Spring Jefferson - Whos Going?

[PonyKiller87]

Anyone else going to be out at Jefferson? Buying / Selling?

We have our usual spots in the back of the Green Field again, just look for the camper and a whole lot of truck tires, lol.

[Anakonda69]

god i can't wait. even though it's not far getting out of town for the weekend will be nice.

[Cleveland Dave]

ill probably head there on saturday.

[WickedSix]

hooray for mudfest! ...er I mean jefferson lol ... maybe I can sell the tires to people who get stuck in the field :rolf

[jbiscuit]

mudfest :rolf so true tho!

[xFullThrottlex]

ill be buying this spring

[Monstr913]

actually kevin we're the the tractor tire guys this time...there are still big tires but not DOT approved lol

[Waver]

I am going to try and make an attempt at making it there for at least one day, however mom is getting married this weekend, so I dont know how this is going to work out

[Karps TA]

I'm hoping to get the TA there to try and sell it. But depends on how things go this week.

[-stew-]

I'm heading to the DMV tomorrow, if I can get a title for my four eyed I'm taking it out there. Been buying too much shit! I need to generate some capitol!

[77thor]

I will be there looking for a few odds & ends.... assuming it's not raining again.

[PonyKiller87]

Mud fest, could be pretty accurate, as of right now there calling for rain, lol.

[Crawlin]

Dad wants to go. I'm calling rain cause it wouldn't be jefferson weekend without rain

[Firefighter Z]

I'll be out there with my Uncles selling.

[WickedSix]

yeah im packing shorts and my thermal overalls tonight.....never know what kinda mood swing the weather will have jefferson weekend :rolf .... I always think i wont have anything to bring and magically I have tons... oye damn pack rat habits

[PonyKiller87]

yeah im packing shorts and my thermal overalls tonight.....never know what kinda mood swing the weather will have jefferson weekend :rolf .... I always think i wont have anything to bring and magically I have tons... oye damn pack rat habits

You must have a memory laps and forget about all of the shit you have. It isn't majic, lol.

On a good note this will be the first jefferson in 3 trips that one of your S10s doesn't hit hit my truck, unless you plan on nailing it with the blue bomber to keep the streak going, lol.

[WickedSix]

spontaneous field derbie isn't out of the question..... at least this one won't burst into flames while im trying to drive there lol

[PonyKiller87]

On that note I'm putting the plow on, lol.

[Reverend Cooper]

every year i miss going less

[Anakonda69]

it's so much fun though. muddy or not. i love it. oh rock bottom burger here i come. lol

[Holeshot]

It just wouldn't be Jefferson with out this forcast.
Friday
Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers. Highs in the lower 60s.

Friday Night
Cloudy with chance of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.

Saturday
Mostly cloudy with chance of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.

Saturday Night
Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of light rain showers. Lows in the lower 40s.

Sunday
Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of light rain showers. Highs in the upper 50s

[Ricky Bobby]

ill be in georgetown IL watching a bad ass demo derby im with coop i miss going less every year, lots of mud and prices for somebodies 15" steel rim has shot up cause they think they are rare meh

[jbiscuit]

Usually don't come home with jack but it's tradition. I don't think I have seen many decent classics out there for sale in years. Still gotta go look through the swap area in the hopes of finding something

[73MACH]

I go every year with my dad, and now my youngest brother. It's become something I really look forward to every year. Between my schedule and dad''s, we don't get to spend nowhere near enough time together. Cars are one of the few things we share a passion with or have in common. It's pretty funny, but now that I think about it the older I get, the more things we do have in common!

And the mud only makes things better! Thats a tradition in itself!

[-stew-]

I am now gonna be out there all weekend. I gotta get rid of this four eye. I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for capri parts and a hood orniment for the lincoln.

[scaleracer]

We should be out there hopefully find some drag radials and some other stuff..

[TraceDaddy]

We go most years when the weather is at least "decent". If the current forecast holds, that wouldn't qualify.

[1BadBytch]

see you there

[Anakonda69]

the weather so makes it worth it. watching people getting arrested for mudding in the fields. i drive a 4x4 just for jefferson swap meet. lol

[WickedSix]

^^ at least my s10 will spin 2 tires while getting stuck next to our spot this time lol

[URLOZIN]

I'l be there. Looking for tools mostly and other goodies for the t/a! or s10

[Moparjim]

I will be going, mainly just go through the motions still nowadays - it has been awhile since I've seen anything good or that was a decent deal out there. Back 5-10 years ago I would almost always come home with a crapload of stuff - bought 3 cars one show alone lol.

[Anakonda69]

good call pat since someone else's truck is still a one wheel wonder. lol

[PonyKiller87]

Well looks like the weather forcast is still calling for Lows in the 40s, highs in the 50s and 50% chance of Tstorms and showers all weekend.... I'll be bringing my tow straps, lol.

[WickedSix]

hey friday got reduced to 20% chance...so at least it'll be nice for the vendor to vendor shopping :rolf

[-stew-]

Yeah, as much as I wanna paddle out there in the canoe, I think I'll be taking the rig out there. I've actually never attended a muddy jefferson. I'm looking forward to this. Should be a good party.

[mrz28M6]

ive never been there but wanna go just to look at all the freaks ive heard that go to this!?!

[Slow Joe]

Hrmm so this means if Kristie and I decide to go, and get the 9-5 stuck in the mud... There's going to be a few people with trucks to tow me out... :rolf That's reassuring...

[PonyKiller87]

Hrmm so this means if Kristie and I decide to go, and get the 9-5 stuck in the mud... There's going to be a few people with trucks to tow me out... :rolf That's reassuring...

Yeah thats how you get away with playing in the mud, wait for others to get stuck then go pull them out. If you get tugged out though the entire front of your car will be plastered with mud, lol.

[TheRX7Project]

I wasn't going to but I am on Saturday (early). I want to pick up a set of slots for the Belv.

[WickedSix]

after looking at the collection of parts last night i think this is the most eclectic bunch we've had....from an mg rear complete with knock-offs to 44 inch R1's on 16x16 8 lug truck rims...

[jbiscuit]

Its official! Gonna be a mudfest. Looks like a good storm coming up our way for Saturday morning. Could be one of the sloppiest ones yet!

[Slow Joe]

Yeah thats how you get away with playing in the mud, wait for others to get stuck then go pull them out. If you get tugged out though the entire front of your car will be plastered with mud, lol.

Uhhhh :stare :stare Well unfortunately the front of the car is plastic, and sits low... This seems to be a bad idea if I want to keep my lower valance :rolf

[jbiscuit]

you won't even be able to take a car into the parking lot field Saturday. They usually won't even let cars in there if its been raining. Plenty of street parking near the fairgrounds

[b4mytm]

We'll be there selling in the usual spots in the red field.
Look for me sitting in the trailor,truck or inside one of the buildings,lol....that is if I can get rid of this cold by then.

[Waver]

you won't even be able to take a car into the parking lot field Saturday. They usually won't even let cars in there if its been raining. Plenty of street parking near the fairgrounds

You can park at the Fair View Inn, a bar that sits right behind the fair parking lot on the south end. Access to it is on highway 18 (main) just west of hwy 26....Some times they charge, get there early though, and you can park for free

[SpdRcrZ]

My dad called me up earlier this week and asked if I wanted to go..... we both joked about Spring Jefferson being a Mud Pit, and Fall Jefferson being a Dust Bowl.

I'd go, but every year my "Scouts" look for parts for me, and never come up with anything good (my brother and his old boss have a spot every year..... granted they're always looking for Ratrod parts, not LS1/GTO parts.... :rolleyes:)

[TheRX7Project]

I'm up and ready to go! Just waiting on the old lady. Slotted discs here I come!

[77thor]

Cancelled my plans to go.... again.

I think Spring Jefferson is jinxed

[Waver]

It always rains for spring jefferson, I can only think of one year where id didnt rain on a sunday in the last 7

[TheRX7Project]

I went... parked in some guy's lawn... Scion tC with KDWs isn't exactly a good off-road vehicle. I got her stuck :rolf

I got what I was after, however. The rain wasn't bad, it was a little muddy and only rained for like a half hour around noon. Buncha wussies!

[jbiscuit]

Not sure why people would stay home if they had plans to go out there. Plenty of buildings to duck into when the hard rains come. It was muddy tho for sure!

[Crawlin]

fuck Jefferson! screwed with our racing this weekend, haha. weekend rain curse

[Firefighter Z]

We sold a lot of stuff.... There were alot of people there Saturday. We had a great spot under the grand stand.

[WickedSix]

Was a good time surprised and happy about the turnout despite the rain on saturday. Mud is just part of spring jefferson just gotta be prepared...only think that sucked was the wind kept out of the west and was blowing right under the canopy :goof everyone loved the big mudder but nobody had the money, guess the R1's were destined to be used on the firetruck :D

[Anakonda69]

if i hear what's your bottom dollar again i will shoot someone. cheap ass people. i got thats it's a swap meet but damn. had a good time like pat said but cheap ass people need to stay home. either you want what i got to sell or move the f$%^ on. lol

[WickedSix]

making people lift the tire and wheel assembly to get their crazy low offer was entertaining though :rolf

[Crawlin]

I was joking with someone at the track about Jefferson. We were talking about one of his buddies who if he got a real lowball offer, would just BREAK the part in front of them and say, "that's how much your offer is worth" or something like that, haha. Just the insulting offers people toss out are rediculous.

[WickedSix]

yup chris its like a pair of decent used tires marked for 20 bux.....someone walks up and offers 5 for them.... then we respond with for your 5 dollars i'll go out onto the road and you can watch me burn them up..... seriously I had my NIB shifter there that retails ANYWHERE for 250 and I had 200 marked on it....and I got hundred dollar offers....so damn annoying... I had a set of big turf tires there that were brand new with $300 marked on them... a kid came up and asked if i'd take 150 for them and kevin literally told the kid he was on crack, and then said the kid could lick them for 150 but he wasn't gonna take em home.... I bumped up the price to $400 on sat the kid came back by with his dad and looked shocked they were HIGHER in price and left. then i had a farmer offer 300 and i took it... craigslist and ebay is shaping the buyers mentality for the worse

[Crawlin]

lick 'em for $150....

i honestly think that if i were there, i would have rolled them through a puddle and said, "if you do a full tongue lick on the tire, you can have it for $150". I think it woulda been worth the extra money lost, haha.

I definitely agree with you on the craigslist and ebay thing. It's a for better and for worse type situation.

[PonyKiller87]

Yeah we need to come up with something better than the lift the big tire to get your crazy price. While that was hilarious I think we need something that makes people look much more stupid in the process.

Maybe just bring a megaphone and yell at people, that could be fun.

[Firefighter Z]

Ya I hate that shit., but in my case I didnt wanna bring my stuff home so I wanted it gone.
Alot of people were making my Uncles friends upset with the low balling in prices.

[Josepy]

If your gonna sell the items there you need to expect the low balls. Pretty much happens everywhere now a days. Yeah some of those offers are just down right embarrassing.

[jbiscuit]

I like the guy out there that had a table full of Snap-on tools and was asking MORE than the new price for his stuff. I couldn't help but laugh in his face when he said he couldn't budge on the price at all on a ratchet :rolf

[PonyKiller87]

Yeah you get the crazy prices on both the buying and selling end, usualy from the same people.

I completely expect someone to haggle on any price I put on something even if it is a good price, but one some one offers you half of a price that is already a damn good deal, its just like WTF.

Its alot better when I'm already tired or pissed off then, I have very little patience with it at all, thats when things start to get funny because I just insult back.

[WickedSix]

We all expect tire kickers and SOME low ball offers....but when u get someone so heated they insist ur crazy for not taking their crap offer it tends to get to you.... I like the people that try and get what u paid for something too... its not what I paid for it that matters its what I'm willing to let you have it for that matters... honestly though the people watching is worth the price of admission...i mean where else are you going to see a guy with two perfectly good legs walking around with a prosthetic leg he just bought from a vendor :rolf

[Waver]

Yeah we need to come up with something better than the lift the big tire to get your crazy price. While that was hilarious I think we need something that makes people look much more stupid in the process.

Maybe just bring a megaphone and yell at people, that could be fun.

Hire myles for the weekend, I am sure he would be more than happy to be paid to yell at people

[TheRX7Project]

I guess it depends on the price already. I usually offer about 75% of the asking price- except from the "stores" (like the lug nut guy or some of the car-specific vendors). I got my Keystone Klassics for $75 when the guy was asking a bill.

[Anakonda69]

yeah i get some low balls but i mean damn. i am just gonna quit being nice and even entertaining stuff like that. 75% is a good starting spot. no qualms with that.

[PonyKiller87]

I guess it depends on the price already. I usually offer about 75% of the asking price- except from the "stores" (like the lug nut guy or some of the car-specific vendors). I got my Keystone Klassics for $75 when the guy was asking a bill.

Yeah 75% is more than reasonable, but when people start at 25% of what your asking thats what pisses me off.

[Monstr913]

like the offer of a hundred bucks i got for the locker and told the guy i'll turn it into a boat anchor for that price and he walked away like wtf just happened?...or the people that ask if you have 4 of the r1 tires? its like dude there flippin huge tires do u see 4? no obviously we have 2...i do have a great time though and am pissed i missed pats drunk ass "hopin" the fence and ripping his pants knee to knee, lol

[WickedSix]

drunk fat pat can't jump :alcoholic

chainlink fence wasn't built to fit my 13w boots

[PonyKiller87]

Fence 2
Brandon -1
Pat -1

LOL, good thing I can still clear a fence no problem.