that used to be on Trapperman.

He was sort of an "in your face" sort of guy guy and made some adversaries. Anyway, he's been gone from tman a couple years now.

Anyway, I still talk to him on a regular basis. The tempo got changed within the last 10 days or so and he finally contacted me. He had a bad fire but he and his dog made it out ok.

Most tman people who interacted with M probably didn't know that he had been living in a camper for a good amount of time and had multiple vehicles in his temporary spots. He ended up having a fire get started in the camper and basically nearly died getting back in to it to pull his dog out. He's staying in a friend's "fixer up house" in a nearby city so has a place to stay and even though he lost his trucks, he picked up another old Chevy with some "metal".

M is not a "spring chicken" and I'm going to send him some "metal" pieces, along with some household stuff. If you want to reach out and talk to M, he can be reached at martingoodwin56@gmail.com. He told me that I could show his e-mail.

I should say he bought the old Chevy with some "recovered metal" found in the burn area. Good thing that stuff doesn't melt at typical house fire temps...

I like Mr M. He got the shaft for being honest.
I commend him for saving his dog.

Dang , glad he made it

I always liked his posts

Thanks for sharing

Yep , he was on our side .......too bad someone was offended

… maybe someone smarter than me can get a a go fund me deal going

Agree

Thank you guys for caring. He's an interesting dude.

As expected, the camper burned quick. An electrical short towards the back caused his external generator to cut out before he smelled smoke or saw flames. He was outside for about 2 minutes checking on it when he saw flames from the back end. He wanted to save his dog but when he opened the main door of the camper and stepped inside, the smoke and heat knocked him down. He crawled back to the bed area where he figured the dog would be hiding underneath, which the dog was, and grabbed the dog's harness (it typically wears a harness), and M was able to back crawl his way out of the mess.

I told him, and he agrees, that if he would have been dozing or sleeping, he and the dog would be dead. Sometime minutes and seconds count.

That would be terrible to lose virtually everything your own. Kudos to Marty for saving his dog. I hope he can recover.

Keith

I liked that guy also. Hate to hear about him going through that fire, glad he got the doggo out, at least.

Hate to hear that...glad hes ok

Any idea of the size clothes he wears I was looking for something last month and realized how much stuff I have in totes that I never wear. The same with shoes I’ve never worn. I’ll send him an email and see what I can find out.

Sorry to hear this about Marty.

Some one near here lost their life to trying to save their dog. Just a week or two ago.......jk

Sent him an email asked him for a needs list and size ideas will pass on what I find out when he responds.

I'd be happy to chip in on a donation if someone can put something together.

Ol dad

I also sent an email to Marty, we will be waiting a reply.

I have lots of spare clothes, in XL I will never wear or need, some new, some very good used. some boots size 11 & 12 That would be great to get us a size and address to ship too.

A great idea for a go fund me page for him if someone knows how to set that up.

I just as soon send it directly to him personally if he has a permanent addess to send too. If he is living off grid he may not or just have a post office box.

Direct payment or PayPal is a good way to avoid the fees and tips they give themselves. Plus you’re not putting your info out there to be sold a bunch of times.

I just had a contact with Marty. We are getting together some things he said he can use and will try to get them packed and shipped in a day or so.

He wears size XL shirts/gloves and size 34/36 medium length pants, I assume that his briefs would be medium size? Socks shoe sizes, boots size 11 Medium.

This is what I got back so far from Marty along with Bobs info we have a starting point.

Is my PayPal account address.
martingoodwin56@gmail.com

Martin Goodwin
2040 West 31 Street
Ste. G 148
Lawrence, Kansas
66046

11m shoe/boot/socks.
34‐36 or large regular length pant.
Xl tops.
Xl-XXL gloves.

Make sure you use the "Friends and Family" option with PayPal to avoid fees.

I'm glad this thread stayed up!!

Thanks everyone!!!

Im glad hes alright. I like Marty. Thank u guys for keeping us informed of the situation and how we can help

We got Marty some things together today. They will be shipped out tomorrow since there was no UPS pickups today.

I just sent something via Paypal. If any of you talk to him and can verify the pigeon made it that would be great.

Thanks

Ol' dad

Got our care packages together by late yesterday for Marty and all boxed up. Printed shipping labels this morning and heading to drop them off at UPS.

For those sending their own donated items we have put together a rough list of what we are sending.

Extreme cold military quad system sleeping bag with stuff bag,
King size pillow.
A couple pair of jeans / slacks
Under garments, socks
Assorted flannel shirts and pullover hooded sweat shirts
Shin high muck boots
Gore Tex lace camo leather boots,
Indoor / outdoor slip on wool lined slipper shoes
Extreme cold brown denim hooded coat. An old, but new condition jacket I had for cold weather trapping.
Long john body suit
Insulated camo bibs
Para cord bundles
knit toboggan beanie hats, 3 colors
Insulated leather and waterproof gloves




I may have forgotten a couple of items however he should be in pretty good shape for basic clothing and sleeping comfort for the short term.

I am sure he will be needing cookware, utensils, plates,silverware, coffee pot type of things also.

We have developed a type of relief fund over the years to help chip in to friends and folks that we feel can use some help under these types of tragedies.

Wow Bob! Amazing!! I am sure Marty will very much appreciate it!

We have been in some brief contact with Marty to tell him what is coming. Friday is the soonest we can get things delivered to him when shipping today. I am sure others will be contributing as well.

Bob, you are a gem !

Socks (lots) flannel lined 511 BDU black pants, a metal thermos, camo shirt I don’t have much in his sizes unfortunately. I’ll look for more stuff in my totes. He’s set up for PayPal so smaller cash donations would add up it doesn’t need to be a lot.

Added dog treats and a harness if he can use that too.

Gone but not forgotten….. tman is a family

I see the above address has a suite in it so that's throwing me off a bit. That is his mailing address for personal mail and his shipping address for packages correct?
Also would 34 waist by 32 length pants fit him okay? I think I've got some new ones (Dickies black slacks) in a tote that I can't fit my fat arse in.
Any idea what a box of clothes costs to ship out there? $30 bucks maybe? Obviously I don't ship much stuff. Asking to see if buying online and shipping to him would be cheaper.

What about quilts comforters? We have totes full of them we will never use

Looks like that's a UPS Store. Maybe his box/pickup is #148 ?

Yes, that is correct. That's what he currently has.

Use Pirate Ship and save big on shipping.

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This ^ , it’s free to sign up for Pirate Shipping a 12x12x11 10 pound box cost $10 for UPS SD to KS.

We use PIrate Ship daily for shipping. Our average box we shipped today was 18"x12"x10" avg cost for them was $15.95. The weight avg per box was 13# 7oz to ship them to that address.

We got two more boxes ready for shipment tomorrow for house hold items, dog treats, food/water bowls and dog bed.

You're a good man Bob.

As my kids would say ... That's super Bob!

The T'man family is fantastic, even when we didn't agree, tragedy brings us all together.

Bob, you are a good person.

I have some pants I will box up tomorrow and see what else I can find and get it out later this week. Thanks for setting this up and helping out.

I wondered why I hadn’t heard from Marty, he usually calls me several times a week! He got his little dog from me about four years ago, and I’ve been in touch with him ever since. He is a pretty good sized fella, around 6’2” and prolly weighs a bit over two hundred, waist prolly 34-36, I hate that this has happened to him, and will prolly just run what I can dig up, down to him. My clothes won’t fit him, so will get him some money to run on!

So those 34/30 511 pants probably won’t fit him it sounds like I’ll keep digging.

I doubt my 34x32 pants will fit him if he's 6'2. I sent him a donation through paypal. I'll look and see what I've got in the totes downstairs. I wear mostly large shirts and coats though.

I'm glad this was posted and has stayed up. No matter if you had different opinions with a person here when they suffer a loss like this or go through a rough patch it's very admirable that people come together to try and help. I as I'm sure most would appreciate a hand up if it was us. I know I'm getting softer as I get older but I try to look at a situation like this put myself in their shoes. I'm fortunate that I'm not in his situation so there's a lot to be thankful for and it's easy to forget that. I know I have in the past.

BTW I don't know if I ever commented on his post here but I know I do agree with him on most things. I wish you the best Marty.

I don't do PayPal, can you send money to the shipping address?

If it’s a UPS store he should have a box there like a post office would. I just used PayPal it’s a secure way to pay without giving out your personal info.

… does anyone that uses PayPal have Venmo?

… we don’t do PayPal but my wife has Venmo we can send some help through .. then one of yall with PayPal can get it to Marty ?

.. let me know

I sent marty some money through paypal a few days ago but it shows that he hasn't accepted it yet. Can one of you guys who are in contact with him confirm if he has checked his paypal account? I sent it to martingoodwin@gmail.com.

Thanks

ol' dad

He responded after I sent him a PayPal amount so he knows its coming maybe he doesn’t know how to transfer it to his account yet.

PM sent

His email is martingoodwin56@gmail.com

You forgot the 56. You'll want to get a hold of paypal and cancel that transaction or if you can do it by going into paypal and take care of it that way. I know he's checking paypal because he got mine and sent me a thank you back.

Thanks badger. PayPal let me cancel the transaction. I'm going to resend it to the correct address.


Ol dad

I do not have Venmo but if you want to send me cash or check in the mail I can do it.

Has anyone been able to put together a go fund me page for Marty. I know he will be needing a camper and generator to really get back on track.

Now that he has some basic necessities on the way he will need a place to live once again.

… thanks Yote …. I’ve already been contacted by a member with Venmo and we’ve got a plan

You're welcome ol' dad.

Bob Jameson you're a heck of a good guy with all that you're doing to help him out. That goes for everyone else for helping as well.

TTT

Spent the day helping Marty yesterday. What a mess! Lost everything, and still sifting through it looking for anything he can salvage. He needs so much, it’s just shocking. You cant appreciate what has happened, without seeing it. I got home, and everything I had on was black!

Marty ask me to relay a huge THANK YOU to the t-man family for the kindness you have all shown to him. I echo that as well!

That area is supposed to get sub-zero temperatures and significant snow the next three days also.

Last I knew Marty was in a friend's unoccupied house in town. His friend doesn't live there so had the temps turned down fairly low but perhaps Marty has it turned up some now. Lee can probably update the situation but I don't think Marty is out in the cold.

Can someone PM or post an address to me?

Go back to the first posts everything is there.

Thank you I make that mistake with long threads

Sounds like he’s good on personal hygiene items I had a box of stuff to send but he said he was good on them.

Marty just received 6 goodwill boxes of items yesterday from many of you. I have been emailing with him brief msgs over the last few days.

Like stated he is staying in an unoccupied house at the moment with his dog. He is so appreciative and wanted me to say Howdy to all of you and to thank all who have contributed to help him in his situation.

He probably thought it was like Christmas last evening when he went to opening all his boxes of things. I would like to have been there to see his reaction and his dog Paddy Boy. We sent him a dog bed and a stuffed (squeeky) full size rabbit dog torture toy, and several bags of duck, ckn and bone marrow treats along with some food/water dishes for his little buddy.

I really think with all of our collective support from donations and the mailed items he is feeling uplifted, and seeing a bright spot in his life and days, even under these tragic circumstances. I also believe his dog has helped him greatly to deal with his situation as well.

I want to say how proud I am of all of you that have made such a significant impact on someones life as you all have. Our Tman folks always seem to step up when needed and asked to do so.

We are working to get a place for Marty to live in the near future as he cannot live where he is currently long term. It is fortunante he has a friend that stepped up to give him a place to stay for the short term.

Thank you all for lending a hand and sacrificing for someone that is truly in need.

Marty has been reinstated by Paul so he can post on here again. I informed him of this last night, it was nice that Paul’s giving him a second chance let’s all try to get along here.

Thank you Boss! I appreciate that greatly!

It is great to have Marty back on than. I always enjoyed his posts

Nice !

You can change your signature now lol.

Your correct, Roger. He is staying in Marks house, but he didn’t give me any info on the house. Mark lives in Topeka, and has been helping everyday, going though the “remains”! At least up till yesterday, when the storm set in. We got about 7-8 inches of snow, and I think they were predicting a little more down Marty’s way.

Does Marty own the land where his camper was at? I know he has a lot to think about but what's he looking for for a home, another camper, mobile home or other? This is just something I've been wondering about.

Wishing him the best outcome possible.

TTT

I want to thank boss Dobbins for making it possible to come back on here and I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and kindness.
It was a very traumatic experience but Paddy boy and I got out alive. But for the grace of God we would not have been so lucky 🙏. 60 seconds more and I would not have been able to get to Paddy who was hiding under the bed. The power went out and I went outside to check the generator at the back of the camper. I had the inside door to the back closed and the electric fire started in the outlet the heater was plugged into back there. It was burning before I went out to check the generator but I was not aware of that. Anyway I walked to the back of the camper and looked at the generator, then looked up at the camper and the rear of the camper was in flames. Opened the rear door and the fire got air and exploded. Closed that door and walked in the front door and got knocked to my knees by the smoke and heat. Managed to grab a flashlight and crawled to find Paddy. Got him out and secured. Tried to get back in the camper for the vehicle keys but the heat was to much. Then the 1# propane bottles started blowing. Got Paddy and we moved away. Watched the camper burn and my 3 trucks catch and start burning 🔥. No phone to call help. After a bit someone who heard the explosions called it in but everything was a total loss by the time fire department arrived. It was just crazy.
I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and kindness. God bless you all.

Glad you're back Marty

… glad you made it Marty … what’s the plan for long term living arrangements?

Wasn't time for you and Paddy to go yet. You'll be back on your feet soon!

Thank you.

Unsure at the moment, still need to finish sifting thru the ashes and clean up the mess.

But by the grace of God.

Glad you’re back. Been there there done that I don’t recommend it.




Just rebuild is all a guy can do really.

Great to see you back here Marty and thanks to Paul for making this happen also. Better days are ahead.

Glad you and Paddy boy made it out alive. Welcome back

Thank you.

Morning Marty! Was surprised to see you on here this morning! Good on you!

Yup, nice to have you back. And the puppy. Dogs can be a great soothing addition to many situations.

Hope everything keeps going in a positive direction.

Yes very glad you are back!! I wish you the best!!!

I had been wondering about you since I hadn't seen a post for a long time. I never realized till today that this tragedy happened to You till I seen your post. I truly hope all things fall into place and God will be with you.

I"m confused, is "metal" code for something?

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What a wild story, I am glad you and your pup made it out of the fire. It's great to to see you are back on T man, I always enjoyed your posts.

Thank you.

Thank you.




Thank you.

Glad ur still/back with us

Yep. And some is currently on the way

Some pictures of the vehicle damage. All 3 were total loss along with all personal items and tools that were in there. That is Lee Steinmeir under the truck in the first picture cutting a cat off.
Thank you Lee for your help and support.

Took me a long time to realize how much I actually lost in my fire to this day there’s things I look for that were in there. It’s all replaceable even though that sucks but it is what it is a guy just carries on there’s a good feeling about a fresh start at least it was for me.

If you find that you’re in need of things maybe post a list so folks can see what they have extra this is a reason I don’t throw good stuff out at least that’s what I tell the wife.

Did you lose all your traps and such equipment too Marty? Fishing poles and tackle?

No traps lost. Some fishing gear. All my packs and outdoor/camping gear burned. Optics and 7 firearms. Most of my m-18 tools and batteries.

Man, that sucks. I hope for all the best for you.

Thank you.

…. Your shed burned down … Marty lost his only shelter and transportation

… let’s keep things in perspective here

.. what we need is a go fund me at the top of the page … I don’t know how to make one but there’s people here that do

I have some stuff to donate to an auction if anyone wants to go that route too.

Welcome back Marty. Sure glad you and the dog made it out alive.

The point was the incentive to rebuild you have no clue what I’m doing and what’s being done but you can’t miss the opportunity to play your games talk about perspective. SOSDD

Thank you.

Sounds good Dog

… now does anyone know how to start a go fund me ?

… this man needs financial help

… think we could get enough together for a camper

Hey Marty, glad to see you made it through. Rough times! We had a midnight house fire in 95. I slept on the top floor but made it out fine.

(I figured I better hurry up and post in this thread before the young'ns get your thread deleted)

I don't know how, but if someone sets it up count me in.

You can PayPal money but a go fund me might get more results.

PayPal friends and family or mailing to his address cost nothing extra but the fund me place will take a percentage. FYI

Marty didn't you do lawn/yard work. If so did you lose any of your equipment for your work??

Stopped doing that a bit ago. Started flipping vehicles and my inventory burned up. No fire coverage.


Thank you for your concern.

Marty, u still staying fit and eating clean?

I found that they ask a % , but you do have the choice not to pay them anything.

Thinking an auction would be a good idea.
Maybe a special separate donation to Marty through a Tman fund?

Absolutely. Low sugar non processed foods diet.

69 years, 6', 195#, 34" waist. After I finish cleaning up/sifting thru the burnt remains I will get back to hiking&strength training. Been hard at that since June 1st so a bit of a break won't hurt to much.
Thank you for asking.

How long was your camper that burnt up? I bet we can keep an eye on Facebook marketplace and find one reasonably priced that everyone could chip in towards.

Ol dad

I think they charge either by taking a percentage off the top the last one they had they just tipped themselves that might be a no tax on tips angle.

28'.

I just realized all my MAGA hats burnt up.

Hey Marty did the fire you had make the news out there? Also what town are you closest to? Are there any RV dealers nearby? With the amount of trade ins that the dealers get in especially in the spring I wonder if one would shoot you a heck of a deal on one and get some good PR in the process. Maybe I'm being overly optimistic and I'm not from your area and I don't know any RV dealers or people who work at a dealership but maybe someone here does. If a Go Fund Me gets established it would be nice if it was promoted in your area and it may get the attention of a dealership.

Like I said maybe I'm dreaming a little too much and I certainly don't want to offend you by suggesting that. I wish you the best to recover from this.

Thank you, badger23.

I believe that all the care packages have arrived. Thank you so much for your kindness and support.

If you have family or people you care for I can’t think of anything stupider. Had a couple guys here with little kids that dangerously rescued a dog out on ice in deep cold water. I get people loving their dogs but they are not heroes to me.