Advice needed for road travel while pulling a trailer

[kiotiken]

You've been a busy little beaver! :laughing: Nice job on the table. :thumbsup:

Well those who know me will tell you I say it as I see it and I'm telling the truth when I say I was more than impressed with the steel work you did. I'd be proud to place that table in our home. Outstanding work sir. If I were there I'd have to shake your hand, pat you on the back and say "Well Done".

You'll love the lights. I'm removing the OEM's this week and going all LED's.

Thanks Paul, that's nice to hear, especially from somebody who puts as much effort, thought, skill and pride into his work. Stumbling across all this stone has been such an incredible opportunity for me (even if most people are convinced I'm crazy). I feel like I did after finally getting around to taking a welding course at the local college and buying some metal working tools. My head is swirling with the possibilities, I hardly know where to start. Being able to combine wood working and metal fabrication with this new medium is a lot of fun.

I can't wait to get at the lights. I'm replacing all 4 of the OEM lights, so that wont be much of an impressive mod. Mounting two extra forward lights and two extra rear/side lights is such a no brainer with the way they built my cab that it doesn't make sense to try and make it more complicated or fancy. I've watched your vids and read all your posts and I'm tempted to add all sorts of strobe warning lights, but I have a strict policy of not taking my tractor on the road in the winter (because of the road salt), so I'm going to leave it for now. I'll see how bright all these lights are, but I'd love to add a couple of those light bars one day, both for the light and the cool factor.

 

[kiotiken]

just saw this thread, good read. Wonder if that guy was spontaneously mad at you like that because he realized how much money he just gave away....?

Glad you enjoyed the thread, certainly was entertaining to live through. There's a little more to the story that I didn't bother getting into including his son originally saying "take all of it for a couple hundred" and then his dad changing his mind and asking for $500 after I agreed. I left my # and walked away telling them to call me if they want the $200 and they did a couple days later. Two days before the big dust up, I went in and told them I'd be coming and asked for the gate to be left open. The next day I called and reminded them again. When I arrived, the gate was locked and I scrambled to track the guy down. I did, through his friend who happened to have an add in the window of his building. When he finally arrived that morning, he looked pissed that I got him out of bed. I think all my dealings with the guy contributed to the final melt down.

Above all else, I think the guy was just generally an A-hole and is used to people (his employees) doing what he tells them. That was the first impression I had of the guy and it certainly didn't get any better by the end.