s and all markings......Cut off the electic plug and had a 4 prong all wired wrong.... I don't know what happened to the ramps.   
  Had to pay the impound $273 to get my trailer back.....  Now I need to rewire it.... send off the get it re-registered and a renewed VIN....and build some ramps for it......Plus $85 in gas to go get it........Still I would say it's good news!!!!!!

Gear Jammer... I still want the Gooseneck...... think I will sell the straight tounge trailer..... any illegal with a bumper hitch can steal it..... even though it was locked up.... the gooseneck takes a bit more equipment.... and I have already set my truck up for it.

[franco6]

so how many aliens could they get on that trailer?  standing or laying?
haha hoho!!
i m looking for a trailer ,but i m not sure what for!

[Disco]

Glad you got it back.  How did they identify it?

If you keep it, I think I remember someone suggesting you paint it pink.   

[hotglue #43]

If I keep it I will paint it Pepto Bizmol PINK
Might make it kinda hard to sell though......

[HayHauler]

Sooooo glad you got it back..  Don't hear of anyone getting anything back from criminals... 

I bet you could find some of that PINK paint reeeeal cheep!

Hay 
Jimmyt

[Ghillie]

Glad you got it back, wish they had found mine when it got jacked.

[Daniel Meyer]

That's pretty cool actually...so few get stuff like that back...

[f-Stop]

Glad you got your trailer back!   I had a 12' enclosed trailer stolen from my business a few years ago and found it two weeks later about 5mi from my warehouse.  We had reported it stolen, so felt obligated to call the cops who wanted to impound it even after my business partner and I showed them all the "papers" including the original sales receipt.  Ended up telling them that maybe it was just "borrowed" (actually, not sure what was actually said) - so they let us take it home.    The thiefs had actually left some tools in it which we kept and are still hanging on the wall at the warehouse.   Sold the trailer not long after...

[oldman]

Sure enough, It was my trailer...
 They had removed the VIN#s and all markings......Cut off the electic plug and had a 4 prong all wired wrong.... I don't know what happened to the ramps

Probably wouldn't hurt to take pics and document any identifiable markings, although most of my junk is homemade and no one would want it, I think I'll take the time take pics and document what few things I do have just in case. Thanks for sharing ..
Oh yeah glad ya got your trailer back