On The Road To Recovery...again
 

Well, Bob snagged another one this weekend, compliments of Stu Loy. Pretty soon, the Carriere collection will rival the S&P collection! A special thanks for Mrs. Loy for feeding and supervising us.

The attached shot shows Bob chaining his baby down. Note the "Austrailian" CMP trailer, which was added to balance the load.

The run home drew some attention. At supper (gourmet chicken) a few older gents stopped to look her over, with one chap recalling a story about his father, a CMP and Italy. The prize was a little heavier than we thought it would be, so the trip home was completed at a safe pace.

Removing the trailer at 2:00 AM proved a lot of fun. Offloading waited until Monday night - a perfect opportunity to feed the mosquitoes...

Another (safe) road trip in the bag!

HI everyone

Thought that I would post a picture of the combo ready to hit the road.

Overloaded....
 

Comments from he who tried to unhook at 1 am......

I never knew a partly stripped C60 plus one little mean and lean CMP trailer could be that heavy.

As Rob pointed out we check the tires regularly and kept our speed to just over legal......

I had just installed a "load equalizer" system on the trailer.... man it made quite the difference. When I got home I had to unhook so I could go to work with the truckon Monday.

So I dug up the bar to release the two steel bars on the hitch.... nearly went in orbit whenit finally released.... was wiser on the second bar. Notice the trailer hitch dropped about 5 inches.... and this is on the rear end of a F250 with helper springs.

Tried as I could the hitch wind down leg would not take the weigiht off the ball..... had to fire up the old tractor form the barn and bring the 2 1/2 ton floor jack in the bucket....... finally got it released.... by then it is 2 am..... thank God I live in a rural area and the neighbours near by know I nuts.....

Like Ron said we unloaded in day light the next evening... a lot safer... and easier for the skitters to find you .

Managed to bend the stop bar at the head of the trailer when winching the C60 too far forward..... now replaced with 1/4 wall thickness trailer receiver stock welded solid in place.....

All in all another safe recovery. Thanks Rob for the support....my wife wants to know how many more trucks you intend to bring to my place.....

Bob