My Youtube stuff..

Now if you were all feeling generous, and I am sure you are, then you will all click on my videos and then click on an ad or ten. See, I registered for Adsense and this means I get paid for people clicking on my videos, and I get more if they click the ads..

Pretty please!!?

Some old pics

30th July

So nothing further from happyharry.03, or ebay, or payscam today, although I did receive a letter from their collection agency which is going to be returned unopened.

Anyway, I managed to get back to exit 100 on the I29 before I needed to sleep which put me behind a bit. I got back to the yard and The Mighty Pete was in the workshop. The mechanics in Peterbilt had left the key on throughout the recent rebuild so I now also have 4 new batteries and a new starter motor. Sadly, I cannot persuade them to fit the wheels and tyres from unit 2014 to mine yet. That would give me 10% more miles because it increases the diameter of the wheels and throws the speedo out..

After my kip, it was back to the yard, a quick trailer change and off to Thief River, Minnesota, to load Arctic Cats. Going there is easy, you just head straight down Hwy 59 and cross into the US at Lancaster. It was pretty busy there as this is a holiday weekend.

Still, I got through with no troubles, unlike most of the car drivers who were searched. Down to the factory and loaded, then headed back to Emerson. Because Tolstoi, the Canada side of the Lancaster crossing, is not a commercial port, it means we cannot bring loads back through so we have to go out of our way to bring them back.

At Emerson, my load wasn't cleared so I had to walk to the broker.. I just so enjoy that...NOT!

Anyway, the truck is currently on the drive at home. I am going to take the little gear I took this week and put it in the house, then take the truck back to the yard.

Clay shoot tomorrow!! The tent has been found. Jackie has packed enough stuff for junior and I to fill the Explorer to the gunwhales and I have to go to one of my favourite stores in the morning, good old Canadian Tire, to get some shells for the .410.

OK, so plans have had to change a little for tomorrow. Now I am doing a deckload of Arctic Cats back to the yard so I really have it all to do now.

I have to avoid the traffic in the Twin Cities as they have managed to dig up all the routes through and around them. Ray has given me a suggested route to try so I am killing a bit of time before trying it.

He says that, rather than try to go around on I694, I should head in towards the city on I94 and take the I35 East.... Hope it is better that way!!

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A couple of sites. Find me on youtube under scrapingthebarrel or on FB as bobthedog.

My First Big Truck!

DAF 2800.. Top truck!

I have travelled many miles since this. seen much. I really thought I was resistant to scams.. Ebay and Paypal and happyharry.03 have shown me I have much to learn.

Addendum 28th July

Anyway, now I have managed to start this blog, I will try to include all elements of the life here. It may not always be pretty, or even remotely interesting, but that is why you have a scroll.

This weekend, Junior and I are going to be camping in the wilds at Terrys place. He is holding a clay shoot (skeet to North Americans) and so we shall head down there and help him set up a bit, then watch all the people get hammered by the Wilbys again. I may not shoot because my shoulder still hasn't been bolted back together after last years little escapade and I may not be able to take many 12 guage shells. I will have a bash though. And I will have the 410 for the youngsters to try out if I can get the shells for it.

Luckily, this is a long weekend so I have time to do some of the things I have to do and still be in Calgary by Monday morning for the delivery. I have so much to do.. I have to move all my stuff out of The Mighty Pete and sort through it. There is 18 months worth of crap in there so it may take a while. That will take care of some of Friday, then sort the tent and sleeping stuff, grind some holes in the firepit, cut the firewood, put the little charcoal grill together, find the charcoal, get the food, get the beer...... All too much! At least my guns are cleaned already.

28th July, Kentucky

So I have started a blog. Two reasons really, First, because my good friend, Chris Arbon, suggested I do so, and also because I want to needle the hell out of Paypal, Ebay and a certain thieving scumbag in Australia, and also to try and entertain people along the way with my many tales of woe. Chris' blog is available here http://www.chrisarbon-roadtrips.blogspot.com

I have a website. Feel free to browse it, especially if you have been ripped off by Paypal or Ebay. This is at http://ebay-paypal-rip-u-off.webs.com and the first time I published it had Paypal as its sponsored ad, so that is a good omen.

So I got to Newnan, Georgia, last night. Got my head doen after doing a little work online to irritate the Antipodean then got my head down. This morning, I headed into the Yamaha plant and set up my trailer. Pics will have to follow when I unload as I don't have The Mighty Pete back yet. Poor old thing has had to go in for a complete in-frame rebuild after a couple of liners dropped.

Once the deck was set up Greg and I loaded the carts. 26 golf carts and fittings all crammed in to 2 layers on the trailer then shut it all down, have the routine argument with the security guard there as he always trys to take the paperwork we need, then hammer down for a while. I arrived in Hopkinsville, KY and decided that some time to recover from the heat of the day was in order. Now my book has caught up, I can head out again and make some miles in the cool of the night, (27 degrees).

I will sort this out as time goes on.