I’m back with an Esky this time

[Snowbound]

Picked up driveshaft this morning.

He asked what I painted the shaft with because it wasn’t like any other paint he wire wheeled off. Haha. I told him, it’s POR15, it’s not meant to come off. He said he got it but it took a while and he only removed the paint on the end where he had to weld. They slapped on some sort of coating, it’s soft like an under coating. Looks good though. Cost me $172. Whatever. Put it in and topped off the transfer case because when I had the front of vehicle on stands, I couldn’t get the full amount in. So with front on ground and on stands in the rear, I topped it off.

I did the fast learn but it failed on first attempt. Let it sit for 5 minutes and then reset the learn process and did it again. Took the second time thankfully. It does all sorts of crazy shit while going thru process. Sorry, my GoPro was dead so I didn’t record it. But what it does is fill the clutches thru the gears, bangs and whines and the RPMs raise then lower. It’s strange but it cuts down on the time it takes for the trans to learn how much fluid it takes to fill the clutches. Then after it completed it won’t go into gear. It’s neutral no matter what you select. So I’m waiting for it to clear and then I’ll take it for test drive. I need to go thru emissions today because the damn license plate sticker is expired and I can’t get a new one until it goes thru emissions but because I’ve had the battery disconnected, I need to drive it so it goes thru drive cycles so the ECM can check all the emissions crap before it’ll pass. But I’m on the home stretch and I can almost call this chapter done. Thank god. Back to my sled!!


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[Sam Harris]

Picked up driveshaft this morning.

He asked what I painted the shaft with because it wasn’t like any other paint he wire wheeled off. Haha. I told him, it’s POR15, it’s not meant to come off. He said he got it but it took a while and he only removed the paint on the end where he had to weld. They slapped on some sort of coating, it’s soft like an under coating. Looks good though. Cost me $172. Whatever. Put it in and topped off the transfer case because when I had the front of vehicle on stands, I couldn’t get the full amount in. So with front on ground and on stands in the rear, I topped it off.

I did the fast learn but it failed on first attempt. Let it sit for 5 minutes and then reset the learn process and did it again. Took the second time thankfully. It does all sorts of crazy shit while going thru process. Sorry, my GoPro was dead so I didn’t record it. But what it does is fill the clutches thru the gears, bangs and whines and the RPMs raise then lower. It’s strange but it cuts down on the time it takes for the trans to learn how much fluid it takes to fill the clutches. Then after it completed it won’t go into gear. It’s neutral no matter what you select. So I’m waiting for it to clear and then I’ll take it for test drive. I need to go thru emissions today because the damn license plate sticker is expired and I can’t get a new one until it goes thru emissions but because I’ve had the battery disconnected, I need to drive it so it goes thru drive cycles so the ECM can check all the emissions crap before it’ll pass. But I’m on the home stretch and I can almost call this chapter done. Thank god. Back to my sled!!


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Amen brother!!

 

[Snowbound]

Been a few days of driving it and still hasn’t gone thru the evap system diagnosis. It’s my fault though. I filled the tank and it won’t do it’s test unless the tank is between 1/4 and 3/4. I’m just at 3/4 now so it should be any day. I hope it’s soon before I get a ticket for driving on expired tags and my license expired on 11/11. I plan on taking care of both as soon as this thing gets through emissions. I didn’t know about my license until I went to the bank the other day and they wouldn’t give me my money because my license.

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[Snowbound]

I’m hesitant to give my update. With all the bad luck I’ve been reading on here, I don’t want to jinx myself. Esky made it thru emissions and is running great. Shifts smooth and actually has a little more power now that the exhaust manifold bolts are fixed. The emissions station report even read that the evap system “not ready” but it still got a green flag and a PASS. The Camry is gone 2mrw I’m also glad to report.
Sled is ready to head north after I make a few tweaks this week. I’m buying an enclosed 26’ deckover snowmobile trailer this weekend so we don’t have to load a sled into the bed of my brothers truck and him pull a 2 place and me pull a 2 place.

I’ll end up selling one of these 2 place trailers. Mine was just recently decked and I’ve owned it since new so we might ditch his. He bought it couple years ago because we needed more than just a 2 place and he didn’t want to spend $8k for an enclosed at the time. Neither did I really.

But now I came across a Forest River all aluminum trailer and it’s either now or never. I’ve looked at a few Haulmark trailers but they were steel frame which are heavier and having a steel trailer that is only used when the roads are ****** with slush and salt, not a good combo. I’m gonna have to remove the SkiDoo decals before I even think about pulling it up north loaded with Yamaha and Arctic Cat sleds.

And I’m also going in halves with my brother on a ‘11 Yamaha Apex for my dad. It’s got Fox Float shocks and electronic power steering, these sleds ride great. He doesn’t like the rider forward feel that our Vipers have but he loves the 4 stroke power and dependability. My brother and I both want him to be able to continue to ride with us and his ‘01 Yamaha SXR is kicking his ass. You can see it when he gets off of it, he only does 15MPH when the trail gets anything other than flat, and my mom says he doesn’t need to buy another sled because she thinks he only has maybe 2 seasons left of riding. So we are buying this thing for him and he’s gonna prove her wrong and ride at least another 5. We have 3 generations out there on the trail when we go up. It’s gotta be a great feeling for him and I’m gonna do whatever I can to help him keep going. My brother feels the same way.

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[Doubeleive]

Been a few days of driving it and still hasn’t gone thru the evap system diagnosis. It’s my fault though. I filled the tank and it won’t do it’s test unless the tank is between 1/4 and 3/4. I’m just at 3/4 now so it should be any day. I hope it’s soon before I get a ticket for driving on expired tags and my license expired on 11/11. I plan on taking care of both as soon as this thing gets through emissions. I didn’t know about my license until I went to the bank the other day and they wouldn’t give me my money because my license.

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The dmv puts a hold on your entire bank account because of vehicle registration?

 

[HiHoeSilver]

The dmv puts a hold on your entire bank account because of vehicle registration?

Not a hold, just won't accept an expired license as proof of ID for withdrawal, I'm assuming.

 

[Doubeleive]

Not a hold, just won't accept an expired license as proof of ID for withdrawal, I'm assuming.

ok, i'm confused I thought he needed the vehicle to pass inspection for registration?

 

[Sam Harris]

I’m hesitant to give my update. With all the bad luck I’ve been reading on here, I don’t want to jinx myself. Esky made it thru emissions and is running great. Shifts smooth and actually has a little more power now that the exhaust manifold bolts are fixed. The emissions station report even read that the evap system “not ready” but it still got a green flag and a PASS. The Camry is gone 2mrw I’m also glad to report.
Sled is ready to head north after I make a few tweaks this week. I’m buying an enclosed 26’ deckover snowmobile trailer this weekend so we don’t have to load a sled into the bed of my brothers truck and him pull a 2 place and me pull a 2 place.

I’ll end up selling one of these 2 place trailers. Mine was just recently decked and I’ve owned it since new so we might ditch his. He bought it couple years ago because we needed more than just a 2 place and he didn’t want to spend $8k for an enclosed at the time. Neither did I really.

But now I came across a Forest River all aluminum trailer and it’s either now or never. I’ve looked at a few Haulmark trailers but they were steel frame which are heavier and having a steel trailer that is only used when the roads are ****** with slush and salt, not a good combo. I’m gonna have to remove the SkiDoo decals before I even think about pulling it up north loaded with Yamaha and Arctic Cat sleds.

And I’m also going in halves with my brother on a ‘11 Yamaha Apex for my dad. It’s got Fox Float shocks and electronic power steering, these sleds ride great. He doesn’t like the rider forward feel that our Vipers have but he loves the 4 stroke power and dependability. My brother and I both want him to be able to continue to ride with us and his ‘01 Yamaha SXR is kicking his ass. You can see it when he gets off of it, he only does 15MPH when the trail gets anything other than flat, and my mom says he doesn’t need to buy another sled because she thinks he only has maybe 2 seasons left of riding. So we are buying this thing for him and he’s gonna prove her wrong and ride at least another 5. We have 3 generations out there on the trail when we go up. It’s gotta be a great feeling for him and I’m gonna do whatever I can to help him keep going. My brother feels the same way.

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Awesome news! That’s great for you and your brother to do for your Dad. Props..[emoji106][emoji16][emoji631]

 

[Tonyrodz]

I’m hesitant to give my update. With all the bad luck I’ve been reading on here, I don’t want to jinx myself. Esky made it thru emissions and is running great. Shifts smooth and actually has a little more power now that the exhaust manifold bolts are fixed. The emissions station report even read that the evap system “not ready” but it still got a green flag and a PASS. The Camry is gone 2mrw I’m also glad to report.
Sled is ready to head north after I make a few tweaks this week. I’m buying an enclosed 26’ deckover snowmobile trailer this weekend so we don’t have to load a sled into the bed of my brothers truck and him pull a 2 place and me pull a 2 place.

I’ll end up selling one of these 2 place trailers. Mine was just recently decked and I’ve owned it since new so we might ditch his. He bought it couple years ago because we needed more than just a 2 place and he didn’t want to spend $8k for an enclosed at the time. Neither did I really.

But now I came across a Forest River all aluminum trailer and it’s either now or never. I’ve looked at a few Haulmark trailers but they were steel frame which are heavier and having a steel trailer that is only used when the roads are ****** with slush and salt, not a good combo. I’m gonna have to remove the SkiDoo decals before I even think about pulling it up north loaded with Yamaha and Arctic Cat sleds.

And I’m also going in halves with my brother on a ‘11 Yamaha Apex for my dad. It’s got Fox Float shocks and electronic power steering, these sleds ride great. He doesn’t like the rider forward feel that our Vipers have but he loves the 4 stroke power and dependability. My brother and I both want him to be able to continue to ride with us and his ‘01 Yamaha SXR is kicking his ass. You can see it when he gets off of it, he only does 15MPH when the trail gets anything other than flat, and my mom says he doesn’t need to buy another sled because she thinks he only has maybe 2 seasons left of riding. So we are buying this thing for him and he’s gonna prove her wrong and ride at least another 5. We have 3 generations out there on the trail when we go up. It’s gotta be a great feeling for him and I’m gonna do whatever I can to help him keep going. My brother feels the same way.

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You're good sons.

 

[Snowbound]

The dmv puts a hold on your entire bank account because of vehicle registration?

Lol!! No. They wouldn’t release funds because my ID was expired. That’s how I found out my license was expired.


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[Snowbound]

This is what it’s all about. My boys love the sport and it makes me happy to be able to give it to them to enjoy like my dad did for my brother and I.

I took Friday and Monday off. Getting trailer on Thursday after work, it’s a 3hr ride one way to Indianapolis. Loading my sled and our stuff on Friday morning and heading up northwest toward Green Bay to pick up sled for my dad and then northeast to stop and pick up my brother’s spare sled that he dropped off at the shop for exhaust work before getting to our house in the north woods. Gonna be a lot of miles from Thursday to Friday night but I can’t wait to see my dads face when we tell him that the Apex is his. Expensive weekend to say the least but it’ll be all worth it.


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[Tonyrodz]

This is what it’s all about. My boys love the sport and it makes me happy to be able to give it to them to enjoy like my dad did for my brother and I.

I took Friday and Monday off. Getting trailer on Thursday after work, it’s a 3hr ride one way to Indianapolis. Loading my sled and our stuff on Friday morning and heading up northwest toward Green Bay to pick up sled for my dad and then northeast to stop and pick up my brother’s spare sled that he dropped off at the shop for exhaust work before getting to our house in the north woods. Gonna be a lot of miles from Thursday to Friday night but I can’t wait to see my dads face when we tell him that the Apex is his. Expensive weekend to say the least but it’ll be all worth it.


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Jim, I wish I could hit that "Like" button a million times! Your boys are very lucky. It's all about family time and making memories.

 

[wjburken]

Lol!! No. They wouldn’t release funds because my ID was expired. That’s how I found out my license was expired.


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About 8 years ago, I found out my license was expired when a rental car agent at the Burlington, Vermont airport wouldn’t rent me a car after landing at midnight. I told her that Iowa has a 60 day grace period and she promptly reminded me that I was not in Iowa. Made my business trip a little more challenging.

 

[Sam Harris]

About 8 years ago, I found out my license was expired when a rental car agent at the Burlington, Vermont airport wouldn’t rent me a car after landing at midnight. I told her that Iowa has a 60 day grace period and she promptly reminded me that I was not in Iowa. Made my business trip a little more challenging.

Sonsofbitches!

 

[Snowbound]

I’ll go into details and give update a little later but I seen my dad posted this on FB and I think it pretty much sums up how happy he was.

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[Sam Harris]

I’ll go into details and give update a little later but I seen my dad posted this on FB and I think it pretty much sums up how happy he was.

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Hell yeah!!

 

[Tonyrodz]

I’ll go into details and give update a little later but I seen my dad posted this on FB and I think it pretty much sums up how happy he was.

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Happier then a polar bear in snow! Nice.

 

[Snowbound]

Last Thursday I went to the DMV to renew my license. I walk in and get in the line that clearly says “License” which is right next to the line that says “Vehicles”. This lady who apparently is the greeter, because that’s the desk she was standing at, comes over to me and asks me to step out of line so she can make sure I’m in the correct line with the proper documentation. I’m there for license renewal and I want to get the “real ID”, which is the government background ID to allow me to board airplanes without having a passport. For those that have been living under a rock, anyone flying after October 1,2020 needs a “real ID” or passport to fly domestically. So I have my SS card, birth certificate, old ID and 2 pieces of mail in the form of a bill or utility with my current address on them. So this greeter tells me, ok go ahead and stand in the line under “License”, exactly where I was!! But now 2 more people have come in and I lost my spot. She didn’t pull them out of line and ask them for their documents. So I wait 40 minutes, get up to the lady that looks and acts like she just hates people and her job. I get my picture taken, do the eye exam and present my documentation and she’s lookin thru it to make sure I have everything even though robo-***** already checked my stuff. She starts typing on the keyboard of her computer and then stops and says, “I can’t renew your license at this time.”
“Why the hell not?”
“Let’s see....” she says with her resting ***** face while staring at the computer screen. “Seems you have an outstanding ticket that needs to be dealt with before I can issue you a new license.”
“What? ********! Lady, I’ve had like 3 tickets in the past 10 years and I know I’ve either paid them or went to court and gotten supervision.”
“Says here it’s from 2001, and it’s an unpaid fine.”
“Are you serious? I might be going out on a limb here but I’m pretty sure I’ve renewed my license in the last 19 years.”
“Yeah, this just got entered into the system in 2015. I can give you the ticket number and you’ll have to contact the Will county courthouse to take care of it before I can continue with your renewal.”
So I walk out of the DMV knowing I’ll never get my hour and twenty minutes back, get into the truck and call the court house. I think this *****’s sister answers the phone. She can’t tell me anything over the phone, and this is after she asks for my ticket number. Sounds like a trap. Yeah, I don’t have time to go get locked up for some stupid old traffic ticket. I’m heading to Indianapolis without a license!

So I head out about 12:45pm, they are an hour ahead of me. I tell the guy selling the trailer I’m on my way and I’m about 3 hrs 14 minutes away according to GPS, but I look at that as just the time to beat, after all, I drive like I’m sponsored!

3:56 I pull into the bank where we agreed to meet at 4pm. He’s not there. Get a text, running behind, be there soon. Ok no problem. 4:28- I’m on my way, bout 8 minutes. Ok, take your time, I’m enjoying just sitting and relaxing. 4:32- I forgot the title, gotta turn around and go get it. I’ll hurry. 4:52- on my way. Eight minutes. 4:58 stuck in traffic, I’m only 3/4 mile away. 5:01- finally shows up. Trailer looks good, I low ball him, he don’t bite but I can tell he feels bad for making me wait and counters with a price a few hundred lower than what he was asking because “you drove all this way”. I throw out a number 2 bills lower than his. He meets me in the middle and I take it. While disconnecting from his truck he tells me that the trailer had an electric jack on it but his Ford didn’t power it so he put the hand crank one on. I said, is the electric jack in the trailer cabinets? No, it’s at home. Do you want it. Hell yeah! He leaves ti go get it while I hook up my truck and set the brake controller. He’s back in 20 minutes and I hit the road. I got home at 8:45pm. I hauled ass pulling this 26’ trailer. Packed my bag for Wisconsin, loaded sled and parts into trailer and called it a day.

Next day, Friday, get truck loaded check fluids and tires and wait to hear from guy with sled in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin. The sled is at the dealer where the seller is having them go through it and they found the rear air shock needed to be rebuilt and a bushing replaced. The shock didn’t come back yet from being rebuilt. Talk to my brother and he says just go get it, we’ll have them mail us the shock and he will find something on his way up. Throw the dog and boys into truck and we are on the road by 11:45am. I’m haulin ass thru Milwaukee putting this truck and trailer in places that it shouldn’t fit trying to get around these slow poke people. I have to make it to the top of the little finger that sticks off the side of Wisconsin into Lake Michigan before this dealer closes. For some reason I can’t break into 15MPG. I wonder why?

So we make it to dealer at 4:25. I check out the sled, looks good minus the shock. The air shock is $2000 dealer price. Holy crap!! The standard shock and spring is $550 so I told my brother to try and find one of them. Leave dealer and it starts snowing and blowing so hard we are at 45MPH and only have 2 tracks for a lane.

I call my brother to see where he’s at and he said they left about an hour ago from his work near Chicago and they are doing 40MPH. Still hasn’t located a shock. I’ll still beat him.

I made it to the house at 8:40pm and had to snowblow the driveway and I unloaded my sled and left my dads in there.

To be continued...... just getting to the good part.


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[Sam Harris]

Last Thursday I went to the DMV to renew my license. I walk in and get in the line that clearly says “License” which is right next to the line that says “Vehicles”. This lady who apparently is the greeter, because that’s the desk she was standing at, comes over to me and asks me to step out of line so she can make sure I’m in the correct line with the proper documentation. I’m there for license renewal and I want to get the “real ID”, which is the government background ID to allow me to board airplanes without having a passport. For those that have been living under a rock, anyone flying after October 1,2020 needs a “real ID” or passport to fly domestically. So I have my SS card, birth certificate, old ID and 2 pieces of mail in the form of a bill or utility with my current address on them. So this greeter tells me, ok go ahead and stand in the line under “License”, exactly where I was!! But now 2 more people have come in and I lost my spot. She didn’t pull them out of line and ask them for their documents. So I wait 40 minutes, get up to the lady that looks and acts like she just hates people and her job. I get my picture taken, do the eye exam and present my documentation and she’s lookin thru it to make sure I have everything even though robo-***** already checked my stuff. She starts typing on the keyboard of her computer and then stops and says, “I can’t renew your license at this time.”
“Why the hell not?”
“Let’s see....” she says with her resting ***** face while staring at the computer screen. “Seems you have an outstanding ticket that needs to be dealt with before I can issue you a new license.”
“What? ********! Lady, I’ve had like 3 tickets in the past 10 years and I know I’ve either paid them or went to court and gotten supervision.”
“Says here it’s from 2001, and it’s an unpaid fine.”
“Are you serious? I might be going out on a limb here but I’m pretty sure I’ve renewed my license in the last 19 years.”
“Yeah, this just got entered into the system in 2015. I can give you the ticket number and you’ll have to contact the Will county courthouse to take care of it before I can continue with your renewal.”
So I walk out of the DMV knowing I’ll never get my hour and twenty minutes back, get into the truck and call the court house. I think this *****’s sister answers the phone. She can’t tell me anything over the phone, and this is after she asks for my ticket number. Sounds like a trap. Yeah, I don’t have time to go get locked up for some stupid old traffic ticket. I’m heading to Indianapolis without a license!

So I head out about 12:45pm, they are an hour ahead of me. I tell the guy selling the trailer I’m on my way and I’m about 3 hrs 14 minutes away according to GPS, but I look at that as just the time to beat, after all, I drive like I’m sponsored!

3:56 I pull into the bank where we agreed to meet at 4pm. He’s not there. Get a text, running behind, be there soon. Ok no problem. 4:28- I’m on my way, bout 8 minutes. Ok, take your time, I’m enjoying just sitting and relaxing. 4:32- I forgot the title, gotta turn around and go get it. I’ll hurry. 4:52- on my way. Eight minutes. 4:58 stuck in traffic, I’m only 3/4 mile away. 5:01- finally shows up. Trailer looks good, I low ball him, he don’t bite but I can tell he feels bad for making me wait and counters with a price a few hundred lower than what he was asking because “you drove all this way”. I throw out a number 2 bills lower than his. He meets me in the middle and I take it. While disconnecting from his truck he tells me that the trailer had an electric jack on it but his Ford didn’t power it so he put the hand crank one on. I said, is the electric jack in the trailer cabinets? No, it’s at home. Do you want it. Hell yeah! He leaves ti go get it while I hook up my truck and set the brake controller. He’s back in 20 minutes and I hit the road. I got home at 8:45pm. I hauled ass pulling this 26’ trailer. Packed my bag for Wisconsin, loaded sled and parts into trailer and called it a day.

Next day, Friday, get truck loaded check fluids and tires and wait to hear from guy with sled in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin. The sled is at the dealer where the seller is having them go through it and they found the rear air shock needed to be rebuilt and a bushing replaced. The shock didn’t come back yet from being rebuilt. Talk to my brother and he says just go get it, we’ll have them mail us the shock and he will find something on his way up. Throw the dog and boys into truck and we are on the road by 11:45am. I’m haulin ass thru Milwaukee putting this truck and trailer in places that it shouldn’t fit trying to get around these slow poke people. I have to make it to the top of the little finger that sticks off the side of Wisconsin into Lake Michigan before this dealer closes. For some reason I can’t break into 15MPG. I wonder why?

So we make it to dealer at 4:25. I check out the sled, looks good minus the shock. The air shock is $2000 dealer price. Holy crap!! The standard shock and spring is $550 so I told my brother to try and find one of them. Leave dealer and it starts snowing and blowing so hard we are at 45MPH and only have 2 tracks for a lane.

I call my brother to see where he’s at and he said they left about an hour ago from his work near Chicago and they are doing 40MPH. Still hasn’t located a shock. I’ll still beat him.

I made it to the house at 8:40pm and had to snowblow the driveway and I unloaded my sled and left my dads in there.

To be continued...... just getting to the good part.


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Damn. Crazy days man!!

 

[Tonyrodz]

Last Thursday I went to the DMV to renew my license. I walk in and get in the line that clearly says “License” which is right next to the line that says “Vehicles”. This lady who apparently is the greeter, because that’s the desk she was standing at, comes over to me and asks me to step out of line so she can make sure I’m in the correct line with the proper documentation. I’m there for license renewal and I want to get the “real ID”, which is the government background ID to allow me to board airplanes without having a passport. For those that have been living under a rock, anyone flying after October 1,2020 needs a “real ID” or passport to fly domestically. So I have my SS card, birth certificate, old ID and 2 pieces of mail in the form of a bill or utility with my current address on them. So this greeter tells me, ok go ahead and stand in the line under “License”, exactly where I was!! But now 2 more people have come in and I lost my spot. She didn’t pull them out of line and ask them for their documents. So I wait 40 minutes, get up to the lady that looks and acts like she just hates people and her job. I get my picture taken, do the eye exam and present my documentation and she’s lookin thru it to make sure I have everything even though robo-***** already checked my stuff. She starts typing on the keyboard of her computer and then stops and says, “I can’t renew your license at this time.”
“Why the hell not?”
“Let’s see....” she says with her resting ***** face while staring at the computer screen. “Seems you have an outstanding ticket that needs to be dealt with before I can issue you a new license.”
“What? ********! Lady, I’ve had like 3 tickets in the past 10 years and I know I’ve either paid them or went to court and gotten supervision.”
“Says here it’s from 2001, and it’s an unpaid fine.”
“Are you serious? I might be going out on a limb here but I’m pretty sure I’ve renewed my license in the last 19 years.”
“Yeah, this just got entered into the system in 2015. I can give you the ticket number and you’ll have to contact the Will county courthouse to take care of it before I can continue with your renewal.”
So I walk out of the DMV knowing I’ll never get my hour and twenty minutes back, get into the truck and call the court house. I think this *****’s sister answers the phone. She can’t tell me anything over the phone, and this is after she asks for my ticket number. Sounds like a trap. Yeah, I don’t have time to go get locked up for some stupid old traffic ticket. I’m heading to Indianapolis without a license!

So I head out about 12:45pm, they are an hour ahead of me. I tell the guy selling the trailer I’m on my way and I’m about 3 hrs 14 minutes away according to GPS, but I look at that as just the time to beat, after all, I drive like I’m sponsored!

3:56 I pull into the bank where we agreed to meet at 4pm. He’s not there. Get a text, running behind, be there soon. Ok no problem. 4:28- I’m on my way, bout 8 minutes. Ok, take your time, I’m enjoying just sitting and relaxing. 4:32- I forgot the title, gotta turn around and go get it. I’ll hurry. 4:52- on my way. Eight minutes. 4:58 stuck in traffic, I’m only 3/4 mile away. 5:01- finally shows up. Trailer looks good, I low ball him, he don’t bite but I can tell he feels bad for making me wait and counters with a price a few hundred lower than what he was asking because “you drove all this way”. I throw out a number 2 bills lower than his. He meets me in the middle and I take it. While disconnecting from his truck he tells me that the trailer had an electric jack on it but his Ford didn’t power it so he put the hand crank one on. I said, is the electric jack in the trailer cabinets? No, it’s at home. Do you want it. Hell yeah! He leaves ti go get it while I hook up my truck and set the brake controller. He’s back in 20 minutes and I hit the road. I got home at 8:45pm. I hauled ass pulling this 26’ trailer. Packed my bag for Wisconsin, loaded sled and parts into trailer and called it a day.

Next day, Friday, get truck loaded check fluids and tires and wait to hear from guy with sled in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin. The sled is at the dealer where the seller is having them go through it and they found the rear air shock needed to be rebuilt and a bushing replaced. The shock didn’t come back yet from being rebuilt. Talk to my brother and he says just go get it, we’ll have them mail us the shock and he will find something on his way up. Throw the dog and boys into truck and we are on the road by 11:45am. I’m haulin ass thru Milwaukee putting this truck and trailer in places that it shouldn’t fit trying to get around these slow poke people. I have to make it to the top of the little finger that sticks off the side of Wisconsin into Lake Michigan before this dealer closes. For some reason I can’t break into 15MPG. I wonder why?

So we make it to dealer at 4:25. I check out the sled, looks good minus the shock. The air shock is $2000 dealer price. Holy crap!! The standard shock and spring is $550 so I told my brother to try and find one of them. Leave dealer and it starts snowing and blowing so hard we are at 45MPH and only have 2 tracks for a lane.

I call my brother to see where he’s at and he said they left about an hour ago from his work near Chicago and they are doing 40MPH. Still hasn’t located a shock. I’ll still beat him.

I made it to the house at 8:40pm and had to snowblow the driveway and I unloaded my sled and left my dads in there.

To be continued...... just getting to the good part.


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WTF??!! 2001? Unreal . Should be a time limitation on those damn things.