July 24, 2010

View of the day-We have contact! Marilyn checks the continuity on the new hookup on the tractor/grain cart trailer before adding another outlet on the back for the header trailer.

Another "what to do" day. Marilyn decided it was time to put the new cable that we had purchased on the cart trailer, so after we had lunch in the camper we got the shop trailer and got started.

We had ordered 40 ft of 7 wire cable and when we rolled it out at the trailer...there was only 35 ft. We went back to the hardware store and explained our situation...apparently the elderly gent that waited on us had a memory issue, or it could have been the punk on the other end that only took it out to 35 ft...anyway, he was good enough to return the 35ft piece. We upped the limit and went for 50ft and since there was only 6ft left on the spool, we took that too...measure twice, cut once.

We had brought the Freightliner over to make sure the wires were hooked up correctly...on all ends of the trailer, since we were planning on adding a hookup on the back of the trailer in case we have to haul an extra header behind it. We got the old, 6 spliced, cord pulled out through the holders, then put the new one through...leaving extra at both ends, just in case.

The wires coming from each of the signal/brake lights were pretty much shot, so Marilyn decided to run new wires to them. After that was accomplished, we had to add the wire for the new trailer plug on the back...which meant splicing three or four wires together and hoping they would hold. Marilyn opted for screw on connectors and once the wires were all connected and tested, we cleaned up our mess and took the shop trailer back to the camper.

We went to the VFW for supper then rushed back to the camper so Al could watch his Canadian Football League games. Fortunately they play some of the CFL games on the NFL HD channel on our local cable and they have two Saskatchewan Roughrider games on the slate for July 31 and August 7.

And you know we will still be here then...