trailer woes

It’s been one thing after another this spring… first the ice storm and the devastation from that. Then when we moved the trailer to take down a tree, the landing gear broke. The repair guy came to see it, didn’t have the part, and then didn’t show up for another month waiting for the part - finally yesterday he finished fixing the leg. He happened to be looking under the trailer and noticed a fairly big problem with the suspension… 

Today we drove over an hour through the rain, stopping several times to clear out the truck’s air filter which was getting clogged with mouse nest, to a heavy truck and trailer repair centre. Carm went inside while I waited in the truck with the dogs. Soon the repair guy, Sylvian, climbed into the truck to drive us into a bay. 

Lupa’s eyes popped out of her head with a stranger getting into the car but managed to stay reasonably quiet. We would not have been able to say that a few months ago.

It’s a pretty cool place with a giant garage with 3 bays. Each bay has a long pit that the vehicle is centred over. It was neat to climb down the steps to walk under the trailer - and oh my gosh! Some major problems…

We unhitched and drove home, leaving the beast there for the work. Soon after we got home Sylvian called telling us he can’t get the parts but we can order them on Amazon - order placed while on the phone with him… delivery date June 1st to 3rd. YIKES! We leave for Kingston on the 8th.

Apparently the shop is seriously understaffed - they used to have 25 workers and now he can only get 3! No one wants to become a mechanic anymore. It would be a good paying job!

Lupa passed her obedience class last week so we immediately signed up for an agility class! She had her first one last night and did great. She barked a tiny bit at the other dogs - 3 that she’d never seen before. She got to go through the tunnel a few times, jumped onto the table several times, and jumped a jump a few times. By the end of the class we were both bushed!

We’ve had some rain and lots of sunny days but, alas, the nights are still really cold. Tonight it’s forecast to get close to freezing, fingers crossed that we’ll be able to plant on Saturday. Meanwhile, we’ve been hoisting tubs of plants in and out of the house. The apple trees have finished their ‘ode to spring’, dropping petals down the length of the laneway.

Awesome!

“arriving at the repair facility after a drive in the rain”

“apple blossoms”

“lilacs!”