IDLE time?
Ever try to air up a flat semi tire with the bead off the rim? (one of the rags on the congear was flat!) I spent the better part of one afternoon before I gave up--next day Gary came out with his portable compressor, we tried for over an hour before we decided to try the starting fluid trick--it worked! Gary caught his arm on fire, but we got it out pretty quick.
...since his compressor was handy, I made sure the trailer tires got a full 125 psi.
I also spent a fair amount of time putting new seals in the outboard on the party cruiser---
And even more time cleaning 2 years of calcium off the pontoon logs. Still need to do the INSIDES of the logs--
Picked up a 24' x 49' tarp and covered the party cruiser, and installed the snow-support framework up front...
We spent an afternoon tarping the upper deck on the houseboat, and another afternoon and morning getting a tarp over the canopy and tied up--
Tried to make our old 28' motorhome cover fit our 31' motorhome. They're not kidding, it just plain won't fit (but I'm going to make it fit, still got THAT to do...)
Got the motorhome water system drained and antifreezed up--
This morning I hooked up the congear, hooked it up to the trailer, and got them out of the north 40 and into the parking lot. (much to my delight, the brakes on the trailer weren't rusted shut! She just rolled away nice & easy!)
Just tonight we hauled a load of stuff home from the boat, since this is probably our last week
That's just so far... I still need to tarp up the flybridge, I need to come up with SOME sort of skids for the trailer (and quick), need to bolt up and measure the one guide (no biggie), still need to drain the oil out of 4 lower units and drain and antifreeze 3 engines, winterize the houseboat water system, and arrange for Gary to yank the boat out...
That's just at the harbor! I still have crap to do at home!
(I should move down by Kelly I guess!)
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