kyle3201 said:
Keep it for a while!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHA I think I heard that in 03, and 05!!
How ya been stranger?
Figures you'd be the one who'd catch that.
The '05 was not happy about being traded. I had started that machine religiously every month during the "off-season" and it was fine right up until the Wednesday morning I was going to haul it off. I
had planned to get it ready for trade on the previous Saturday but got called away on some silly "honey-do" project that caused me to shut it off before it was completely warmed up. I noticed it was still on half-choke when I tried to fire it up on Wednesday and sure enough, the plugs were fouled.
I gave up carrying plugs in '03 because up until now I never had a need. This led me to try all sorts of tricks like heating them up on the gas stove etc. until my wife got a little cranky about the smell.
I called Mike at Port since I was running late and he said don't worry about it, just bring it in, I'll take care of it. That's all fine and good but this flabby, out of shape, desk jockey now had to put that beast back on the tilt bed trailer. Naturally, my genuinely caring and sensitive wife thinks this is somehow funny and openly wonders what hair-brained scheme I'm going to use to get that machine up on the trailer without calling somebody for help.
Of course she's right, after 25 years of putting up with my shenanigans she knows I'm not going to call for help
or ask for directions for that matter.
About this time, I spy the Grizzly that's been patiently waiting for me to give it some love and attention since I sunk it in a mud bog during our last adventure together. I should have known that it was going to give me some lip as it was sitting right there by the Rage discussing how their owner is scum and doesn't treat them like he should all the while I was fiddling around.
I fired up the Grizzly and wheeled it around to the front of the trailer, spooled out the winch line, hooked it to the front of the Rage then "click" the winch won't wind up. Worked just fine winching out but would only "click" when I hit the "In" button.
After many years in the machinery business, I know that some things just aren't science, machines do have personality and character and sometimes they just get their little machine feelings hurt. I then had to explain to those two what I was doing, how the Rage was going to a much better home and how I would heal the Grizzly's wounds just as soon as I was able.
Of course, my wife is almost literally rolling on the ground laughing during this whole exchange but it worked. The winch magically started winding up, the Rage slid up the trailer real nice and I was on my way.
You ask how I've been and get a story about how I talk to machines, guess some things never change eh Kyle?
