daugen
Epic Contributor
home sweet home.
made it.
but I paid the price for driving when very tired. And sort of sick...but I'm getting better on that front from a/c and eating more.
And the price was paid for my inattention,when I pulled in close to chat with the lady at the end of the Bay Bridge tunnel, the pay booth. When I pulled out, I admit to goosing it a little, certainly didn't slowly take off. And I learned how all too well now the operating mechanics of my fancy steerable car dolley. Instead of fixed wheels, these are on a steerable suspension that tracks with the pull vehicle. Less scrub for sure and a better pull.
And I found out that when I pulled away from the toll booth with a turn to the right, since I was close in, that the dolley tracks by going in the opposite direction. And it steered itself right into the concrete abutment. BAM. womp womp womp Oh Lord....There was a state cop sitting about fifty feet away, if he didn't hear the noise he likely saw the parts of allegedly unbreakable plastic land near his cruiser. I saw him get out and pick them up...
one bloody inch. But what an inch. Blew the tire, dented the chrome rim, broke the plastic cover to bits, but that would have been ok....IF, the steerable wheel did not go in a direction it shouldn't have, being smashed over by the concrete and the mechanism seems to have hyper extended, and drove into the side of my new Avalon. Dented the door so it almost won't open and ruined the quarter panel. So between the damage I did to the too low air spoiler in front driving the car onto the dolley, and this bonehead move, I probably did 2 grand worth of damage to my car. And it's the first scratch I have put on a car since age 17. Really. I just couldn't figure out what went wrong; I wasn't that close...
when the car comes off, the dolley gets fixed and put on Craigs List. Next time I rent a basic ugly Uhaul model that will likely do just fine if I ever have to do this again. But I had the dolley from the motorhome, and pulling my car down with the truck was such a good idea...
hey, no scratches on me, just my pride seriously hurt and stuff can be fixed.
And I'm here, yippeee.
now for another nap.
ready for the rain tomorrow but need to get a few things under cover, those things with motors on them. The plows can sit in the lawn and get a bath until I put them away. The trucker was done and gone by the time I got there. I saw the golf cart and at least knew I didn't have any work to do.
back in business and ready to rock.
at 1/4 speed.
well, tomorrow.
made it.
but I paid the price for driving when very tired. And sort of sick...but I'm getting better on that front from a/c and eating more.
And the price was paid for my inattention,when I pulled in close to chat with the lady at the end of the Bay Bridge tunnel, the pay booth. When I pulled out, I admit to goosing it a little, certainly didn't slowly take off. And I learned how all too well now the operating mechanics of my fancy steerable car dolley. Instead of fixed wheels, these are on a steerable suspension that tracks with the pull vehicle. Less scrub for sure and a better pull.
And I found out that when I pulled away from the toll booth with a turn to the right, since I was close in, that the dolley tracks by going in the opposite direction. And it steered itself right into the concrete abutment. BAM. womp womp womp Oh Lord....There was a state cop sitting about fifty feet away, if he didn't hear the noise he likely saw the parts of allegedly unbreakable plastic land near his cruiser. I saw him get out and pick them up...
one bloody inch. But what an inch. Blew the tire, dented the chrome rim, broke the plastic cover to bits, but that would have been ok....IF, the steerable wheel did not go in a direction it shouldn't have, being smashed over by the concrete and the mechanism seems to have hyper extended, and drove into the side of my new Avalon. Dented the door so it almost won't open and ruined the quarter panel. So between the damage I did to the too low air spoiler in front driving the car onto the dolley, and this bonehead move, I probably did 2 grand worth of damage to my car. And it's the first scratch I have put on a car since age 17. Really. I just couldn't figure out what went wrong; I wasn't that close...
when the car comes off, the dolley gets fixed and put on Craigs List. Next time I rent a basic ugly Uhaul model that will likely do just fine if I ever have to do this again. But I had the dolley from the motorhome, and pulling my car down with the truck was such a good idea...
hey, no scratches on me, just my pride seriously hurt and stuff can be fixed.
And I'm here, yippeee.
now for another nap.
ready for the rain tomorrow but need to get a few things under cover, those things with motors on them. The plows can sit in the lawn and get a bath until I put them away. The trucker was done and gone by the time I got there. I saw the golf cart and at least knew I didn't have any work to do.
back in business and ready to rock.
at 1/4 speed.
well, tomorrow.
