Day 3709

 I woke up a little after 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  When I finished eating I went out to pick up the Amazon stuff.  It was my protein drinks.  They'd trashed the box and destroyed all 24 cans.  Ellen set up a return at Whole Paycheck.

I went out to the garage.  I really wanted to make progress on the trailer.

I should mention that I was super careful with all the steps today.  I didn't want to screw something up and need to buy more material.  I started by using my new improved method of marking the cuts in the L channels.  It worked perfectly.  Then I cut them.  That worked perfectly also.

By then it was 11.  I wanted to run Abby before it got hot, so we loaded up the dog and the drinks and left.  Abby had a good time at the park.  It was a good choice to go early.  It really warmed up while we were there.  After that we stopped at Whole Paycheck.  We turned in the drinks and bought some fish for dinner.  The next stop was the post office.  Unfortunately they were closed for President's Day.  The last  stop was HEB for bird seed and ass wipe. 

When we got home I had lunch and went back out to the garage.  I cut the four supports I needed for the L channel, drilled the mounting holes in them and the frame, and attached them to the frame with pop rivets.  The attachment went slow because I had to wrestle with the tool to remove the pop rivet stems from it.  The last step was drilling more holes and attaching the L channel to the supports.  I used screws as a temporary for that.  The result looks good.

By then it was almost 5.  I went back inside and fed the animals.  Then I sat down to construct the Amain Hobbywing order.  It took hours to determine what I wanted and what would fit each vehicle.  I ended up with an ESC for the Typhon, an ESC/motor combo for the Arktos, and a Fusion for the TRX4.  The TRX4 has a really shitty brushed system.  I've been meaning to replace it for years.

At first I wasn't going to do anything to the ArkTos because it's transmission gears are really weak.  However, the manufacturer makes an upgraded set.  It's $50, but I'll probably get it when it's available.  Until then I'll just turn down the power in the ESC.

By the time I was finished it was bedtime.