Car Trailer stolen in Willis, TX Found this weekend

shivasdad · Jul 7, 2013

[/B]Unusual, bumper pull trailer stolen from Secure Storage in Willis, TX on Cude Cemetery Road on Sunday, 6-23-13. This trailer is a flatbed car hauling trailer that is much longer than the usual trailers you see running around town. It has three axles and will easily haul two full size cars, and can carry three compact cars. This is not a gooseneck trailer, it is a bumper pull type. It is black but the paint is old, see the pictures. There are faded Texas bumper stickers, and one on the right front which says, "Screw it, let's ride."

The brand is Imperial made in Illinois and not sold in the south. Possibly this is the only trailer like this in Texas. Look at the pictures and call if you see this trailer anywhere around southeast Texas, or anywhere. It has been reported to the sheriff's office in Montgomery county and it is in the NCIC and TCIC databases. The license plate is Oklahoma 820 OFI white plate, green letters, non expiring trailer plate. Montgomery County Sheriff's Office is 936-760-5800

On the trailer when it was stolen were two automotive lifts in the crates from the warehouse. They had been picked up in Austin on Saturday and were to be installed on Monday. One is a four post extra tall and the other is a midrise. On the midrise, the theives only have the base portion because the control unit was in the truck bed after we left it at the storage place on Saturday night. The trailer had a padlock on the tongue and the storage place is gated and has a keypad on it to limit access. However, we all know how easy this is to bypass. Plus, the number is the same for everyone. We didn't know that until after the theft. It may as well be wide open.

A reward is offered for return of this stolen property. $500 for the trailer alone, $1000 if the trailer and both lifts are returned. My phone is 936-524-1290, let me know if anyone sees it or knows where it is.

raidmagic · Jun 26, 2013

That sucks Good luck

1959apache · Jun 26, 2013

bummer, I hope you find it...

it will be hard for someone to sell that stuff outright, so keep a watch on craigslist in the surrounding areas (use a "+" sign after you enter your search and it will include surrounding areas).

Good Luck!

shivasdad · Jun 26, 2013

Thanks for the "+" tip, I didn't know that. I've been checking craigslist and we've gone to local stores looking at video, nothing yet. We are hoping that the big ass trailer will be found, it's not easy to pull or hide that monster.

54rat210 · Jun 26, 2013

Wow. Sorry to hear.

1959apache · Jun 26, 2013

shivasdad said: ↑

Thanks for the "+" tip, I didn't know that. I've been checking craigslist and we've gone to local stores looking at video, nothing yet. We are hoping that the big ass trailer will be found, it's not easy to pull or hide that monster.
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hell its not easy to remove those things on the trailer without some significant help

Zerk · Jun 26, 2013

Would a metal recycling company accept those lifts? Maybe the locals are worth a look.

shivasdad · Jun 26, 2013

I don't know if the reputable recycler would accept a brand new lift in the crate. The ones I've dealt with in Conroe won't take a vehicle without a title, so I'm hoping that the same would apply to the trailer. I know there are always disreputable ones to be found, so.... My partner is going out there this afternoon to ask around at the four or five scrap yards we know about. Great idea, thanks Zerk

stillrunners · Jun 26, 2013

afternoon bump....sorry to hear - most scap yards now require picture ID around the Dallas area.....wonder if someone followed you?....worth a camera look if you stopped to get gas or something....around the area...

will keep an eye out around Big D...best of luck in the recovery...

tfeverfred · Jun 26, 2013

Sucks. That'll haul a lot of lawn mowers too. Looking out in Houston.

big M · Jun 26, 2013

Looks like a good trailer as well. Hopefully the culprits are caught, and you get your trailer and lifts back. I had a trailer stolen about ten years ago, and was lucky to get it back.

---John

FenixSpeedShop · Jun 26, 2013

Sorry to hear lowlifes took your stuff. Will keep an eye out down here. Best of luck.

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Mr48chev · Jun 26, 2013

Chances are there is someone who had access to that storage lot who now has a brand new lift in his garage or someone he knows got a hell of a deal on a brand new lift. You have probably already put a bug in the ear of the lift company so they will know somethings up if someone inquires about getting the pieces that are missing. Someone trying to sell that one could claim that they bought it at a freight salvage sale missing the parts and the buyer wouldn't have a clue that it was stolen until he called the company to inquire about the control parts.

It would be a good thing to post photos and descripton of the trailer at scrap yards though as it may have been stolen to haul scrap cars and show up at a scrap yard loaded with a pair of hulks.

mashed · Jun 26, 2013

I've always heard things were bigger in Texas. Holy sheep shit.

Back to the top.

shivasdad · Jun 26, 2013

Bump for the night owls. Thanks for everyone watching out for us.

Gene Boul · Jun 27, 2013

I'm around the corner in Emory. I'll keep an eye out for your "stuff". I don't know what in the world you would do with a stolen triple axle trailer like that. On second thought might have lots of value to round bail hay haulers! Post notices in feed stores...

dinokruzordinance · Jun 27, 2013

Storage unit leases are general close to your place of work or home. I'd say they are within a 30 min circle of that storage place. Id make a grid and start fine toothing that area ome bloc at a time. Beating the bushes for any leads. Check video on business close to any main roads out on the day it was taken

Mr48chev · Jun 27, 2013

Around here a trailer like that would be used for what that one is doing in the third photo in post 1 and that is hauling rebulders from the auction yard to the rebuild shops or hauling wrecks from the impound lots to the auction. It would be so useful to so many people that it could be anywhere hauling about anything.

trulyvintage · Jun 28, 2013

Bump for the morning crowd ...

Sorry for the loss ...

Jim

Zerk · Jun 28, 2013

Bump.

Zerk · Jun 29, 2013

Anything?

bk53 · Jun 29, 2013

that sucks. I'll keep my eyes peeled. a$$holes.

Fenders · Jun 29, 2013

Secure Storage in Willis, TX on Cude Cemetery Road ...
Secure storage? sounds like an oxymoron....
If they are secure they should have time and date stamps on entry/exit and video.... cops should be able to check it out (if they are at all interested..)

turboroadster · Jun 29, 2013

they should be hung by their balls!

eyes open over here in Cut and Shoot

shivasdad · Jul 7, 2013

Wow, what a crazy last couple of weeks. Before I give the details, the trailer and at least one of the lifts has been found and the guy arrested with the trailer on his truck. Hes in the Montgomery county jail with theft charges $20,000-$100,000 and no bond.
I wish a HAMBer had caught him, but its good enough that we ended up with a positive outcome, which I wasnt very optimistic for. Heres the story:
After reporting everything to the Sheriffs office, and the deputy being really cool about following up with stuff, the owner of the trailer (my customer) started doing the detective work that many of you suggested, going to scrap yards, driving around the local area, talking to store owners who might have video of the truck and trailer. Meanwhile, I posted on the HAMB and also put up some craigslist ads. At first, no hits, not on wanting to buy lifts, not on the one with the big reward. After a few days, I renewed the ad with the reward and got two hits, one a goose chase after some used lifts of the wrong type, but the second one was a guy who had just seen the ad and his customer offered to sell him a four post lift brand new in the crate. The guy got to talking to him and he also had a trailer that was too big he was interested in selling. The good guy contacted us, cooperated with the sheriff, and we had a name and description of the truck.
The trailer owner went full on P.I. after that, and he figured out where he lived, where he used to work, and a buddy who had property on the other side of town. Then it became apparent that the suspect had a storage unit in the same storage facility! Bingo. Reported all of the this to the deputy, kept waiting on a detective to be assigned, when he was the file wasnt in his office. Slow as molasses. The trailer owner kept on top of it and our informant, likely motivated by the reward he will now get, called the thief, arranged a purchase of the trailer and the lift, and then called the cops and told them where he was coming to. They waited for him, arrested him, and impounded the truck, trailer, and lift. Tomorrow well see what it will take to get everything back. In addition to these items, the guy had a storage unit full of engines and car parts, air compressors, lawn mowers, weedeaters, a small trailer, gas cans, wheels and tires, and gravestones. What in the world he was going to do with stolen, engraved headstones, Ill never know, but it just goes to show how low these %$^&%s can be.
I really do appreciate everyones concern and ideas, we utilized them and it all helped. I think the deciding factor was the reward and one mans willingness to let us know what he knew in order to get the stuff back. Whether he did it for the money or the knowledge of getting this guy off the streets, Ill never know. I dont really care, there are all sorts of people and this is a good outcome.
Final note, the secure Secure Storage had one fake camera and the owner has one code that he gives to all the tenants for the gate. If you call asking questions about renting a unit, hell give you the code over the phone so you can go in and look around. We now know its a joke, but hes the only place around with 40 X 21 units, which you can store six vehicles in with a little jockeying. We are going to put some pressure on him to start utilizing distinct codes and to not give them out over the phone, and to install a real camera with recording equipment in place of the fake one. Hes a cheap bastard though.
Thanks again guys, its been a great place to vent and get suggestions, for this as well as other issues on the stuff we love to play with.

1956 F100 · Jul 7, 2013

Way cool the low life was caught. Good luck on quick return from police.

fuzzface · Jul 7, 2013

Always glad to see someone caught when a theft like this occurs.

Gravestones?, I wonder if they were on a different trailer that they stoled.

Offset · Jul 7, 2013

Nice outcome. Well done folks.

Don's Hot Rods · Jul 7, 2013

Great news ! As much as the police get beat up on for "not caring about stolen stuff" the real facts are that most of them do. But we all know what the crime rate is and cops are spread pretty thin these days, so sometimes we victims have to get involved to help them wherever we can. Good job by your buddy and hats off to the solid citizen who turned this creep in.

I hope you get some hard assed judge who is as tired of crime as we all are and they put this jerk away for a very long time. Bubba is looking for a new prison GF.........wouldn't THAT be cool ???

Don

xracer40 · Jul 7, 2013

What in the world he was going to do with stolen, engraved headstones, Ill never know, but it just goes to show how low these %$^&%s can be.

Thieves grind down the engraving and then resell them as new.
Pablo Escabar the Venezuelan drug lord got his start this way.

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