Saturday, October 24, 2009

New Trailer


I bought a new trailer. I put it in the back yard, but when I went to haul it around front in the little 11hp lawn tractor, I almost went over backwards. I figured I would put a trailer ball on the new hydrostatic 20hp, and I would be able to move it with no problem. Then I thought it would kind of make a funny video with the 11hp popping into gear, doing a wheelie, dumping the trailer off its hitch and returning to 4 wheels on the ground. So I set up for the video, and the 11hp moved the trailer fine, it was somewhat terrifying just about going over backwards anyway.
The trailer is a 2008 6x12 fully enclosed. At 1/10 the cost of a new van, it puts out the same impresion with some good advertising on it. I will start to look like an employee, in my old truck. This trailer will also be helpful for any move we might do. I haven't figured out what I can possiby use the dune buggy for at jobsights, but I wil take it with me everywhere, until I fill the trailer more than half full of electrical goodies.
I think I will paint the name on my trailer myself. If I can find time to go to the sticker place, and see how much it would cost for them to make stickers, I will, but I am sure it will be hundreds of dollars.

Looked closer into new motors for the Dodge, and motor producers agree that I need a different, more expensive engine to run prpane. That just about doubles the cost because I needmore expensive parts in the motor, and it increases the chances
that my heads are not rebuildable, and I won't get core rebates for em. Thats all interesting because from what I read online you can just throw a propane manifold on anything, and that was happening I am sure.

I am looking at a maintanence gig in smoky lake, not sure exactly what it involves yet, but it is looking like 1 hour every day, plus the 1 hour retrun drive. That works out to about $55 an hour, at $40k a year. The wage is acceptable, and it allows for hiring someone to do it at times that I am in mexico and such. There isn't much electrical invoved, it is more like stoking the coal furnace, and changin filters n stuff. Checking all the systems are working. There are
lights everywhere that need replacing but most all of em require scafold to get to, being 20' in the air, and over bleachers n stuff. The job would also allow for me to make electrical offers or proposals on the side, and get great advertising
w my trailer in a busy parking lot up there.

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