Jim Warman Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Well, last week was my first week back from my summer vacation - I get three weeks but only ever take two at this time and fritter the rest away as I see fit. Last week was "interesting" but I'll allow that as me trying to fit back into a shop with some new people since I last......... Well..... today was a day to remember. Another "god I'm dying from the heat" day, all the shop doors are open. Out bacck, somebody is attempting to hook up a 5th wheel trailer.... rather badly, from the sound of it but I put it out of my mind as I attend to other business. A little while later, I see someone is helping "someone" hook up the trailer... rather badly but I am called away to assist elsewhere. A little while later, I see someone else is helping someone hook up the trailer and this someone else is someone that I know for a fact doesn't know about hooking up trailers. Being nosey, I wander out back - ignoring a couple of requests for assistance - to see what is taking so much effort. Word to the wise... if you want to hook up to a trailer with a 5th wheel hitch - at least make sure that the hitch isn't closed and locked. So... with the trailer securely attached to the truck, I waddle my fat, old ass back to the shop just in time to watch an alignment head part company with a wheel and tumble to the ground. I didn't think that three thousand dollars or so of metal, plastic and electronics could bounce that high. Three times I told somebody to put bungees on the other heads before he tried to do anything else. That part wasn't bad.... To straighten the steering wheel (a quarter turn out), he wanted to adjust the position of the pitman arm on the sector shaft.... I have already dispatched my weekly budget for adult beverages... and it is still only Monday... Yahweh help us in our time of need.... There is a bright part to my day... my boy showed up at days end... he needs an axle u-joint, an AC belt, a top rad hose and rear shocks.... At least he didn't act like stupidity was a virtue... Stress is the confusion caused when ones mind overrides the body’s natural desire to choke the living shit out of some asshole that desperately needs it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 This brings "what's in your bay" to a whole new level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbudge Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Thanks, I feel better now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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