Well Actually, there's more to the story than meets the eye.
Had just put the frontend on the tractor and the toe-in isn't quite right. I've still got to spread 'er out a little to allow those tie rods to adjust properly (they bottom out).
Upshot is that this makes the tractor "dart" from side to side unexpectantly. It just "shoots" one way or another out of the blue. Whichever tire gets the best traction, that's the direction it will "bite".
It's 10° and I'm frozen. Can't feel my fingers anymore. Carb is icing and the idle is "flaring" up and down. Now, add in the fact that one brake doesn't work at all. Zip. Nada. Absolutely nothing there.
M has a quick low gear and I've got 'er running as slow as possible and as smooth as I can muster, but I gotta keep playing with that throttle to keep it running; to keep it "smooth" as I can.
Truck and trailer are setting on 8" of glass ice (ice everywhere here).
Start up the ramps, tractor is bucking forward and back; lurching left and right. I've got a deathgrip on that steering wheel and trying to steer with that one good brake.
Now, the rears are filled with fluid and they start to have a mind of their own as far as the inertia/sloshing goes. Truck and trailer is sliding forward a foot then back again on that slick ice.
Meanwhile, every time I hit the brake trying to steer, the darned trailer wants to do a "mini jackknife". Front of the gooseneck is literally swinging back and forth sliding the pickup tires sideways on the ice.
This isn't working and I'm gonna end up coming down off the trailer the hard way for sure. It's coldern' Billy He!!, but I'm sweating for some reason.
Somehow, someway I get it loaded. It's on there and I hit the kill switch. Everything stops, everything is now quiet. Crawl down off that outfit shakin' like a leaf.
Buckle it up and cinch 'er down.
15 miles later, I have to repeat the whole darned process going the other direction, then get that cold-ridin' beast up into the hills, so's I can thaw out.
Yank the chains and take time to take a couple of pictures for my "friends" on YT Mag.
Run that trailer back out to the farm and park it.
Oh, and about that post the other day?
Don't really care 6 eggs worth what you think from the comfort of your easy chair while playin' with your little mouse. Have another sip of your soft drink and calm down.
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