After delivering the broken down fire truck to the factory in Oshkosh today I loaded another fire truck heading for Scott AFB in IL near St. Louis. This presents particular problems as it's not only 10 feet wide but quite high, well over legal limits once loaded on the trailer.
Once I got it back here to the yard I had to make it less tall. I let most of the air out of the tires and used chains and binders to "squash" it down some. I got it down from 15 feet high to 13 ft 11" high. Best I could do, and good enough for the permits. Was a lot of work though. I kept expecting the chains to break at each crank of the binder. I put every ounce of strength I had into those last few cranks on each of the 6 binders and am feeling it now.
Once I had the thing down to the level I could manage I said "to hell with this" and went to drink a few brews. Enough fun for one day. I have two weeks of paper work to get done and turned in, and I'll finish it in the morning. Would be nice to get a paycheck at the end of next week. I haven't seen one in a couple of weeks because I just haven't managed to get the paperwork done. Should make for a nice check next week though.
Tomorrow morning, while I'm waiting for my oversize permits to come in, I'll finish the paperwork and get it turned in. FOr now I'm gonna rest after a rough day.