MD11Fr8Dog
CM09 Eight Ball winner
Well, after 6 months of hibernating in a field on a mountain north of town, Ziffle opened his eyes. The overcast sky prevented him from seeing his shadow and scaring himself back into hibernation, so he came home!!
Took nearly 45 mins of alternately using a bottle jack and the crank/stand on my trailer to get the tongue of the trailer high enough for my ball hitch to get under. The ground was so soft that the stand had sunk into the ground so that the tongue of the trailer was on the ground. On top of that I had to back up up hill in 4L in very soft muddy ground.
Got Ziff home and boy was my Trooper worn out. This event just reemphasized how tired and underpowered that Trooper is, especially the 250-300ft climb up into my 'hood!!
After about one min of trying to turn over the motor - vrooooooommmmmmm! Man, I can't believe how sweet that 2F sounded. Ran a little rough for about 2 mins, so I pulled the choke all the way out and after about 1 more min, it sounded as strong as ever!!
Now I have to get those two front tires inflated/replaced and swap out the MC and he'll be ready to go!! He'll probably be up for sale soon. I haven't been able to convince the missus that we him Ziff to live with us forever, so we've kinda just been a foster home!
Here he is...
Took nearly 45 mins of alternately using a bottle jack and the crank/stand on my trailer to get the tongue of the trailer high enough for my ball hitch to get under. The ground was so soft that the stand had sunk into the ground so that the tongue of the trailer was on the ground. On top of that I had to back up up hill in 4L in very soft muddy ground.
Got Ziff home and boy was my Trooper worn out. This event just reemphasized how tired and underpowered that Trooper is, especially the 250-300ft climb up into my 'hood!!
After about one min of trying to turn over the motor - vrooooooommmmmmm! Man, I can't believe how sweet that 2F sounded. Ran a little rough for about 2 mins, so I pulled the choke all the way out and after about 1 more min, it sounded as strong as ever!!
Now I have to get those two front tires inflated/replaced and swap out the MC and he'll be ready to go!! He'll probably be up for sale soon. I haven't been able to convince the missus that we him Ziff to live with us forever, so we've kinda just been a foster home!
Here he is...