7/14/2015

Well, getting ready for the King County Fair, to which everyone is invited of course, the day was spent mostly on production rather than the new display trailer.

We did, however, get a basic clean out of the inside done. At least it's a start!

7/13/2015

Today soldier A's OCD was raging. Despite the fact that he was supposed to be making products for the upcoming King County Fair, he just couldn't leave the new trailer alone. So, with minion support he changed the tires to the matching set that goes with Matilda.

Things got really interesting when they tried to pull and flip the lunette so the trailer pulls level. Took the torch and a breaker bar to bust the nut loose. Then the sledge hammer had to come out to break the lunette ring loose so it could be flipped.

Stuart beat on that thing for what seamed like hours, but perseverance won in the end, and the ring is flipped. The tires are much bigger and there is a clearance issue that will have to be dealt with, but all in all it was a solid day. 
 
 

7/12/2015

We're moved! That's right friends, we finally got the motor pool moved. YAY!!!

We now have a shop once again that's big enough to put the big trucks and trailers in to work on them. So, we will be back under way shortly.

We have also been out to some really cool events with the Deuce Paracord Designs business and had a lot of fun as well. We will be putting up back-dated posts on those events shortly so stay tuned.

Today we picked up a tan M105 to go with Matilda as a display trailer and this thing is in awesome shape. Once painted and the matched tires and wheels are mounted it will be the perfect display unit.

Got lots of work ahead but, things are really fun right now. A big thanks to everyone that follows us and has helped our little endeavors grow! 

6/30/2015

We have a lot of catching up to do so please bear with us!!!

5/31/2015

Today was another one of those days you wished could be the status quo. Beautiful weather and getting tons of stuff done.

The AO got mowed, edged and lots of weed burning too. We don't pick weeds at the motor pool; we burn the crap off! Who doesn't like a good flame thrower?

We also moved all the equipment around to make it easier to work on the priority issues. In the end, things are more organized and we certainly have more room to work.

Got pretty hairy a couple of times, but that happens when soldier A is on a roll. He may be the craziest SOB on the planet LOL! 
 

5/26/2015

Holy Cow did we have a blast at Packwood for the big Memorial Day flea market! We met so many cool people there, including Mr. and Mrs. N, to whom we thank so much for your hospitality and the Chief who kept us company and helped guard things. If you have never been there it is worth taking the time to spend a weekend for sure. We will definitely be back for the Labor Day weekend event with even more good stuff and more attractions.

To all of you wonderful folks that are patiently waiting for your products to arrive, we are working diligently to fill all the orders.

To all of you past, current and future service members, thank you for your sacrifice.

2/18/2015

You just can't beat good weather in a region that is known to be very wet. You learn to make every sunny day count, and that's what the motor pool crew did again today.

We have accumulated quite a bit of stuff that we have no need for and today was the day for some spring cleaning. There were two big bed rails that were totally warped, but had brackets that we may need later so they had to be removed before the rest went to the scrap yard. We also needed to get two bed ribs off of a piece of plate steel we need, so that was the start to the day.


As usual when you mention taking anything apart Stewart shows up with his torch, but after a debate soldier A convinced him of a more surgical way to remove the brackets.


Once all the extra weight was ready for the recycle yard, the team focused all its energy on cleaning rust off the trailer chassis.

With the threat of afternoon rain, we did the cleanup one section at a time and coated things as we went. This time we tried something a little different and shot all the cleaned areas with rust reformer instead of etching primer, the theory being that anything we could not get off with the tools would be handled by the rust reformer.

We also got a visit from V who had some awesome new tactical zombie killer knives that will be offered at the rolling monster truck display this weekend.