TRUCK FILLED 2x!

OK, so every now and then you have windows of opportunity to get projects done that have been festering for some time. We ALL have them. For one reason or another they are slow in getting completed.

On this past Wednesday afternoon, I had the chance to dump a whole bunch of stuff at the house. The truck came nearly empty. Upon seeing the truck I quickly realized that I had enough stuff to fill two and half trucks if stacked to top of truck walls (safety first you know…)

We began filling the truck. I had corrugated steel sheets, wood posts, and large packaging materials. At this point the truck was about 75% full.

The only thing left to place in the truck was the BIG stuff. Piles of old storm screens. We stacked and we stacked in layers like --__--__-- on the truck. They were mostly screens and such that stakes well if overlapping. The gracious driver assured me that the new clamp belts would hold things down securely. We can kept stacking. At the end we had staked SO high that the whole load in the trailer teetered back and forth after each hoisting of screen. Now the screens were at least FOUR feet above MY head at a good two feet about the cab of the truck.

At one point, I stated out loud this was like the “Sanford and Sons” TV show. Without a hitch my finance chimes in and sings a bar or two of the theme song. All are giggling at this point.

Well, tendencies toward modesty did slow the whole stacking process down.

The clamps clamped.
No side road got any of MY trash!
All got dumped!

I still have more stuff to take to the dump. This time it is only about one truck load!

After dumping, all of us talked, cleaned, and shared a meal at a local resturant.
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