One Down, Two More to Go

 

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I got the hitch installed on the Missus' car with a little help from Surly. I had everything ready to go when he got here, so all I needed was a pair of hands to hold one side of the hitch up while I did the other side, install the nuts and Bob's your uncle. His side had a 12 mm bolt that went into a nut welded inside the frame rail. The threads were rusted but fortunately I have the proper tap and was able to chase the threads so the bolt would spin in with his fingers.

We put the carrier into the hitch and I'm going to have to modify the tongue to raise the carrier up a couple inches. I'm going to measure what I need today and get started on the project Monday.

I went to the boxing gym Friday evening and Jimmy gave me some work to do. I need to make some clips that go on the poles for his dog sled to keep the harness from slipping. Not a big job, just one more thing on the list.

So, I've got a couple of shop jobs and I've still got plenty of yard work to do. The weather should co-operate this coming week. Hopefully the smoke from the Canadian wildfires will subside along with the fluff from the cotton wood trees. I swept the garage floor before starting on the hitch job, but I need to do it again to get rid of the cotton wood fluff that blew in while the door was open.