Started the day today at 5am and came back home at 6:45pm. Made three stops along the way. First in Bakersfield, then Fresno, then Crows Landing to pick up the 51/52 bed.
The pumps and Coke ice chest were on top of the office ceiling inside the metal shop building. The seller works for a construction company and transports/operates heavy machinery. He was able to get a front loader to aid with removal of the pumps. Wouldn't have been fun doing that by hand.
Two Rapidaytons and the Coke ice chest were first to see the light of day in years.
The two Tokheims were next.
Thanks to a tip provided by oldnfuelish in another post, I obtained some used tires from a friend's body shop and laid them on the trailer and placed the pumps on top. Worked great all the way home.
After we were loaded, we made our way to Fresno to drop off about 10 old Tonka trucks that I sold to a collector.
Lastly, we made our way to Crows Landing to pick up a 51/52 Ford F1 bed.
Luckily, the older lady that owned the bed had a working forklift that the neighbor kid knows how to operate. Not sure I would have been up to the task of loading the bed with a massive homebuilt rear bumper.
Loaded and ready to finally head home.
I also found this 16" x 5" wide (5.5 x 5 bolt pattern) in the lady's yard. She let me have it. I asked her if she had any more, but no luck. This was the only one she had. I also got a Texaco Brake Fluid can and two porcelain (sp?) light shades from her. See in the current BOTW.
Needless to say, with the loss of one hour today, I'm very tired as I type this.
