The chassis is now safely delivered to the body shop awaiting straightening next week. The trailer worked well and I found I could manauver through traffic with no problem, however the trip was not without peril!! I cam around a bend on a major 3 lane expressway and came upon a single bed mattress sitting in the middle of my lane...there was nowhere to go as there were vehicles on both sides so I ended up running over the mattress..I thought I had cleared it but unfortunately it stuck under the trailer and I dragged it for about a kilometer before a young women opened her window and screamed out that I needed to check my trailer. The mattress was firmly imbedded into the frame so I had to get the jack from the truck and jack up the trailer on the side of the road while cars zoomed by. A bit of a harrowing experience on a number of fronts...I did provide a public service by removing the bed from the road but at the same time there was inconvenience and danger thrown in.
When I got to the body shop I was warmly greeting and assisted in unloading the chassis..I was assured there was plenty of in-house experience with this type of work and that in their determination the frame was not that bent...they had the spec sheet in hand and all was well... Interestingly they said if I had been 10 minutes earlier they could have put the chassis on the machine right away...hummmm...the universe works in strange ways...
I now have unlimited access to the body-on Friday morning I purchased some 120 and 220 grit sandpaer...hopefully today I am going to begin sanding the primer in prep for paint....
time spent on Friday 4 hours-including travel
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