After I got back from Horror Freight earlier, I drug out a bunch of tools and “shop consumables”, you know, those things you get charged out the ass for by repair shops like rags, brake clean, that kind of shit, and went at it.

The very first thing I see is more Shit That Bubba Did, right out of the gate.

The picture is blurry but if you look closely, you will notice that some COMPLETE FUCKING MORON PUT THE LUG NUTS ON BACKWARDS.

The cones are sticking out, instead of in like they should be.

Ye Olde Snap On 1/2 inch drive air powered bolt snapper made short work of that shit and off the wheel came.

I redid the other side first with the new hub but because I just did it last weekend, I didn’t have any problems with that.

This side however, was pretty much exactly like that one was the first time.

Completely FUBAR.

To wit,

After I finally got the wheel and hub off, I was greeted with this shit.

The inner bearing on this side was fucking GONE also.

Sigh.

Go back in the garage and dig the bearing puller kit back out, rinse and repeat.

This one came off HARD.

After I got it off finally and got the spindle cleaned off I saw why.

Big grooves gouged in the spindle.

It took a long time and a bunch of emory cloth to get that shit smoothed back out.

I messed with this little project for a good two hours easily.

The whole time it is overcast, cold, windy and off and on raining with some hail thrown in just for fun.

It would start in and I would have to beat a hasty retreat back into the garage and wait until it blew over before I could go at it again.

Eventually I got the little sonofabitch put back together though.

And wouldn’t you know it, because that’s the way it works for me, LITERALLY five seconds after I got the last lug nut tightened up, started to snag the socket off the air gun so I could start putting stuff away, the clouds parted and the Sun came out.

If you look in the background you can see the Sun shining off the brand new crop of bright yellow Dandelions that I get to attack soon.

But that part is done.

I win again.

Naturally, right after I got done cleaning everything up and was putting the last tool away, the Fed Ex guy shows up with the little plastic fenders I was waiting on.

Someone up there has a wicked sense of humor.

Fuck that, they can wait.

I’m not sure I have the flat bar I need to make the brackets out of anyway.

It actually was a good thing I decided to wait.

Twenty minutes later the clouds came back, the sky opened up and it just hailed like a motherfucker for a good ten minutes straight.

That tapered off and turned to rain and that went on for another twenty minutes.

It ain’t no joke when they say that if you don’t like the weather around here just wait ten minutes, especially this time of year.

So I did manage to get something done before the deluge.

I still have a shit ton of things I need to get done.

I just got back from the parts house because I ran out of shop rags and I needed a real short 10 mm bolt to put a cart back together with that been sitting in the bed of my truck for two weeks.

Then the mowers, then…

Yard Work.

Oh My God the yardwork that needs doing around here.

Then there is also this motor and VFD that keeps calling my name.

I swear that I am going to wind up working on that after ten at night if I ever want to get that done.

There just aren’t enough hours in the day.

All I know is that the battle continues.

I went to put new bearings in the hub that were shot last weekend, got almost all done and discovered that the hub had been machined out where the grease cap goes in because the inner bearing had disintegrated and that caused the wheel to kick over and the hub to rub against the spindle nut.

The cap no fit no mo’.

So after work yesterday I hauled ass across the bridge to an outfit that I used to do business with and snagged some parts.

First thing I snagged was a new hub, bearings, seal, two new spindle nuts and a grease cap.

I already have the greasable bearing caps and might throw those on today instead.

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While I was there, I also picked up a swiveling tongue jack with a wheel on it so I don’t have to throw my back out every time I need to move the damn trailer.

I got that on last night, in the rain of course.

While I was there I got a price on a set of 12 inch wheels and tires. I was going to pick up a couple at Horror Freight last week but I wasn’t sure of the bolt pattern. Shoulda Coulda Woulda, the tires are shot on this thing.

Yeah Shoulda, this outfit wanted $80 apiece for them and they were two for that price at the Chinesium Emporium.

I went over there this morning to grab them but sure as shit, someone snagged them while I Dilly Dallied.

Crap.

However, thanks to some EXTREMELY GENEROUS readers, you know who you are, I was able to dip into Phil’s Temple of Tools Emergency Fund and get something else that I was wanting for this little unit.

Thank You, Thank You, THANK YOU!

Yes siree, I want to mount that little Bad Boy and a small battery on the front of this little bugger so I can DRAG shit on instead of trying to PUSH shit on.

Sweet!

So I am now getting ready to go back out there while it isn’t pouring rain and swap out the bad hub, redo the other one that the bearings are also shot in and start looking at what it’s going to take to mount that little winch on the thing.

I am also waiting on some plastic fenders I ordered last week that are supposed to show up today.

I will have to make brackets for them but that will be pretty easy with some 3/16’s X1 flat bar, a couple of bends and drilling a few holes.

So as usual, I am busier than a cat trying to bury shit on a hot tin roof.

I still have the engine swap to do on the mowers and I still have that 220 volt motor/ VFD to install on my Smithy 3 in 1 machine. That thing whispers my name every time I slip by it sideways and it’s driving me nuts but first things first. My Father In Laws lawn is going to be knee high by the time I get this trailer done and that mower going.

So off I go.

My sincere thanks again to you for stopping by here and my very sincere thanks to those who have chipped in to the Tool Fund.

You have made my lower back very happy.

We are Americans.

We don’t take shit from anybody.

The New World Order assholes are going to learn this the hard way just like the Nazis and the Japanese did.

BFYTW.

Americans are some of the most honest, hard working, innovative and compassionate people on this planet.

History has proven this time and time again.

We are also the most vicious sonsabitches this Earth has ever seen when pissed off collectively.

Also proven time and time again.

These rat clever bastards who have been yanking our chains for the last few years are just that, rat clever.

They aren’t actually all that smart.

If they were, they would have thought twice about enraging a hundred million heavily armed people who have no problems burning entire countries to the fucking ground.

They think they have this all figured out.

They haven’t bothered to take note that we literally haven’t even BEGUN to fight back.

When that switch gets flipped there will be no place on or under this Earth that they will be safe.

It will be Seek And Destroy, Terminate With Extreme Prejudice, until there aren’t enough of them left to try this shit again for a thousand years.

They have been begging for it and By God’s Grace, they are going to get it.

Remember what it is to be an American and pass that down.

The Media has already jumped the shark, they are going to be very high on the list of those who must pay for their transgressions.

The Medical system is also full of those who must pay.

The crooked politicians however are going to be Enemy Number One.

It is coming. As sure as the Sun rises in the East, the pendulum is going to swing back.

It has already swung as Far Left as it is going to and has started it’s return trip.

The signs are everywhere.

Keep you head held high and keep your damn wits about you.

They have been goading us because they think they have some clever plan to neutralize us.

I am here to tell you that unless they plan to kill us En Mass that they have very seriously underestimated just who they are fucking with.

It isn’t any coincidence that they have been testing their tyrannical ways on other countries to see what they can get away with.

The Canadians surprised everyone when they stood up and said ENOUGH EH?

These cretins behind this are acutely aware of the fact that we have enough firepower to take on Russia, without the military stepping off a base, by ourselves.

They have been walking a tightrope because of that fact and that is why they are so desperately trying to infringe on our Second Amendment at every opportunity.

Passing stupid laws that make criminals out of law abiding citizens and turning their heads when their favored Thugs mow innocent people down.

I have some news for these idiots.

Pass all the laws you want. Outlaw guns completely. Put it all on paper and send your goons to come get them.

I double dog dare you.

They might even get a few.

However, the minute that news of these raids gets out, your days are numbered from then on.

We aren’t going to take that shit for one fucking second and you damn well know that clear to the bottom of your rubbery spine.

Flap your gums and make your threats.

You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.

That, I guarantee you.

Because we are Americans.