- 26,247
- 1,173
- 113
- Location
- NY
Today was interesting, as most days are. I started at 0530. Went 40 miles to a doctors follow up at 0800, only to find out that the appointment is on the 17th, not the 7th.
Drive home and take a back road detour and find a lawn sale. I see some very nice 25', 16 ton lifting straps. The price was right, so I bought them. My luck was improving.
I find the load I was asked to haul(still in my car), just to eye it up and formulate a plan to load and haul it.
I get home, get in my deuce, and fire it up to move it to load the backhoe on flat solid ground. I drive onto the trailer and start chaining the hoe when I feel a scratching inside my sandal. Yeah, I'm wearing those criss cross open shoes that are like sandals(NOT CROCS). I slip my foot out to see what's in there, and a mouse comes running out of my shoe! That's the second time I've battled a mouse after the trucks have sat for a while!
Then I go get the castle and monster truck! Loaded them with forks on the front loader. All went well other than some wasps here and there(I closed my windows). The neighbor kid helped me and was swatting and spraying while he used a cordless drill to disconnect the slides.
I left the backhoe and delivered the goods to the campground down the road from my house.
I got a ride home and jumped in to the M819, to unload the trailer.
Here are a few pics of the haul and lift.
After that, I went back for the hoe(never forget your hoe).
Not a bad day after all.
Drive home and take a back road detour and find a lawn sale. I see some very nice 25', 16 ton lifting straps. The price was right, so I bought them. My luck was improving.
I find the load I was asked to haul(still in my car), just to eye it up and formulate a plan to load and haul it.
I get home, get in my deuce, and fire it up to move it to load the backhoe on flat solid ground. I drive onto the trailer and start chaining the hoe when I feel a scratching inside my sandal. Yeah, I'm wearing those criss cross open shoes that are like sandals(NOT CROCS). I slip my foot out to see what's in there, and a mouse comes running out of my shoe! That's the second time I've battled a mouse after the trucks have sat for a while!
Then I go get the castle and monster truck! Loaded them with forks on the front loader. All went well other than some wasps here and there(I closed my windows). The neighbor kid helped me and was swatting and spraying while he used a cordless drill to disconnect the slides.
I left the backhoe and delivered the goods to the campground down the road from my house.
I got a ride home and jumped in to the M819, to unload the trailer.
Here are a few pics of the haul and lift.
After that, I went back for the hoe(never forget your hoe).
Not a bad day after all.
Attachments
Last edited:
