So today was another iron run with the newly re-wheeled trailer, the main part of it being that oddball 1700cc engine no one wanted. After getting a call from the dude who might have been interested in it to say he wasn't, Tara decided it had to get junked. So she fished around and pulled out some more parts from I think the shop and we were good to go. Here's the usual trailer picture. They all sort of blur together after a while, you know?
It was unusually hot today at the junkyard, though luckily it smelled all right; we pulled up as usual to the giant ever-changing pile of junk in the back, though there was a lot of heavy equipment zipping around and you never can be sure they are paying that much attention. But nobody hit us and we pulled in by the pile just as the heavy-duty forklift was lifting a pickup truck by what had been the windows of the cab. Pretty sure at that point I could feel the Bus shaking in its brake shoes. That place makes the Bus nervous and I can't say I blame it.
I wasn't so sure about the guy in the magnet but he did see us I think, and we unloaded the stuff, opting to slide the engine out instead of letting the guy with the magnet pick it up, since that sort of thing has had bad consequences in the past (like destroying the trailer hitch). We'd gotten there a bit late so it was a quick in and out and then off we were to the local burger joint, as has somehow become traditional.
So adding today's to our total it was another 700 pounds of iron, not a huge load but pretty good for something put together pretty quick; and that brings us now to 44,180 pounds of iron taken away, or 22.09 tons, and our fifty-fourth trip.
And today Tara, remarking on the stuff she'd pulled out, stuff she hadn't expected to find, actually said she couldn't believe that there was still more.
Believe it.
2 comments:
I'm so impressed how you two keep moving forward. Keep your chin!
Once again, smiling at the sense of accomplishment you two must feel when a load is hauled away. This blog is such a good read. So glad I found it. As a mom of three kids (2 college, 1 high school) I find myself always now asking, when shopping, do I REALLY have a need for this? Do I really want it taking up space in my small house (920 sf on a slab).
Thanks to you, we regularly clean out the garage from unwanted items and if possible, donate items.
The last thing I want to do is leave my kids a mess and wonder the very question you have: "Why"!!
a reader and fan from the northwest suburbs of Chicago
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