THREE WEEKS TO THE AUCTION

Our excitement levels soar as we put the finishing touches to those of our vehicles going under the hammer on Feb 7th 2010 at the auction.

Yesterday it was the Chamberlain, which was fired up after an adjustment was made to the throttle lever which wouldn’t hold its position.

On Tuesday, Dale finally got the 4 cylinder UD 2 stroke running in the Ford D1000. That sweet sound only a two stroke can make. He also had to install a replacement ignition switch because as is always the case, the key was missing.

Today we fired up the Clayton Military Welder. A new fan belt, an exhaust repair, a couple of radiator hoses, press the button and that magic V8 1942 Ford side valve thumped into action. We even got a reading on the volt meter for the welder.

Actually having an auction sale to dispose of your possessions seems like an easy option until you try it yourself.

We’re running ourselves ragged with the endless repairing, writing up and placing ads, cleaning and preparing our property.

Don’t let anyone till you its easy, there’s a lot to do as well as to consider.

We’re trying to tend to all the trucks to present them as well as we can. You know how it goes; every time you get in one something else goes wrong. And, it was going alright until you tried to fire it up for someone else.

Other jobs have included fixing an idler and installing new lateral torsion bushes on the Fordson County, tidying off the Cat C22 after removing its blade, installing the new grill in the Fergy, changing the tyres and painting the Dexta.

We’re also replacing accessories removed by previous owners on some of the vehicles. As Dale goes around cleaning up he keeps finding bits purchased for the trucks, puts them on the ones going to auction and yet again stowing the rest for safe keeping.

Batteries are always a problem with an old fleet which is only driven once or twice a year. Luckily Dale picked up nine batteries from a depot which was closing down.

As you can imagine our garden blitz is well under way, metre high grass is being mown, felled trees are being carted to the dump. It’s a bit tricky trying to keep the grass down and timing putting the pallets and machinery out without their being overgrown by auction date.

Hmmm, we have had the hottest 6 months in recorded history and unusually high rainfall periods as well. Hope to see you all at the auction.