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gridloreHalford, what a day. Wanting to get a good start to the new year after watching 2/3rds of TCM's Thin Man movie marathon for New Year's Eve (seriously, the last two films are really bad.) we decided to start getting the Free Trailer Beowulf ready for sale. Cleaning out the things we want to keep, inventorying what is still there, and beginning to check everything that needs work.
We also needed to fix a tarp over the trailer, as the cover we bought had disintegrated. So the first stop was Home Depot for some ratchet straps, as it was more or less on the route to the storage place. It was a lovely drive, and we got into Pedron's and found that the damn door was warped shut again and utterly immobile. We did get the tarp on, but we're unsure how much moisture made it into the trailer. At this point, we've begun a serious discussion of just having the thing junked after stripping it. I'll be looking into who we could call to do this.
The advantage here of course is that we can use the current marine battery and battery box, along with the hitch lock, instead of needing to buy new ones. We can also pull the places and use them on the new trailer. We'll research that tomorrow.
But we do need to get in, so I suggested going to our storage unit to retrieve our crowbars. Then we could go out tomorrow morning and break into our own trailer. Back up 101 to the storage place (which is right across the street from the Home Depot we visited early, and after much shifting of boxes and searching while getting covered in Playa dust, we came to a startling conclusion.
The damn crowbars may be in the trailer.
So, back over to Home Depot, which had a cool little set of prybars on sale. We also grabbed a can of WD-40, a new key caddy for me, and a set of new work gloves. We also tried to get a new spare key for Darby cut, but no love. We'll have to try an actual locksmith or the Ford dealership.
After that, we went shopping. At least that went according to plan! I bought a case of Budweiser because we are reaching the bitter end of the Beer advent calendar I bought, and there are several cans remaining that I am very suspicious of.
It has been decided that a pizza strike will be called in when Kirsten wakes up from her nap.
We also needed to fix a tarp over the trailer, as the cover we bought had disintegrated. So the first stop was Home Depot for some ratchet straps, as it was more or less on the route to the storage place. It was a lovely drive, and we got into Pedron's and found that the damn door was warped shut again and utterly immobile. We did get the tarp on, but we're unsure how much moisture made it into the trailer. At this point, we've begun a serious discussion of just having the thing junked after stripping it. I'll be looking into who we could call to do this.
The advantage here of course is that we can use the current marine battery and battery box, along with the hitch lock, instead of needing to buy new ones. We can also pull the places and use them on the new trailer. We'll research that tomorrow.
But we do need to get in, so I suggested going to our storage unit to retrieve our crowbars. Then we could go out tomorrow morning and break into our own trailer. Back up 101 to the storage place (which is right across the street from the Home Depot we visited early, and after much shifting of boxes and searching while getting covered in Playa dust, we came to a startling conclusion.
The damn crowbars may be in the trailer.
So, back over to Home Depot, which had a cool little set of prybars on sale. We also grabbed a can of WD-40, a new key caddy for me, and a set of new work gloves. We also tried to get a new spare key for Darby cut, but no love. We'll have to try an actual locksmith or the Ford dealership.
After that, we went shopping. At least that went according to plan! I bought a case of Budweiser because we are reaching the bitter end of the Beer advent calendar I bought, and there are several cans remaining that I am very suspicious of.
It has been decided that a pizza strike will be called in when Kirsten wakes up from her nap.