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Dear Beware Bonnie:
The missing hay wagon is back on
the farm! Please update your website with this information!
The Madison County Sheriff's Deputy contacted the farm in
Georgetown, NY and the farmers returned the wagon. I talked to
the farmers and they said they thought the hay wagon was the
Erickson's and were holding on to it because the Erickson's owe them
for 3 loads of hay, $900. I filled them in on the Erickson's
exploits and pointed them to your website. They are going to
actively pursue the Erickson's for the money owed.
Only took 2+ weeks after
Bonnie told the deputy that she would return it "tomorrow". I
haven't inspected it yet but will and will post pictures of any
damage and go after the Erickson's if there is.
Thanks again!
John
There were 4 kicker hay wagons
on the Coach Stop Farms that belong to the owner, John Bosworth.
He has sent us pictures and a written description of the missing hay
wagon. If you know anything about the hay wagon or where it
may be please contact us at
talktome@bewarebonnie.com.
Hay wagon missing from Coach Stop
Farms, Morrisville, New York.
The kicker hay wagon missing from
Coach Stop Farms is nominally 16’ long x 8’ wide with 8’high sides.
The front of the wagon folds down creating a platform for
unloading. The rack was built new in 2003 or 2004 out of rough cut
tamarack and is attached using carriage bolts throughout. The
bed planks are pressure treated 2 by and are a little too short.
The rack is almost identical to one of the hay wagons still on the
farm; they were both bought used in 2002 and re-built at the same
time.
The running gear is steel and has
steel beams that the rack is bolted to. Most hay wagons have wooden
beams. There is light chain holding the steel beams to the running
gear, same chain as on the wagon at the farm. The tongue on the
running gear is identifiable 2 ways. There is a draw pin held by
bungee cord(s) to lock the extendable tongue and there is a hole at
the back end of the tongue on the underside which is wrapped with
duct tape or black tape. The chain that tethers the extendable
tongue to the running gear when extended used to fall thru this hole
& make it impossible to extend & I used duct tape to "temporarily"
cover the hole.
Neither wagon should be used on
the road for several reasons nor I would never give anyone
permission to do so. They are old & the running gear is very
sloppy. I don’t know when the hubs or steering pivots were last
greased, I had one steering pivot freeze on me which locked the
front wheel and bent the tie rod a few years back. The straitened
tie rod is very noticeable on the wagon at the farm. These wagons
are usable on the farm. If used on the road I would consider them
dangerous.
On 4/7/09 I was present when a
Madison County Sheriff's Deputy questioned Bonnie about the missing
wagon. 1st she told him I gave her permission "a week ago" to
use the wagon. I told the Deputy that I hadn't talked to
Bonnie since early February, all correspondence from then had been
through my lawyer, and I would never, ever, give her permission.
Bonnie then said she left a "note in the kitchen". Later on
the Deputy and I could find no note. She told the Deputy that
the wagon was being loaded with hay in New Woodstock, NY and after
they delivered the hay she would return it. I refused, said she had
it without permission and wanted it returned immediately. As
of 4/14, 1 week later, the wagon has not been returned and I am
filing a stolen property complaint.
The pictures below are of the
sister wagon that's still on the farm. Note the bent
tie rod on this one. 2-3 years ago the steering froze while I
was transporting a full wagon from field to barn and bent the tie
rod into a pretzel. These wagons are not road safe. This
wagon had been used by the Erickson's to transport hay, the front of
it and running gear are covered with dry sand, salt and winter road gunk. |
