More project work.....

 8:40 am - Friday - January 21st - Newell House, AZ - 46° F, 40% humidity, wind 3 mph out of the east......crystal clear, blue skies today with a forecast high of 66° F.  On this date in 2019 TLE and I were watching the sunrise in Amarillo, TX.......↴

I've been spending time since we arrived at Newell House trying to find out what make and model airbags I have on the Newell, and what type of shocks I should buy to replace the four almost 40 year old shocks, so I've been taking care of some smaller projects in the mean time.  Thursday I returned to the task of installing Formica in the former microwave cabinet.  I utilized another cardboard templet to fit a piece of Formica on the back wall.  In all I think I spent around 2 hours measuring, cutting out the templet, then cutting the Formica piece, and finally installing it.....

.....I think it turned out pretty well, so now I've got the ceiling piece, and the right wall piece and I'm done.  I also spent time deploying some yard lights......you knew that was coming eventually, right?.......

Picture taken around 8 pm

.....by 2 pm it was time a nap, and then watch a few more YouTube videos before TLE came back home from playing cards all afternoon with Darlene.  We were treated to a subtle, but beautiful sunset before heading into Tom and Darlene's home for dinner around 6 pm, which is what we do most nights.....

If you live near Surprise and are looking for a good used loader with a scraper Tom is getting ready to sell this Case (background).  Not sure what year it is, but it's in pretty good shape, and Tom has replaced 3 of the four tires, plus several seals in the 'rams'. 

.....by late evening I was able to confirm a Firestone part number for the airbags, and it appears they will cost $125 each plus tax.  On the shock front I also confirmed that a good replacement shock, which will work on our Newell Classic, is a Koni adjustable shock made for motorhomes.....they'll run about $200 per shock.  Once I've completely confirmed that these are the correct parts I'll order them, and once they are received the big projects will begin.  Right now I'm allocating 3-4 days to remove the 8 airbags, and 4 shocks before installing the new ones.....hope it will not take 4 days, but you know how the 'Hockwald Way' works....lol!  Being able to do this myself will probably save $1500, or more, in labor

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