Day 2048

 I woke up about 7:30 and played games for an hour or so.  Then it was pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I went out to prepare to grease the wheel bearings.  I drained the tanks.  While that was going on I unboxed the grease gun and loaded it.  I tested it and it worked fine.  Then I got out the new jack stands.

When that was done I had Ellen pull in the slides.  I was going to use a jack to raise the wheels, but there isn't any place to put the jack.  I used the trailer jacks instead.

We started on the door side because it was in the shade.  I got the covers off the first wheel and connected the grease gun.  The damn thing didn't work.  I played with it for a while, but couldn't get it to work.  I ended up going to Woodburn for a grease gun, two grease tubes, and some shop towels.  It wasn't all bad.  It turned out I needed the extra tube and the towels.

I got back, put the new gun together, and finally got to do some greasing.  I ended up putting way too much grease in the first wheel.  It too quite a while using a screwdriver and lots of paper towels to remove the excess.  The second wheel went better.

There are 3 zerks on the suspension for each wheel.  I had to crawl under the trailer to get to them.  It was a pain.  Then we switched to the sunny side of the trailer  By then it was hot, and hotter in the sun.  That side of the trailer was a replay of the first with two differences.  I didn't use as much grease so cleaning went quicker  I still had to stop halfway through and use the second grease tube.

When that was done I took everything back to the shed.  I was way too hot and tired to put things away.  I'll do that tomorrow.  I went inside instead and surfed.  It tookan hour before I felt good enough to do anything else.

We need cable holders and paper towels.  So we went to Lowe's.  We stopped at the restaurant in Brooks on the way.  It was really good.  I had a gin and tonic that was a full size glass.  We got the stuff and Lowe's and went home.

The truck went into regen on the way home.  I dropped Ellen at the trailer (she had to shit) and kept driving.  I drove all the way to the French Prairie farm store before the regen was over.  Then I turned around and came home.  I was feeling really good now that the job I'd dreaded since before we got here was done.  It did suck as much as I thought it would, but it was done.

I was still tired, so I sat in the recliner to "watch TV".  Of course I fell asleep just like I thought I would.  I woke up afte 7.  We had leftovers from lunch for dinner.  After dinner was soccer.