I used a Craigslist ad to trade my two older Honda Fortrax quads ('87 & '88) for a tinboat (freshly restored 1970 Ouachita 12' w/ a 6HP 'rude, trailer, etc.).
If you're attempting to make a straight 'across the board' trade, make sure that you
clearly spell out what you're looking for. Don't get me wrong, you'll get a lot of offers that you don't care to entertain, but if you take your time and consider what people put forth, you'll most-likely end up with what you're after. It took me about 3 months to swap for the boat that I considered a worthy, fair trade.
To minimize on looky-lous, window shoppers, and other people with more time than you, make sure you put up several
high-quality pics of your truck. Don't limit yourself to the four low-res images that CL allows (or use them at all for that matter), use an image host (they're many free ones) and insert the HTML code to link the pictures to your ad (I'm no HTML coder, and I do this all the time w/o problems...PM me if you need some help). Having the pictures outside of CL also makes it much easier/faster to repost your ad...when I'm selling just about anything I delete/repost my ad 3x a week (Mon., Wed., Fri.) to keep it at the top of the list and generate more traffic. Just remember, you can write the best description in the world, but the pics are what is going to sell your trade.
As far as having people come to your house, I wouldn't buy into the idea that people are 'casing your house, vehicle, etc'. Sure, fear mongering is common practice by the media and such, but after selling A LOT of stuff on CL over the last 2-3 years (hundreds of items really), I've never had a problem. Just be careful, trust your gut, and follow your instincts. If people ask for my address right of the bat w/o asking for a "good time to meet", I'm a little more cautious (and sure as heck don't give it to them immediately). It usually takes a few emails before we get to that point. You'll have to bend a little bit to be able to meet with someone, especially if you're orchestrating a trade, but don't rush yourself to meet with someone, and sure as heck don't give them your address and tell them that you're not home now and won't be for a few hours, have to leave right after ya'll meet, or are going on vacation for a month and commonly leave a key under your doormat. Don't get me wrong, bad things happen to good people, just don't make yourself an easy target and it'll be less likely to happen to you.
I've found that most people are as uncomfortable meeting you at your place as you are having them come there. I had one younger girl (twentysomething) stay on her cell phone with a girlfriend the whole time she looked at some tile medallions I was selling because she wanted to make sure I wasn't a murder, rapist, or something like that..."what every floats your boat", I told her. (Made that sale BTW).
Anyway, I'm sure you'll make your trade happen, and get the tin you've been longing for, old school style....by the bartering of goods. Good luck, and again, PM me if you have any specific questions or need any other advice.
This is the tin I traded for: