wright1902glider
March 30th 09, 04:11 AM
Hello everyone,
Remember a while back that I was having problems with the incredibly
long, tall, narrow, light trailer that I built to haul my Wright
Brothers machine? If you have forgotten, that wonderfully practical
(cheap) trailer had a tendancy to roll faster than a Pitts in a
crosswind. Remember that went over twice? Well, for the past two
years, its been tied down in a storage lot doing little more than
alternately housing the lawn mower and the snow blower.
Well fellas, I've finally solved that little problem. How you may ask?
By scanning and classifing old H. R. documents... for fourteen months.
See, up until last month, the Univ. of CO paid me lots to do that sort
of work. Before my shift, after it, on weekends, in the middle of the
night, till I got sick, several times. And I saved all of that excess
income. Then, taking advantage of the down market and Craigslist, I
purchased one 2004 Haulmark 8.5x20' "Race Transport" enclosed trailer.
Ramp door, Polar white, 7k GRVW. Yea, she's sweet. And she'll look
even better once it gets warm enough to wash, wax, and polish her. The
glider ought to be pretty happy with its new home. Now all I've got to
do is find a few customers for the exhibit. That will come next year
perhaps.
For now, both the new and old trailers remain safely stored. Gotta git
rid of all of this snow first. But the old trailer is scheduled to be
dismantled, shortened back to 8' and rebuilt into a teardrop camper.
Harry
Remember a while back that I was having problems with the incredibly
long, tall, narrow, light trailer that I built to haul my Wright
Brothers machine? If you have forgotten, that wonderfully practical
(cheap) trailer had a tendancy to roll faster than a Pitts in a
crosswind. Remember that went over twice? Well, for the past two
years, its been tied down in a storage lot doing little more than
alternately housing the lawn mower and the snow blower.
Well fellas, I've finally solved that little problem. How you may ask?
By scanning and classifing old H. R. documents... for fourteen months.
See, up until last month, the Univ. of CO paid me lots to do that sort
of work. Before my shift, after it, on weekends, in the middle of the
night, till I got sick, several times. And I saved all of that excess
income. Then, taking advantage of the down market and Craigslist, I
purchased one 2004 Haulmark 8.5x20' "Race Transport" enclosed trailer.
Ramp door, Polar white, 7k GRVW. Yea, she's sweet. And she'll look
even better once it gets warm enough to wash, wax, and polish her. The
glider ought to be pretty happy with its new home. Now all I've got to
do is find a few customers for the exhibit. That will come next year
perhaps.
For now, both the new and old trailers remain safely stored. Gotta git
rid of all of this snow first. But the old trailer is scheduled to be
dismantled, shortened back to 8' and rebuilt into a teardrop camper.
Harry