So we had a little mishap Sunday at my house.. everyone for the most part is alright, myself I am a very sore and mostly thankful..
It all started in the morning when I grabbed a load of straw to put on the freshly planted lawn, no issues until I went to start the truck again after the first load. Truck won't start, starter seems locked up... damn thing is only a couple weeks old... blood boils a little.
I finish off getting the straw with the 4-wheeler and wagon.. finish that and turn my attention to said irritation... took the starter loose.. yep locked up tight.. remove it and send the wife to the auto parts store before they close. She gets it there.. they test it.. seems to work fine and will not replace it.. of course we all know that it must have a flat spot.. which I confirmed this morning.. anyway.. not the main focus of the story.
Wife returns the starter.. I go to put it back in.. break the power wire putting it in... don't have the parts to repair the wire and auto parts store is closed... however I have a load of gravel coming in the spot that the truck sits... hmmm need to move it until Monday so gravel can be dumped.. I and the son can push the vehicle.. daughter can run the brakes.. we run through a test run of her applying the brakes.. solid plan.. we only need to move it about 5 to maybe 10 feet and then I will get in and steer it down the steep driveway...
We get the truck moving onto the driveway.. yell to have daughter apply the brakes... she panics.... not good.. not good at all.. both sides to the driveway have pretty good drop offs.. one side with larger trees one side with lilac bushes... heading straight for the lilac brush.. Daughter screaming.. I am latched onto the bumper of the truck trying to get it to stop.. had it close to stopping when it caught the steeper grade.. But I wasn't letting go... at the end of the deal.. I got drug about 70 feet across the gravel.. the truck is scratched from front to back on the passenger side.. daughter fine.. son enjoyed the "truck skiing" and Dad lying in a heap on the driveway.. cut up and extremely sore in the upper body...
Lessons learned...
1) Daughters panic...yet she managed.
2) Never attempt such an act with kids filling a primary role..
3) Dad is no longer invincible and definitely not as strong as he once was..
4) Never give the wife something to hold over you.. I am the official bonehead of the house this week.. :lol:
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"