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Jan. 21st, 2012 06:02 pmWow, it's almost a month since I posted here.
I arrived at the AZ faire grounds yesterday, and am nicely settled in. On Monday I begin work making tons of chocolate - literally!
I got a Wave 3 catalytic heater installed yesterday before I moved in, so I'm really excited about being able to keep warm at night without running my furnace and draining my batteries.
I've acquired a cat, Guts, who did not particularly enjoy the trip out here, and so far isn't very interested in going outside. I don't know if it's that he knows there are coyotes out here that would love to terrorize and eat him, or if he's just getting used to the new surroundings, but I have once found him waiting to be let inside with his tail and back puffed up. Hopefully he gets to like it eventually.
On the trip here I weighed my rig - 14,680 lbs, 6100 for my truck, and 8580 for the trailer. So while my trailer was underweight (max weight is 8800), my truck was towing a little more than the recommended max of 14.5k. I did have the weight well distributed at least, with 17% of the trailer weight being on my rear truck axle. However, I don't think I'll be hauling walking staffs again, especially since I had my tires looked at and they noted that they're wearing more on the slide side than the door side. And I still don't like how they're wearing. Tomorrow when it's light out I think I'll check my axles to make certain they're not bent, just in case, but otherwise I guess I need to look for 10-ply radials.
I arrived at the AZ faire grounds yesterday, and am nicely settled in. On Monday I begin work making tons of chocolate - literally!
I got a Wave 3 catalytic heater installed yesterday before I moved in, so I'm really excited about being able to keep warm at night without running my furnace and draining my batteries.
I've acquired a cat, Guts, who did not particularly enjoy the trip out here, and so far isn't very interested in going outside. I don't know if it's that he knows there are coyotes out here that would love to terrorize and eat him, or if he's just getting used to the new surroundings, but I have once found him waiting to be let inside with his tail and back puffed up. Hopefully he gets to like it eventually.
On the trip here I weighed my rig - 14,680 lbs, 6100 for my truck, and 8580 for the trailer. So while my trailer was underweight (max weight is 8800), my truck was towing a little more than the recommended max of 14.5k. I did have the weight well distributed at least, with 17% of the trailer weight being on my rear truck axle. However, I don't think I'll be hauling walking staffs again, especially since I had my tires looked at and they noted that they're wearing more on the slide side than the door side. And I still don't like how they're wearing. Tomorrow when it's light out I think I'll check my axles to make certain they're not bent, just in case, but otherwise I guess I need to look for 10-ply radials.
