Sept 27th - Trailer Bought

I bought a trailer this morning. The roads to get to the location of the trailer reminded me of the county roads we drove on in SE Missouri last year, except these were actually chipped and sealed. They was only one lane of road, and enough of a shoulder that two cars could pass, but you both wanted to be going very slow.

I imposed further on my great brother-in-law and he and I worked on the trailer for at least four hours after I got it to his place. The wiring was in bad shape, nothing that was a shock for an old trailer. The frame is good and it has close to new tires. The deck will need some new boards soon, for hauling things on the road. For use "around the house" the deck is OK. With the wiring to the brakes, it only has brakes on one axle, repaired we now know for sure that the brakes work. In the morning I need to go into Crossville and buy a couple of new taillights and some more wire. The existing lights didn't look bad but once we opened them up they weren't worth salvaging.

I ended up paying the young gal $800 for the trailer, they were asking $950. I might have gotten her down further but didn't have the heart to try. Her and her husband just bought the place, it had been in foreclosure, and were trying to fix it up. I think they were selling the trailer to raise cash. Not long ago they had paid $400 for the tires that were on the trailer. Besides her little girl, maybe a 2 year old, was really cute.

My tractor looks awesome. I didn't have time to play with it today but hopefully will have some time for that tomorrow. (In addition to finishing the electrical we still need to pull the wheels and tires off the right side of the trailer to check things and repack the wheel bearings.)

There are festivities at the Pickin Barn Saturday night. I'm hoping to get down there to listen to some good ole Bluegrass music. I plan on heading back to Missouri Sunday morning.

Had a good supper, as always when at Tom & Mary Lou's, just took a shower and am ready for bed. Shopping wears me out.

Good night and may God bless you and yours.