I woke up after 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast. It was still cold, so I decided to do some design work on the flatbed trailer.
I went through several iterations of length and width for the trailer. I ended up with one that will haul the big crawlers. However their wheels will overlap the sides of the trailer. Also, the ramps will have to tilt outward a little in order to clear the back bumpers. Anything bigger than this really began to look weird.
Once I had the bed dimensions I built a full scale template of it by taping a couple of pieces of paper together. Then I looked up the specs for the springs and made up a template with the positions of the springs and tires. I moved that around on the trailer bed template until I found the spring positions that I liked.
By then it was time to take Abby to Circle C. The weather was a little cold, but heavier clothes took care of that. It was muddy though. We shortened the walk a little and had to wipe the dog's feet before letting her in the car.
The next stop was Lowe's. I bought the aluminum I'll need for the trailer. I also bought some softener salt. We stopped at the Thai place for lunch. I hadn't had Pad Thai for a while. It was really good. The last stop was the post office. There was a Chinese package there.
When we got home I spent some time with the stuff in the Chinese package, putting it away and logging on to mark them received. Of course I ended up spending time looking at stuff on the site. Eventually that turned into some video watching.
Dinner was some leftovers. After dinner I split the evening between videos and surfing.
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