Does hauling a Red, white and blue Polaris snowmibile with a Yamaha engine and straight pipes on the roof and trunk lid of a 4 door Plymouth Gran Fury(ex cop car) with mag wheels and a whip antenna top all that? Or maybe the time I hauled a Buick 455 with th400 automatic in the back of a 4 door Omni? It was so rear end heavy I couldn't get traction with the front wheels and had to be pushed onto the dirt to get enough traction to get it to move. Hauled it 15 miles or so home, down off Sugar Hill(the highest point in the county) to Watkins(the lowest point) and back up the hill to my place(almost as high). What a ride that was.........
Mike > I can recommend NOT strapping (12) 20' lengths of 1" galvanized pipe to > the > roof rack of a Subaru Impreza. > It might not seem like that much in talking, but it's a lot heavier than > it > looks (well over the 125lb limit of the rack) and 20' is quite a bit > longer > than the car. > That was quite interesting as I recall pipe sticking out way out over the > hood and a bit in front of the car and a good ways out back too. Just > trying to drive smoothly down the highway for 20 or 30 miles while the > pipe > just kinda see-sawed up and down over the bumps. I still have a dent in > the > front cross bar from that bit of stupidity. (: > > Levi > Not sure if the mulch in a 944 beats the old Christmas tree on the whale > tale of a 911... > > On 7/12/07, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I hauled 9 bags of mulch home in a Porsche 944. My neighbor stopped me >> - >> one >> of his comments was "You might be a redneck if......". >> >> Thanks, >> Tom Hargrave >> www.kegkits.com >> 256-656-1924 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:59 AM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Hauling calves in a Benz [was Re: Is this Curt >> and >> his new 190? Or is it Marshall?] >> >> Very good story Craig!! I can relate to ALMOST every part of it at one >> time or another......... >> >> Mike >> >> > On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:50:23 -0600 Craig McCluskey >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > >> >> http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20070711/46b >> f684c/attachment.jpg >> >> >> >> >> >> You may laugh, but I actually did transport two calves that way. A >> >> humorous story in its own right, if anyone wants to hear it. >> > >> > Well, I guess people do want to hear it. >> > >> > OK, then. >> > >> > When Shirley and I lived in Colorado Springs in the early '80s, I was >> > working for Hewlett-Packard. We lived, first, in town. For some >> reason, >> > the neighborhood we lived in was a noisy one, with people thinking >> that >> > everyone wanted to listen to the type of music they did and taking >> > offense >> > if asked to turn it down a little. >> > >> > We had enough of that and decided to move to the Black Forest area, >> north >> > of town. While there, we raised a couple of calves, borrowing a >> friends >> > horse trailer to tow behind our Willys Utility Wagon. We found, after >> a >> > couple of years, that unremitting shade from pine trees got more than >> a >> > little old and, here, too, people were inconsiderate of their >> neighbors, >> > eventhough the neighbors were farther away from each other. Since >> they >> > were "out in the country", people just turned up their radios. >> > >> > Shirley had an uncle living on a farm in Nebraska, who we had visited >> a >> > number of times. I liked the living and the environs and Shirley did, >> > too. >> > We finally found a place in spring '83, four miles south of the town >> of >> > Calhan, Colorado, which is on Highway 24 between Colorado Springs and >> > Limon. The place was 80 acres of unimproved land that had been >> planted >> in >> > winter wheat. The nearest building was a microwave tower, about 3/4 >> mile >> > away, and that was unoccupied. We could see a house to the >> east-southeast >> > a little over a mile away, and the house of people who became good >> > friends >> > to the south-east a mile-and-a-half away. The land was on the mesa >> south >> > of Calhan, several hundred feet higher than Calhan and at an >> elevation >> of >> > almost 7000'. (Calhan is known as the "Highest non-mountainous town >> in >> > the >> > US.) >> > >> > We bought and moved our "Little Mobile Home on the Praire" out onthe >> > land, >> > without well, without septic, and without power. Therein began 6 >> years >> of >> > interesting adventures, about which we could, and probably should, >> write >> > a >> > book. We did get a septic tank put in and connected and did get a >> well >> > put >> > in -- that was 523' deep instead of the estimated 300' and blew our >> > budget >> > for quite a while. >> > >> > I'll cut this very short and skip to the incident in question. The >> > situation is set up by knowing that Hewlett-Packard gave its >> employees >> > Good Friday off every year and that the Calhan Livestock Auction held >> > auctions on Fridays ... >> > >> > One particular Good Friday, I drove down to the Auction in our '72 >> 220D >> > to >> > watch the proceedings. The weather was overcast, but decent. In >> watching >> > all the animals being auctioned, I decided that it was time to have >> > calves >> > again (they do better in pairs). I figured I could make a shelter for >> > them >> > with a large tarp and our tractor that would do until I could go into >> > Colorado Springs and get materials to make a better one. So, I bought >> two >> > calves. At the end of the auction, I went outside to move the car so >> they >> > could be loaded. I noticed that the weather had deteriorated >> > considerably. >> > Hmmm ... >> > >> > So, I backed up the car, opened the trunk, and told the fellow to >> load >> > them in. They were just a couple of months old, perhaps 80 pounds. No >> > problem for the W115 trunk (which, by the way, is noticably larger >> than >> > that of W123s). >> > >> > I got the calves loaded and drove up the hill to home. I parked next >> to >> > the mobile home and went inside. By this time, a real blizzard was >> > starting, with high winds, lots of snow, and all. I put some black >> > plastic down in the bathroom and told Shirley she needed to put on >> her >> > coat and help me get some calves that I had just bought out of the >> trunk >> > of the car. She put her coat on and came outside with me. Standing by >> the >> > trunk, I told her, "I'll open the trunk and grab one. You keep the >> other >> > one in the trunk." She agreed that's what she would do. >> > >> > So, I opened the trunk. She cried out in surprise, "There are calves >> in >> > there!" and just stood there. I grabbed a calf and over the wind >> yelled, >> > "What do you think I've been telling you? Now hold that one!" I got >> the >> > first calf out and we closed the trunk lid without the other calf >> > escaping. We dragged the calf over to the mobile home and up the >> stairs >> > and inside. We were all covered by snow and ice. I took the calf to >> the >> > bathroom, which was next to the bedroom at the far end of the mobile >> > home, >> > and shut the door. Going outside, we repeated the process, this time >> > without the incredulity, fortunately. I went down to the >> Double-Circle >> > Coop in Calhan and bought some supplies before the weather got too >> bad. >> > >> > Here we were then, in a 12x70' mobile home out in the middle of >> nowhere, >> > with two calves in the bathroom. We did have propane-fired heat from >> the >> > burners of the kitchen stove and a kerosene heater in the bedroom, as >> > well >> > as a Coleman lantern and candles for light. We had five-gallon >> plastic >> > "Jerry" cans for water we brought every week from friends' houses in >> > Colorado Springs. And we were in the midst of a blizzard. What more >> could >> > one want? >> > >> > Over the rest of Friday and Saturday, we found that one of the calves >> had >> > been sick and had been medicated just enough to be taken to the >> Auction >> > and sold. So, on Easter Sunday, I was driving around (we didn't have >> a >> > telephone) asking friends if they had any antibiotics and syringes I >> > could >> > buy. I was finally sent to a fellow west of Calhan who let me have >> what >> I >> > needed. I then came home and gave the calf a shot, starting him on >> the >> > path to mending. But then, I got sick from what the calf had had. Oh, >> > well. >> > >> > Have you ever been awakened at 4:00 AM by a loud, emphatic MMMOOOOOO! >> > from >> > the other side of a mobile home's paper-thin wall? Of course, mobile >> home >> > bathrooms are none too spacious, this one sharing room with a washer >> and >> > dryer as well as two calves, so it made using the facilities >> interesting, >> > to say the least. Cottonseed cakes do wonders for calves' attention >> and >> > they began to expect them constantly, further complicating the use of >> the >> > facilities. >> > >> > The calves stayed in the bathroom until the weather improved and I >> > could build a small shelter for them. We also found that they had >> been >> > weaned too soon and that they needed to be on milk replacer for >> proper >> > growth, eventhough they were eating the dry stuff just fine. So, calf >> > bottle time it was. It was a little hard getting them used to the >> > bottles, >> > but once they figured out what was going on, they were eager for >> their >> > twice-daily feedings. >> > >> > >> > I've attached: >> > >> > - a picture of the calves in their pen, a few weeks after the episode >> > described above, >> > >> > - a picture from the south looking at our Little Mobile Home on the >> > Praire >> > and garage building of later years just after another blizzard, >> and, >> > >> > - a picture from the east looking at the mobile home, with Pike's >> Peak >> > and >> > our second Willys Utility Wagon (a '62) in the background, taken at >> the >> > same time as the second picture. The black blob at the horizon >> between >> > the snow drift and the mobile home is the head of our female German >> > Shepherd, who was standing inside and watching me as I took the >> > picture. >> > >> > The pictures aren't very good quality because they started out as >> film >> > prints and were then scanned with a poor scanner. >> > >> > >> > >> > So, it was an interesting time. I ended up building a propane-fired, >> > Chevette engine powered generator set for electricity. We decided >> against >> > extending the power lines because, in addition to costing $16,000 and >> > having to pay for the electricity, having power lines along the mile >> > stretch from the microwave tower would encourage others to move in >> along >> > the road, something we wanted to avoid. The people who bought the >> land >> > from us did extend the power lines and people did move in just as we >> had >> > suspected would happen. >> > >> > We still have the generator set, though it hasn't been run since >> 1990. >> > With having sat in very humid environments in Colorado and Texas, I'm >> > guessing the cylinders and rings are rusted and that I'll have to >> take >> > some special measures to get it running again. >> > >> > I have pictures of the gen-set if anyone is interested. >> > >> > >> > Craig >> > >> > -------------- next part -------------- >> > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> > Name: two.calhan.beefers.jpg >> > Type: image/jpeg >> > Size: 73547 bytes >> > Desc: not available >> > Url : >> > >> >> http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20070711/110 >> 26705/attachment.jpg >> > -------------- next part -------------- >> > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> > Name: southsnowdrift.jpg >> > Type: image/jpeg >> > Size: 11875 bytes >> > Desc: not available >> > Url : >> > >> >> http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20070711/110 >> 26705/attachment-0001.jpg >> > -------------- next part -------------- >> > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> > Name: trailer.west.jpg >> > Type: image/jpeg >> > Size: 15130 bytes >> > Desc: not available >> > Url : >> > >> >> http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20070711/110 >> 26705/attachment-0002.jpg >> > _______________________________________ >> > http://www.okiebenz.com >> > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
