Allright here we go 2021.......... I mean 2020 was interesting enough does it really have to continue?
So the same day I get back to working on this truck, grinding away on the axle, I get a text from Eddie Money, ""STOP GRINDING!"
"True travel is going to fix the axles......read the posts."
I was like WTF? I asked him to cover for me that day because my internet was inop.
No email from Adem of True travel about our axle shaft here? I was/am a little pissed about that.
FYI I have STILL not heard back from TT about what to do with this axleshaft, and another week has passed!!!!!!!!!!!
Its like going to battle to try and build anything during Covid...what a huge PITA. THANKS ALOT RCV?????
I could have some words with them right now that is for sure.... but I have more pressing matters to attend to so I will WAIT to hear from ADEM
I wrote him last week asking why I was not contacted and allowed to keep dremmeling, I have been in touch with him every step of the way....until now.
I hope to hear from him soon.
Regardless let me fill you guys in on something
The same day I am back in the shop, finally getting back on the blue 07, my stepson James had a seizure. James is 33 years old, and he has had a rough year. L:ast year he found out he has stage 4 melanoma....had surgery on his abdomen. He recovered from that.... then back in January he started to act confused one day, ran him in....find out it has moved to his brain. He had brain surgery in Seattle to remove a tumor. He recovered from that!!...now only a few months later he had a serious issue....this time bleeding on the brain, he had what is called a AVM in his brain. It started bleeding and he had a seizure.
His mother and I had to get him down the stairs, into the 4 wheeler, down the road and to meet the ambulance
We saved his life.... and now a week later he is in the ICU. He had another brain surgery, this time not cancer related...
They removed the mass of nerves from his head.
James suffered quite a bit on this one.
He is awake, speaking, moving, etc...he has only been conscious for three days now and he will require rehabilitation and full time care, at least for some weeks. His wife and mother are with him today.
The whole family is picking up the slack
Another setback for us, but we shall persevere!!!!!!!
I do not know what will happen with the axles haft, this is out of my control.
The king shocks are still being built
So I am moving on. I blew out my back last week with that whole adventure, now I am nursing it along
It will be fine in a few days, I am used to this kind of back pain
I will be wiring up the drivetrain, installing the wiring and the dash, so I can place the seats.
I have the next 10-14+ weeks completely dedicated to this truck, no other projects aside from the usual homesteading and repairs to our own junk.
I will get this SOB BUILT! EDDIE has been waaay too nice and patient with me, but he knows he can trust me. It is extremely important to me to get this truck built, in fact my whole family had Eddie's back encouraging me to get back to it (clear my schedule)
When I finish this truck I have a sport trac project to build, I am building myself a new daily driver........ so there is some more motivation
I am sorry for the delays, I am not the type to make excuses and a promise is your word.
Oh and the friggin internet thing, here at the homestead we had Huighesnet satellite internet, which was fast enough for my use, but it was costing us over $130 a month!!! So we cancelled it. We now use two Verizon "Jet pack" hot spots which work okay but they are limited... We are waiting for Elon Musk's Starlink which we signed up for and have a deposit in place for months ago. So for right now I have limited internet access, but that will not stop me from doing updates!!
Stay tuned
PLEASE Send well Wishes towards James, he is currently in the ICU in Spokane with rehab planned for the next two weeks coming soon.
This has been very hard on all of us, but especially his daughter, his wife, his mother and his brother.....we are all very close and live/work together here in N Idaho. I know he can recover from this one too.......we look forward to having him back. He is young and he is strong!!
BATTLE ON!!!!
