paradeduty
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Well, usually I use my One Ton Pickup, but this year I just couldn't resist the oportunity to use the HET to pull the Float that I built some 4 years ago in this year's Christmas Light Parade in town. I had to fire up the HET to move it over to bring up the Float anyways, so I figured that I might as well use the HET to move the Float up to the house from the back of our property just in case it might have been a little soft back there. Once I had it up to the house on the driveway, it didn't look half bad. Ran the idea past the wife and she said we should go for it. Usually I put a 5K generator in the covered bed of the pickup, so we decided to park it on the winch catwalk behind the cab. Lifted it up there with the tractor and after a small ratchet strap we were set for power. Had some strings of C-9's laying around (green of course), so we draped them around the HET. Replaced a few bad light strings on the Float and we were set! By the way - the "Float" is about 8' wide, 35' long and 12' tall. We used a set of M720 dollies and the rest is welded steel I-Beams with 6 x 12 Old-Wood Timber rafters. I have a small PA system that we use and load it up with bales of straw. The kids all dress up in their Nativity Costumes and sing carols with Father Bill from Church. Everybody had a great time and the kids in town loved the HET and the air horns! Sorry for the pictures being so dark - I don't have a flash on my phone and I don't have any photo manipulation software. Just wanted to put this out there and maybe give others some ideas on getting our toys out there more.
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