Help with Damaged Truck

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This Sunday I borrowed my neighbors trailer to get rid of some old fence material. Initially we tried hooking it to my hitch but it was the wrong size. He said “no problem you can use my truck”.

He had to run some errands so I wheeled the trailer over to my yard and loaded it up. He later got back and while reattaching the trailer to his hitch he noticed the head piece of the trailer, the part that attaches to the hitch, is bent. He said “Oh, that wasn’t like that”. I explained truthfully that it had to be because nothing even touched it while I had the trailer.

The trailer did reattach just fine and I dumped the wood. Great. Yesterday I noticed he had already replaced the front piece with a new one. My dilemma is, do I, in the name of neighborly relations, pay for the front piece or do nothing since I know I didn’t damage it?

In my opinion, what ever the cost is, it’s a small price to pay for good neighborly relations. However, I’m repulsed by the implied admission of guilt.

So, how does a T-man handle it? Do I swallow my pride or just forget it since I know I’m right. The neighbor is a good neighbor and he wasn’t an asshole about it. He was just wrong.

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I’d pay him for it, unless it was a fifth-wheel hitch, it was probably all of $25.

Then I’d stick it in his wife’s butt. Twice.

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[quote]analog_kid wrote:
I’d pay him for it, unless it was a fifth-wheel hitch, it was probably all of $25.

Then I’d stick it in his wife’s butt. Twice.[/quote]

Agreed.

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[quote]analog_kid wrote:
I’d pay him for it, unless it was a fifth-wheel hitch, it was probably all of $25.

Then I’d stick it in his wife’s butt. Twice.[/quote]

What if the neighbor’s single?

Anyway, OP, you sneakily find out how much that reparation cost him, then you find out something he needs. Then you go buy it for him, wrap it up nicely, attach a card saying something cheesy about friendship and offer it to him. Don’t even mention the “incident”.

Don’t get hung up about the price. The guy did you a favor and he seems to think that you’re responsible for that damage. Assuming he’s not a liar, you should do what is right given that his property was in your possession.

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[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
analog_kid wrote:
I’d pay him for it, unless it was a fifth-wheel hitch, it was probably all of $25.

Then I’d stick it in his wife’s butt. Twice.

[/quote]

This sounds like the proper thing to do, and maybe a case of his favourite beer.

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Pay him for it. Not sure what type of hitch you had but the price couldn’t be that much and he did sound pretty helpful.

Even if he doesn’t accept the offer at least you made it.

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Give him half the cost 50/50 - you know you didn’t damage it, then why would you pay full price? I think that would be fair.

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Thanks guys. I’m sure you are all correct on this I’ll just pay the guy for it and try not to think about it too much.

Lixy, you are right. He’s a single older man and most likely homo. So, fellahs, cut it with the “up the but” comments. It’s giving me the heebee jeebees.

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I would find a way to pay him for it, then on some occasion, such as a neighborly cook out, I would explain you did not damage the item, but paid him for it because you are good people and want him to respect you as such.

Wouldn’t the cost of renting such equipment be more than what you would pay the guy for damage he thought was not there prior?