I went down to Pomborneit to pick up our trailer from the Reverend's farm where his mother in law lives. No she didn't shoot at me Grumm. I hitched the trailer up, yes Dik I put all those rocks on the drystone wall. As I'd been kicking the leaf rubbish out of the tray I noticed that part of the decking seemed loose.... I pulled it out a metre or so and got out of the car to give it another look over. It's totaled. The lower part of the outside rail on the drivers side had fallen off and was surrounded by a pile of rust. I crouched down and looked underneath , the problem with the deck was easy to see. About half the floor members are gone, the trailer wouldn't have made it home, a car would crush it.....this particular trailer has never been to the salt, go figure.
So I drove home, yeah two hours.
Yesterday I was in Morwell and saw an F100 short wheelbase pickup for sale, I pulled over and had a look, it was really straight, clean and rust free, 302, 4 speed, 150l LPG 125l fuel. I spoke to the guy, he'd bought it new in 76 and used it as his work truck. Ten years ago he did a full body off the frame resto, new motor,gearbox, radiator, suspension everything, has all the photos, all the receipts.......I am torn, old guys truck, side of the road, he's already replaced it.....it's a good buy and talking to a friend who has one he reckons if it's rust free it's worth every cent or more.....
We have the trailer belonging to Pete that we have used before on offer but we need something a little bigger than Grumm's van to tow that with, hence the F100 is lookin pretty good.
So much to do, so little time.