Sunday, May 29, 2016

Last Sunday in May

He took today to work on the rust mitigation on the old trailer. He's had this trailer for nearly ten years, and it was not new when he got it. The rust is taking over, and he periodically busts it out, repairs with Bondo, then sands and paints. Just like new. He took the tires off to get on the underside of the fenders and realized the rear right tire was bald. Not just bald, but looked like it had been locking up and not rolling, making it bald.
From time to time I would say the fender was warm, and smelled like burning rubber. We tack up on that side of the trailer. It wasn't each time, but regularly enough that this is the result. He swapped out the spare tire, which is fairly new with the bald tire.

Also discovered that the wheel bearing was compromised. Being a holiday weekend, it was difficult locating a vendor that was open. He found one in Rockville, a Marine Boat store, and while in town did a grocery run for his mother.

He continued the rust work and pulled the spare tire stem out; this was also compromised, with the peg barely anchored in rotted plywood. With the Bondo work, you can't even tell it had ever been a problem. He used a torch to loosen up the old paint on the bolt.

While he worked on the trailer, I mowed grass with the push mower, then went to Todd's to get hay. This is all the hay in Todd's barn. I put as many would fit in my car, leaving one bale that I could not manage to fit in.

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