Sooo.....

After fixing the brakes on the trailer myself, I headed down to Nacogdoches. After getting the trailer washed out, I was talking with the guy that does the work. He said the earlier truck had come in late, after 10:30 am. He's supposed to be at the plant in Lufkin getting loaded at 10, not showing up at the washout at 10:30. 

Upon arrival at the plant, he was still there, claiming they had made him wait and they hadn't even started loading his trailer. I was suspicious of that statement and found out the truth after he left, they loaded my trailer and I was in the control room getting paperwork. He was so late to load, the loader had started loading some of their trucks instead.  Makes perfect sense, they only have so many hours in a day.  Basically, the other driver lied about it and he apparently doesn't think I find out things. 

I am a very inquisitive person. Not to find out junk on people, I just like to ask questions.  Always have since I was a kid.  If people don't want to answer, I just back off.  

Anyway, pulling out of the loading by I saw it.  A tire bulged out well beyond the other tires.  I have a flat, I thought, without even getting out to look at it.  I don't have to, a loaded truck will give a flat tire away even in the mirror clear at the front.  I did get out to get the paperwork and took a look.  Completely separated from the rim, I had no choice but to go to Love's and get it fixed.

I was dreading that, Love's typically has a very long wait list, you can sit there for many many hours waiting for them to even get to your truck.  I lucked out today, tho, the didn't have any waiting at all and a bunch of people standing around, very bored.  The tired was repaired, good luck for the company not having to pay to replace the entire thing. 

However....the man called me over.  He pointed at a U-bolt.  The giant nuts holding it secure? Were completely loose and the mount was cracked. I wondered how long this had been like this and how many times mechanics at our shops had not seen this?  I can attest, tho, when I was underneath the thing, I looked right at it and it didn't register.  

That's because it's been like that so long, it appears normal, like it's supposed to be that way.  I didn't see the cracked mount tho, shame on me. However, I wasn't doing an inspection underneath there, I was on a mission to get the brakes adjusted and get out from underneath the thing.  I asked them if they could fix it - noooo.  I asked him for his opinion on driveability, tho I had already come to my own conclusion. He agreed with me without knowing it: It's obviously been like that a looooong time, it'll make it.  While I was underneath the trailer, I was tunnel-visioned: get these brakes done and over with.  

So, I thought nothing of it.  I want to be rid of that trailer, I hate that thing. It unloads ever so slowly and it has spring ride, not air ride. An ancient thing, it is quite bumpy because of the lack of air ride. It's old and dated.  I drove it back to my place without a second thought. It's not like it's going to break off and cause a major collision, if I thought it was going to cause danger to the public, I would have had to find - or the company would - some place there to fix it.  As I said, it's obviously been like that for a very long time. I"m dumping that trailer on Thursday. 

You say, but today is only Tuesday.  Yup, they cancelled all loads for a few days,  I don't know why. They have no choice but to deliver mine for it is loaded, but, it's not going tomorrow.  Because of that, my schedule obviously changed and they asked me if I wanted to do a Friday load/Saturday offload run? Not particularly, I thought, but I'll take it since I need the money.  

I'm done with credit cards, I don't use them now.  Okay, once in the last several months I've used one, otherwise they are off limits.   When I say "I need the money", this is one of the reasons why. I'm not getting into any more debt and have been trying to find a decent loan to pay this CC debt off for some time. With interest rates so high, that's been difficult.  

Well I take that back. I will get into more debt if I get a tractor, my statement is towards credit cards.  No tractor yet, lol. 

The tent people contacted me today, they have more money for me and also asking about the motor coach.  The motor coach is unavailable for I want to gut the thing.  I thought anyway.  I replied back that there is no way to plug it in anywhere, tho I am running a line soon that I probably could put a 3rd trailer on it back there.  You cannot stay in a coach or a trailer like that without AC running out here in the summer. It got very warm here today.  I don't know what she's doing for money, she's working somewhere or maybe giving plasma or who knows what, but she leaves most every day.  

It isn't the worst idea to let more people in it in the condition it's in - them knowing full well about it for I have told them several times and I let them go in and look.  If they can pay the lot rent every month, why not.  It would take that burden off of me.  No running water or sewer, they would have to continue to use the amenities shed.  I am considering it.  

Tomorrow would be a great day to rent that mini ex and git-er done! Excepting I have the parts to fix the riding mower and I want that thing back on line. I also want to take the 4 wheeler to a third shop that is highly acclaimed and see if they can get it running properly. It won't even start now.  It hasn't started in a while.  I need the use of that thing, I am missing it greatly. It helps me around the property with all kinds of chores.  Even these old ones are now going for thousands of dollars and I have dumped some money into it.  

The newest dude paid today.  The family of 3 hasn't paid and are now saying the house they are getting has some sort of paperwork issue. Yea, they need to pay, thanks.  They have had nothing but problems getting their own place since they moved into the park the middle of last year.  The one monther who stayed an extra week is leaving tomorrow and one of the welders left today.  I have 2 lots available right now, one for overnighters which I always keep open and one for long term.  I'll have another long term available tomorrow.  Not what I want, but it seems that people come in when you need them to.  

So, I need 2 more trailers to come in.  I think it will happen and not take too terribly long.  I get random calls out of the blue.  And usually it's people either almost there or already there.  So you just showed up? I always wonder but don't say out loud, lol. My ads do say to come by and take a look! And, I am hearing the other parks are booked as well.  I mean, totally filled up. Well, my main competitors anyway. I have thought about driving over there to take a look, but it's nothing important and is only a curiosity thing.  My competitors have such small spaces to the point they decided to combine 2 into one to give bigger lots, they were getting a lot of complaints about it including very negative Google reviews.

Did I say that the farmers with the conspiracy theories started their nonsense again today? Banged on one person's door and accused them of shooting lasers at them all night long and banged on another door and accused them of draining the oil out of his pickup to try and burn up the engine.  Yeah. They had tempered down for quite a while but I can't have these people chasing everyone out of my park. Better an empty spot than one full and the rest empty.  

Yup, the driveway is in terrible shape. It makes me want to pull the trigger on a tractor.  I might take a drive to Carthage tomorrow to look at the TYM tractors.  Of course, if I drive clear down there, it would be highly probably that I would come back after having had signed a contract.....if I look at my intended agenda tomorrow, I would be busy the entire day. I was more looking for a partial day of work and the rest taking it off and taking it easy.  

It's getting late.