Daniel drove the black tractor last week ... and came back complaining about 1) it leaks water ... 2) we know it is missing an A/C hose so there is no air conditioning ... 3) the wind-wing on the passenger side rear is tearing loose ... and 4) when you step on the brakes to stop, the steering wheel jerks back-and-forth ... so he insisted that these are things that John needs to have fixed before we can drive it again.
So yesterday I met him at the repair shop with his green tractor to swap out for the black one. He cranked the landing gear for the trailer down to support it on the ground ... then when we pulled the black tractor out ... the trailer sank about 8" into the ground. We slid the tractor back under it so that it was at least resting on the frame ... because it wasn't high enough to hook up to. Cranked the gear up ... put lots of blocks of wood under them ... cranked them back down until it was high enough to hook the truck back up ... managed to get the trailer a bit higher ... then did a fast swap. With the green tractor parked right next to the black one ... as the black one pulled out ... the green one pulled forward and immediately backed under the trailer (before it sank too much deeper).
The green tractor doesn't have a 2008 fuel tax sticker (IFTA) ... making it a magnet to be pulled over and fined at truck scales (I can do without those kinds of citations) ... some places won't let you fuel without it ... and drivers are told to call D.O.T. and report anyone who doesn't have the current sticker. So Daniel was checking on getting a current sticker or paperwork in lieu of.
Probably time to float more resumes' ...
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Hello Bro.....Abby got me this far today...How are you ??? is the bear story on your blog true ? I like the city scape picture...We have a croupy sick, tired Mandorallyn at our house...cool bread maker...you can do that at my house if you want...bake,cook, whatever..no one else does !!! I am doing okay copeing with my life at this time...luv seestor
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