Good afternoon/evening Todd, Sam and Mike. Had to say that since I missed this morning hello. Our swapping of parts is done. Time for re-assembly!

 

You are moving right along.

 

Yeah that is what I was hoping to have done, but I was going to use 55 gallon drums on both sides. However, the 4x4 would have had to be 12' or so long and I didn't have anything long enough. SO what I ended up doing was jacking it up high enough to back the trailer under it, then moving the jackstands as far forward as I could without the truck tipping over (ended up being just aft of the back of the bed) and backing the trailer under it that far. After that I set that end of the truck down on a 4 wheeled movers dolly. Jacked the other end up with a big hydraulic floor jack (which sank into the ground slightly where the truck was sitting) and backed the trailer under the truck, rolling it onto the trailer with the movers dolly.

Not pretty, not the easiest, but hey, it works, lol. The truck is gone. Just the parts that I wanted to keep remain. Hah, there wasn't much left. The scrapyard only got 1360 lbs, lol. The rest of the truck lives on...

 

Evening Darin

 

Ev'nin Mike... Darin, Sam.

 

That is awesome Nate. I pictured that in my head. They used the magnet to remove it from your trailer?

 

Good evening Mike, Nate and Darin.

 

Evening Nate, Sam, and FTE.

 

Yeah it was a little sketchy looking, but hey, whatever works right!? I got it done!

No, actually they just used a skid steer and forks. Just stuck the forks into the cab and lifted the thing off by the roof. Picked it straight up and I just drove out from under it. It took him a lot less time to unload it than it took me to load it, lol. Guess he did have the use of all those horses though...

Spent the rest of the afternoon with my family at an event for my dad's employer. They sell used aircraft parts and have a charter flight company. Free airplane rides, a self guided tour of their recently restored DC3 and an aerial candy drop for the kiddos. Oh and they fed us ribs and BBQ chicken. A good time was had by all.

 

Sounds like a good time.

 

I did the same thing Nate, spent the afternoon with family. We went to the demo, then sat at dad's and bs'd for a while. They went to the food and dance downtown, I went home and slept. Now I'm up and ready to go to work on my truck.

Oh, good morning to all!

 

Morning Darin.

 

Afternoon Darin and Nate.

Darin, you are an early riser I see. Probably a little excited about finishing the truck too.

 

Afternoon Sam. Ya, I get up at 5ish every morning, little earlier sometimes. Best time of the day, nobody bothering me.

 

I know the feeling.