Hiya Sweetie,
Spent another morning waiting to see if the mechanic would show up, finally decided to check on it ourselves. I first started to try to jack up the trailer with the bottle jack, but the ground was so soft the board kept sinking. Finally I had to connect the truck and run it up on the Jiffy Jack. We had a heckuva time trying to get the lugs loose, we ended up needing a long breaker bar to accomplish it, my impact wrench, despite being a very strong one, just couldn't get three of them off. I tried another tire later, and nothing moved on that one either. Somebody obviously went way overboard when they tightened these lugs the last time! About the only thing that got accomplished from a couple of hours messing around with it was that I confirmed that even though power was getting to the brakes, it wasn't activating the drums at all, and also learned where the correct hole is for the wires to go in (the last guy put them through the brake adjustment hole, would you believe!). I thought about changing it myself, but after watching a couple of videos decided I didn't have the right tools to do the job, so I'll let it go for now. Rather disappointing, I was really hoping we could get it done this week, but no go! On the plus side, Linda knows a place that specializes in trailers about 25 miles away, and she's offered me accommodations if they have to keep it overnight, so I'm going to try to get an appointment for the week after Biltmore and come back here, which at least temporarily solves my problem of where to go after Biltmore! Got everything back together and tools put away just before some rain came it, so I settled down to an afternoon of reading and movies. Getting close to bedtime now, so good night, baby! Love you!
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