Whew.. Long Day..

Early in, early out today.  Went to dinner and then did some scouting, looking for the truck.  Went by the area where Dutch found the trailer, but still didn't have any luck.  He found the trailer Monday afternoon, after getting a tip from our friend, who owns the lot where we had been parking the truck.  Mike had seen another trucking company owner chopping a truck down a gravel road during the winter.  That's the same area that Dutch found his stolen trailer.

We drove past that trucking company's shop in Blue Springs, and they just so happen to have two Western Star trucks (the same kind as ours), so it's awfully coincidental that they deal with those trucks, and one of them needs a motor.  There was a hood sitting by their building and we sat there, staring for about five minutes, trying to get a better look at it.  There was a driver sitting in one of their dump trucks, otherwise, we would have gone closer to check it out.  : (..  I'm hoping those jerks let the owner know that there was a green Subaru lurking, with two people giving the lot a concerted stare.

I'm sure they aren't stupid enough to leave our hood on their lot though.  At least we didn't see any frames that matched our wheelbase either.  The bay doors were open on their shop so we could see every bit of their property.  After staring the location down, we drove past the owner's home in Independence.  There were some people sitting outside in a gazebo, so I'm pretty sure that they saw a green Subaru pulling in next to their location, giving them a very concerted stare as well.  If those are the jerks who stole our truck, I'm hoping they are enjoying their last few days of freedom.

Our next move is to contact the Missouri DOT Law Enforcement Division to see if they can stop by and run an audit on the company.  If any of their trucks come up with stolen parts?  Whoops.  Guess who would be in mega trucking trouble?  Not us.  Hopefully the DOT, MO Hwy Patrol and the Sugar Creek police department will be able to rattle that company enough to find something. 

Dutch put up a couple reward signs at the truck stops by the trucking company's shop.  Hopefully the lure of a reward for the recovery of our truck is enough to catch someone's attention and get us some results.  There is no honor between thieves.  Money talks and ..  well .. something walks..

Alrighty..  Early in, early out tomorrow too..

Hopefully, we made a statement that we will not go down without a fight.

Ha.  Our fight hasn't even started yet.

Ok.  'Nuff truck talk for now.

Here's something cute to end the night.