Not so fast

Hi All,
Well, things didn't go quite as well as we had hoped. We picked up the truck from the Ford dealer and the next day headed north. After a stop in Jasper, Ga to get some groceries the check engine light was back on. We turned around and headed back to Atlanta and took the truck back in (fifth time). After a couple of days the dealer returned it to us having replaced an air line that had a pin hole leak.

With the hopefully repaired truck we headed out again the next day. This time we made it 100 miles and into North Carolina before the light came on. We turned around and headed back. The truck is now in a Ford dealership for the sixth time. After a couple of conference calls with Ford Motor Company they were finally able to make one of the turbos fail. This is after the truck has been there over a week. Today is two weeks it has been in the shop this time and HOPEFULLY we'll be getting it back today or tomorrow. Fortunately the drive train is still under warranty and Ford ponied up for a rental car. But our plan was to be in Atlanta for 2 days and we've been here three weeks. We're ready to get on the road again.

Not wanting to waste our time here we had a construction project to raise the carport at Susan's farm to allow us to get the trailer under it. Our friends Mark and Tammy helped each day. To say Mark "helped" would be a huge understatement. He was the brains and most of the muscle for the project. Here are some pictures as we went along...

The carport as it was when we started.

The first "wall" is up and completed. On to second one.

Tammy supervising

Yes, we're using a car jack to raise the carport.

My dad would be so proud. But this doesn't show the multiple cinder blocks stacked three feet high when it came time to move the carport on to the wall.

Mark's truck and some chain helped keep the carport from sliding down the hill and off the cinder blocks. OSHA would not have approved of any of this

All done!

Take care!
Brian