June 11, 2012

View of the day-A trip down memory lane...the shop trailer from a couple of years ago, when we had it pretty much organized perfectly.  Then we decided to upgrade the pressure washer...

We were up early and had company as Clifford came to settle up.  After a good visit, he was on his way and we started with our search for some clips to use in the E-track that we had gotten for the wall of the new shop trailer.  After stopping at several places, we came up empty, so we decided we would just try to make do with what we had and try and make the old ones work.

We left for Oklahoma just before noon and the road down seemed somewhat familiar...we had only been down that road eight times in the last month.  All the way down, Al kept saying we had to come up with a plan as to how we were going to transfer everything from the old shop trailer to the new one...and the most important thing was that it had to be done so that AIR was 7:30pm.  You know AIS is usually directed at Marilyn...she has to have her "A$$ In Seat" by a certain time...she had no idea what he was talking about.  Apparently it was to apply to Al and he wanted his "A$$ In Recliner" so he could watch the last game of the Stanley Cup hockey playoff.

We got to Burlington and parked strategically to start the transfer.  The plastic tubs and Staples paper boxes came out to take all the tools off the pegboards and the tops of the tool  box and counter.  After getting the E-Track mounted on one side, we weaseled the pressure washer out the door and up the ramp to its new home.  During the whole move, we kept saying how great having the ramp was to load things.

We got the tool box lightened up by taking out most of the drawers, then with the help of RL, we got it moved to its new spot on the other side of the trailer.  Most of the tubs and smaller items just got put on the floor to be put away when we have more time...which could be sooner that later, since we don't have anything lined up.

The last thing to get removed was the compressor and it was bolted to the floor, so it was more of a task to get moved, but once it was freed from its shackles, we rolled it over to its new spot in the back of the trailer.  Everything was moved and it was just a matter of sweeping out the old shop and closing it up. We will get RL to fix it the best he can and then we will come back to pick it up and take it back home...to sell, or use as storage, or perhaps it will be the new garage for our M88 combine and header.

We hooked up and headed back for Great Bend, stopping in Pratt for supper at KFC, then back to the camper to make plans for tomorrow.

Cleaning and loading, now that we have the compressor back...