I did not go to Nationals this year. I am home listening to the radio station which broadcasts the races via the computer.
What are you currently working on??
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I hate "going home day" from being out camping. My wife is making breakfast on the Coleman stove and then we gotta pack up and go. Can't really start loading up the truck yet since the table the Coleman stove is on has to go in first.
Had to stop by fair oaks farms on the way home, haven't been out of the truck since before we got out of Ohio, my behind was sore from sitting, had to get out and walk around. Were about 12 miles from IN/IL line still in Indiana, about 40 from home. Took a roundabout way from the campground to start with, had 1 more stop for parts on the way home. Was in the truck quite a while yesterday chasing what I was wanting to bring back. And people wonder why I hate 5 ft something truck beds.... With clothes, laundry, cooler, camping gear, and all of my new goodies I barely fit it all in my 8' bed .... And with all the Menards runs etc sometimes I wish it was 10'
Our friend, Shane Liebig and his driver Ryan Timms WON the Knoxville Nationals! Youngest driver to win it since 1964! He's a couple months older than the previous youngster. He's 18 now will turn 19 in a couple months. Kyle Larson was the first person to meet him at the scale to congratulate him. Larson blew a RR with 4 laps to go but no one challenged Timms the whole 50 laps!
Finished some stickers today and worked on the motorhome some more.
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Larsen did not have a good weekend. Blew that tire Saturday night and Sunday mechanical issues put him in a big hole. The goose won another road race Sunday. Has the road courses mastered but don't do so good on the large ovals. Will see how he does when it come to the playoffs. Lot more take and less give in the playoffs.
Nope the weekend didn't go well for Larson, but in general his sprint car racing has been going good with a couple of big wins in the last month. His cup racing is still in a slump since the Indy 500 weekend. I think SVG will come around on ovals if given the time. As a whole Trackhouse racing isn't up to par so a lot of it may not be his fault.
Had to be in town most of the day today for a couple of doc appointments and pick up stuff at Walmart. Grabbed lunch at Arby's. Forgot a couple things so stopped at Dollar General--- on the way home LOL!
It was too hot to mow when I got home at 3:30 but the MF12G needed some maintenance anyway.
Raised it up with the hoist on the bridge crane.
Got to greasing zirks and the deck rollers. First battery is still going strong on the grease gun.
Did the deck spindles first. I put the grease gun on the vent zirk and the grease came out the top spindle seal on the first one. I have caps on the vent zirks but a senior moment happened. Hope I didn't ruin it. Switched things around and the grease vented just fine. Did the other 2 correctly.
Also did the wheel bearings and front axle spindles. Wasn't going to do the steering box this time as I always seem to draw blood when the 90* adapter lets go pulling on it to get it off in tight quarters. Then I saw this angle doing the front axle.
Just barely enough room for the straight grease nipple!
Brought it back down and checked the engine oil and filled with gas. Hopefully I can mow tomorrow morning before I have to meet up with our son for awhile tomorrow afternoon. Been a week and a half!
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