The clutch on my truck was acting up a few weeks ago so we took the "beast" off the road to look into things. What started as "fix the clutch" turned into "replace everything!" - haha. We decided that with the miles on the truck and what we use it for (hauling horses professionally) that it could use a new transmission as well as a new clutch. Of course right about the same time was when we started getting hit by artic cold fronts. You might have heard about it on the news. We had weather warning after weather warning - blizzard, wind chill, winter weather advisories, limited visibilities and so on. Our windchills got down to 45 below zero a couple of times. Despite all that, the truck was torn down and put back together out in the garage. (All Hail Jeff - the Master of car/truck repair and the Heat Hog heater that kept his fingers from falling off while he worked!) So now, as of last night, the pulling machine is back on the road! We took him* on a "shakedown" run into town and he was doing great! Jeff also overhauled the rear brakes and installed a 3-way power port inside for hooking up gadgets. (phone chargers, laptops, DVD players, etc) We have a few more tweaks we want to do, as far as installing things to make life on a road a little bit easier, but all of the big stuff is done now and the truck is ready to hit the road again!
*him* - I'm talking about the truck... Yes, I'm one of those freaks who assigns gender to and names their vehicles. Although I still haven't come up with a name for this "guy", just can't think of a good one...
A word on the truck: My monster is a 1999 Dodge 2500 Cummins Turbo Diesel with a 5 speed and 4wd. It is a BEAST and handles our 32 foot trailer like it's nothing.
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In other news, we're heading out tonight to go visit Jeff's family for the holidays. We'll be back just after the 1st of the year, right in time to gear up and go get my mustang!!
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