2008 at the Hammond Barn

[RHClarke]

I spent some time on Saturday attending to the changing of tires on my van from the summer (all seasons) to winter/snow tires. In the process the floor model jack failed at the u-joint causing the jack to descend ever so slowly. No damage, just some consternation as to why the snow tires seemed larger this year...Ultimately, the problem was revealed, and Bob and I spent most of the morning fixing the floor jack. Bob, always the innovator, used a universal socket as a replacement, and it worked like a charm.

After that episode, we ran into Clive and his son, who were visiting Hammond to store Clive's vehicle. After some shelter re-arrangement, we adjourned to Chez Marie, which had won a reprive from closure. We do expect Chez Marie to close in November unless there is a "miracle".

After lunch, Bob continued with his quest to put in the wood for the winter. I managed to straighten out the cab frame rail enough to put in the two remaining bolts that fix the body to the frame.


Then the pax side step was put back into place. It was probably the only item on the HUP that was not damaged or worn...



Following this, the HUP was packed up and the shelter prepared for the oncoming winter. I will be away for most of November, so the block was drained of coolant, the cylinders fed a tsp of oil and the carb covered. Hopefully, there will be some fair weather in December when I should finally have some time to really get the reassembly fully underway...and pigs will fly.