Re: [MBZ] OT: Hauling calves in a Benz [was Re: Is this Curt and his new 190? Or is it Marshall?]
I can't trump your weight, but I can trump most anyone's distance. I haulled about 600lbs of bowling equipment for all of 3500mi round trip to Reno NV and back. Over half of it I had an aditional 400-450lbs of fuel in the trunk of a 300D. -- Luther KB5QHUAlma, Ark '87 300SDL (271,xxx mi) needs head '83 300SD (246,645 mi) SOLD! '82 300CD (166 kmi) getting front end rebuild '82 300D (74 kmi) getting '85 donor engine-SOLD! '85 300D (280,176) parts car-sans engine Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Does hauling a Red, white and blue Polaris snowmibile with a Yamaha engine > and straight pipes on the roof and trunk lid of a 4 door Plymouth Gran > Fury(ex cop car) with mag wheels and a whip antenna top all that? > Or maybe the time I hauled a Buick 455 with th400 automatic in the back > of a 4 door Omni? It was so rear end heavy I couldn't get traction with > the front wheels and had to be pushed onto the dirt to get enough > traction to get it to move. Hauled it 15 miles or so home, down off > Sugar Hill(the highest point in the county) to Watkins(the lowest point) > and back up the hill to my place(almost as high). What a ride that > was. > > Mike > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Hauling calves in a Benz [was Re: Is this Curt and his new 190? Or is it Marshall?]
Does hauling a Red, white and blue Polaris snowmibile with a Yamaha engine and straight pipes on the roof and trunk lid of a 4 door Plymouth Gran Fury(ex cop car) with mag wheels and a whip antenna top all that? Or maybe the time I hauled a Buick 455 with th400 automatic in the back of a 4 door Omni? It was so rear end heavy I couldn't get traction with the front wheels and had to be pushed onto the dirt to get enough traction to get it to move. Hauled it 15 miles or so home, down off Sugar Hill(the highest point in the county) to Watkins(the lowest point) and back up the hill to my place(almost as high). What a ride that was. Mike > I can recommend NOT strapping (12) 20' lengths of 1" galvanized pipe to > the > roof rack of a Subaru Impreza. > It might not seem like that much in talking, but it's a lot heavier than > it > looks (well over the 125lb limit of the rack) and 20' is quite a bit > longer > than the car. > That was quite interesting as I recall pipe sticking out way out over the > hood and a bit in front of the car and a good ways out back too. Just > trying to drive smoothly down the highway for 20 or 30 miles while the > pipe > just kinda see-sawed up and down over the bumps. I still have a dent in > the > front cross bar from that bit of stupidity. (: > > Levi > Not sure if the mulch in a 944 beats the old Christmas tree on the whale > tale of a 911... > > On 7/12/07, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I hauled 9 bags of mulch home in a Porsche 944. My neighbor stopped me >> - >> one >> of his comments was "You might be a redneck if..". >> >> Thanks, >> Tom Hargrave >> www.kegkits.com >> 256-656-1924 >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:59 AM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Hauling calves in a Benz [was Re: Is this Curt >> and >> his new 190? Or is it Marshall?] >> >> Very good story Craig!! I can relate to ALMOST every part of it at one >> time or another. >> >> Mike >> >> > On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:50:23 -0600 Craig McCluskey >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > >> >> http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20070711/46b >> f684c/attachment.jpg >> >> >> >> >> >> You may laugh, but I actually did transport two calves that way. A >> >> humorous story in its own right, if anyone wants to hear it. >> > >> > Well, I guess people do want to hear it. >> > >> > OK, then. >> > >> > When Shirley and I lived in Colorado Springs in the early '80s, I was >> > working for Hewlett-Packard. We lived, first, in town. For some >> reason, >> > the neighborhood we lived in was a noisy one, with people thinking >> that >> > everyone wanted to listen to the type of music they did and taking >> > offense >> > if asked to turn it down a little. >> > >> > We had enough of that and decided to move to the Black Forest area, >> north >> > of town. While there, we raised a couple of calves, borrowing a >> friends >> > horse trailer to tow behind our Willys Utility Wagon. We found, after >> a >> > couple of years, that unremitting shade from pine trees got more than >> a >> > little old and, here, too, people were inconsiderate of their >> neighbors, >> > eventhough the neighbors were farther away from each other. Since >> they >> > were "out in the country", people just turned up their radios. >> > >> > Shirley had an uncle living on a farm in Nebraska, who we had visited >> a >> > number of times. I liked the living and the environs and Shirley did, >> > too. >> > We finally found a place in spring '83, four miles south of the town >> of >> > Calhan, Colorado, which is on Highway 24 between Colorado Springs and >> > Limon. The place was 80 acres of unimproved land that had been >> planted >> in >> > winter wheat. The nearest building was a microwave tower, about 3/4 >> mile >> > away, and that was unoccupied. We could see a house to the >> east-southeast >> > a little over a mile away, and the house of people who became good >> > friends >> > to the south-east a mile-and-a-half away. The land was on the mesa >> south >> > of Calhan, seve
Re: [MBZ] OT: Hauling calves in a Benz [was Re: Is this Curt and his new 190? Or is it Marshall?]
Craig's story is why I always referred to the big ol 70s cadillacs as "Missouri Cattle Trucks" It was not uncommon to see calves, sheep goats and whatnot loaded into a caddy with the back seat out. At 09:18 AM 7/12/2007, you wrote: >I hauled 9 bags of mulch home in a Porsche 944. My neighbor stopped me - one >of his comments was "You might be a redneck if..". > >Thanks, >Tom Hargrave >www.kegkits.com >256-656-1924 > > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:59 AM >To: Mercedes Discussion List >Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Hauling calves in a Benz [was Re: Is this Curt and >his new 190? Or is it Marshall?] > >Very good story Craig!! I can relate to ALMOST every part of it at one >time or another. > >Mike > > > On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:50:23 -0600 Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > >http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20070711/46b >f684c/attachment.jpg > >> > >> > >> You may laugh, but I actually did transport two calves that way. A > >> humorous story in its own right, if anyone wants to hear it. > > > > Well, I guess people do want to hear it. > > > > OK, then. > > > > When Shirley and I lived in Colorado Springs in the early '80s, I was > > working for Hewlett-Packard. We lived, first, in town. For some reason, > > the neighborhood we lived in was a noisy one, with people thinking that > > everyone wanted to listen to the type of music they did and taking > > offense > > if asked to turn it down a little. > > > > We had enough of that and decided to move to the Black Forest area, north > > of town. While there, we raised a couple of calves, borrowing a friends > > horse trailer to tow behind our Willys Utility Wagon. We found, after a > > couple of years, that unremitting shade from pine trees got more than a > > little old and, here, too, people were inconsiderate of their neighbors, > > eventhough the neighbors were farther away from each other. Since they > > were "out in the country", people just turned up their radios. > > > > Shirley had an uncle living on a farm in Nebraska, who we had visited a > > number of times. I liked the living and the environs and Shirley did, > > too. > > We finally found a place in spring '83, four miles south of the town of > > Calhan, Colorado, which is on Highway 24 between Colorado Springs and > > Limon. The place was 80 acres of unimproved land that had been planted in > > winter wheat. The nearest building was a microwave tower, about 3/4 mile > > away, and that was unoccupied. We could see a house to the east-southeast > > a little over a mile away, and the house of people who became good > > friends > > to the south-east a mile-and-a-half away. The land was on the mesa south > > of Calhan, several hundred feet higher than Calhan and at an elevation of > > almost 7000'. (Calhan is known as the "Highest non-mountainous town in > > the > > US.) > > > > We bought and moved our "Little Mobile Home on the Praire" out onthe > > land, > > without well, without septic, and without power. Therein began 6 years of > > interesting adventures, about which we could, and probably should, write > > a > > book. We did get a septic tank put in and connected and did get a well > > put > > in -- that was 523' deep instead of the estimated 300' and blew our > > budget > > for quite a while. > > > > I'll cut this very short and skip to the incident in question. The > > situation is set up by knowing that Hewlett-Packard gave its employees > > Good Friday off every year and that the Calhan Livestock Auction held > > auctions on Fridays ... > > > > One particular Good Friday, I drove down to the Auction in our '72 220D > > to > > watch the proceedings. The weather was overcast, but decent. In watching > > all the animals being auctioned, I decided that it was time to have > > calves > > again (they do better in pairs). I figured I could make a shelter for > > them > > with a large tarp and our tractor that would do until I could go into > > Colorado Springs and get materials to make a better one. So, I bought two > > calves. At the end of the auction, I went outside to move the car so they > > could be loaded. I noticed that the weather had deteriorated > > considerably. > > Hmmm ... > > > > So, I backed up the ca
Re: [MBZ] OT: Hauling calves in a Benz [was Re: Is this Curt and his new 190? Or is it Marshall?]
I can recommend NOT strapping (12) 20' lengths of 1" galvanized pipe to the roof rack of a Subaru Impreza. It might not seem like that much in talking, but it's a lot heavier than it looks (well over the 125lb limit of the rack) and 20' is quite a bit longer than the car. That was quite interesting as I recall pipe sticking out way out over the hood and a bit in front of the car and a good ways out back too. Just trying to drive smoothly down the highway for 20 or 30 miles while the pipe just kinda see-sawed up and down over the bumps. I still have a dent in the front cross bar from that bit of stupidity. (: Levi Not sure if the mulch in a 944 beats the old Christmas tree on the whale tale of a 911... On 7/12/07, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hauled 9 bags of mulch home in a Porsche 944. My neighbor stopped me - > one > of his comments was "You might be a redneck if..". > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:59 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Hauling calves in a Benz [was Re: Is this Curt and > his new 190? Or is it Marshall?] > > Very good story Craig!! I can relate to ALMOST every part of it at one > time or another. > > Mike > > > On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:50:23 -0600 Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20070711/46b > f684c/attachment.jpg > >> > >> > >> You may laugh, but I actually did transport two calves that way. A > >> humorous story in its own right, if anyone wants to hear it. > > > > Well, I guess people do want to hear it. > > > > OK, then. > > > > When Shirley and I lived in Colorado Springs in the early '80s, I was > > working for Hewlett-Packard. We lived, first, in town. For some reason, > > the neighborhood we lived in was a noisy one, with people thinking that > > everyone wanted to listen to the type of music they did and taking > > offense > > if asked to turn it down a little. > > > > We had enough of that and decided to move to the Black Forest area, > north > > of town. While there, we raised a couple of calves, borrowing a friends > > horse trailer to tow behind our Willys Utility Wagon. We found, after a > > couple of years, that unremitting shade from pine trees got more than a > > little old and, here, too, people were inconsiderate of their neighbors, > > eventhough the neighbors were farther away from each other. Since they > > were "out in the country", people just turned up their radios. > > > > Shirley had an uncle living on a farm in Nebraska, who we had visited a > > number of times. I liked the living and the environs and Shirley did, > > too. > > We finally found a place in spring '83, four miles south of the town of > > Calhan, Colorado, which is on Highway 24 between Colorado Springs and > > Limon. The place was 80 acres of unimproved land that had been planted > in > > winter wheat. The nearest building was a microwave tower, about 3/4 mile > > away, and that was unoccupied. We could see a house to the > east-southeast > > a little over a mile away, and the house of people who became good > > friends > > to the south-east a mile-and-a-half away. The land was on the mesa south > > of Calhan, several hundred feet higher than Calhan and at an elevation > of > > almost 7000'. (Calhan is known as the "Highest non-mountainous town in > > the > > US.) > > > > We bought and moved our "Little Mobile Home on the Praire" out onthe > > land, > > without well, without septic, and without power. Therein began 6 years > of > > interesting adventures, about which we could, and probably should, write > > a > > book. We did get a septic tank put in and connected and did get a well > > put > > in -- that was 523' deep instead of the estimated 300' and blew our > > budget > > for quite a while. > > > > I'll cut this very short and skip to the incident in question. The > > situation is set up by knowing that Hewlett-Packard gave its employees > > Good Friday off every year and that the Calhan Livestock Auction held > > auctions on Fridays ... > > > > One particular Good Friday, I drove down to the Auction in our '72 220D > > to > > watch the proceedings. The weather was overcast, but decent. In watc
Re: [MBZ] OT: Hauling calves in a Benz [was Re: Is this Curt and his new 190? Or is it Marshall?]
I hauled 9 bags of mulch home in a Porsche 944. My neighbor stopped me - one of his comments was "You might be a redneck if..". Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:59 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Hauling calves in a Benz [was Re: Is this Curt and his new 190? Or is it Marshall?] Very good story Craig!! I can relate to ALMOST every part of it at one time or another. Mike > On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:50:23 -0600 Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20070711/46b f684c/attachment.jpg >> >> >> You may laugh, but I actually did transport two calves that way. A >> humorous story in its own right, if anyone wants to hear it. > > Well, I guess people do want to hear it. > > OK, then. > > When Shirley and I lived in Colorado Springs in the early '80s, I was > working for Hewlett-Packard. We lived, first, in town. For some reason, > the neighborhood we lived in was a noisy one, with people thinking that > everyone wanted to listen to the type of music they did and taking > offense > if asked to turn it down a little. > > We had enough of that and decided to move to the Black Forest area, north > of town. While there, we raised a couple of calves, borrowing a friends > horse trailer to tow behind our Willys Utility Wagon. We found, after a > couple of years, that unremitting shade from pine trees got more than a > little old and, here, too, people were inconsiderate of their neighbors, > eventhough the neighbors were farther away from each other. Since they > were "out in the country", people just turned up their radios. > > Shirley had an uncle living on a farm in Nebraska, who we had visited a > number of times. I liked the living and the environs and Shirley did, > too. > We finally found a place in spring '83, four miles south of the town of > Calhan, Colorado, which is on Highway 24 between Colorado Springs and > Limon. The place was 80 acres of unimproved land that had been planted in > winter wheat. The nearest building was a microwave tower, about 3/4 mile > away, and that was unoccupied. We could see a house to the east-southeast > a little over a mile away, and the house of people who became good > friends > to the south-east a mile-and-a-half away. The land was on the mesa south > of Calhan, several hundred feet higher than Calhan and at an elevation of > almost 7000'. (Calhan is known as the "Highest non-mountainous town in > the > US.) > > We bought and moved our "Little Mobile Home on the Praire" out onthe > land, > without well, without septic, and without power. Therein began 6 years of > interesting adventures, about which we could, and probably should, write > a > book. We did get a septic tank put in and connected and did get a well > put > in -- that was 523' deep instead of the estimated 300' and blew our > budget > for quite a while. > > I'll cut this very short and skip to the incident in question. The > situation is set up by knowing that Hewlett-Packard gave its employees > Good Friday off every year and that the Calhan Livestock Auction held > auctions on Fridays ... > > One particular Good Friday, I drove down to the Auction in our '72 220D > to > watch the proceedings. The weather was overcast, but decent. In watching > all the animals being auctioned, I decided that it was time to have > calves > again (they do better in pairs). I figured I could make a shelter for > them > with a large tarp and our tractor that would do until I could go into > Colorado Springs and get materials to make a better one. So, I bought two > calves. At the end of the auction, I went outside to move the car so they > could be loaded. I noticed that the weather had deteriorated > considerably. > Hmmm ... > > So, I backed up the car, opened the trunk, and told the fellow to load > them in. They were just a couple of months old, perhaps 80 pounds. No > problem for the W115 trunk (which, by the way, is noticably larger than > that of W123s). > > I got the calves loaded and drove up the hill to home. I parked next to > the mobile home and went inside. By this time, a real blizzard was > starting, with high winds, lots of snow, and all. I put some black > plastic down in the bathroom and told Shirley she needed to put on her > coat and help me get some calves that I had just bought out of the trunk > of the car. She put her coat on and came outside with me. Standing by the > trunk, I told her, "I'l
Re: [MBZ] OT: Hauling calves in a Benz [was Re: Is this Curt and his new 190? Or is it Marshall?]
Very good story Craig!! I can relate to ALMOST every part of it at one time or another. Mike > On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:50:23 -0600 Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20070711/46bf684c/attachment.jpg >> >> >> You may laugh, but I actually did transport two calves that way. A >> humorous story in its own right, if anyone wants to hear it. > > Well, I guess people do want to hear it. > > OK, then. > > When Shirley and I lived in Colorado Springs in the early '80s, I was > working for Hewlett-Packard. We lived, first, in town. For some reason, > the neighborhood we lived in was a noisy one, with people thinking that > everyone wanted to listen to the type of music they did and taking > offense > if asked to turn it down a little. > > We had enough of that and decided to move to the Black Forest area, north > of town. While there, we raised a couple of calves, borrowing a friends > horse trailer to tow behind our Willys Utility Wagon. We found, after a > couple of years, that unremitting shade from pine trees got more than a > little old and, here, too, people were inconsiderate of their neighbors, > eventhough the neighbors were farther away from each other. Since they > were "out in the country", people just turned up their radios. > > Shirley had an uncle living on a farm in Nebraska, who we had visited a > number of times. I liked the living and the environs and Shirley did, > too. > We finally found a place in spring '83, four miles south of the town of > Calhan, Colorado, which is on Highway 24 between Colorado Springs and > Limon. The place was 80 acres of unimproved land that had been planted in > winter wheat. The nearest building was a microwave tower, about 3/4 mile > away, and that was unoccupied. We could see a house to the east-southeast > a little over a mile away, and the house of people who became good > friends > to the south-east a mile-and-a-half away. The land was on the mesa south > of Calhan, several hundred feet higher than Calhan and at an elevation of > almost 7000'. (Calhan is known as the "Highest non-mountainous town in > the > US.) > > We bought and moved our "Little Mobile Home on the Praire" out onthe > land, > without well, without septic, and without power. Therein began 6 years of > interesting adventures, about which we could, and probably should, write > a > book. We did get a septic tank put in and connected and did get a well > put > in -- that was 523' deep instead of the estimated 300' and blew our > budget > for quite a while. > > I'll cut this very short and skip to the incident in question. The > situation is set up by knowing that Hewlett-Packard gave its employees > Good Friday off every year and that the Calhan Livestock Auction held > auctions on Fridays ... > > One particular Good Friday, I drove down to the Auction in our '72 220D > to > watch the proceedings. The weather was overcast, but decent. In watching > all the animals being auctioned, I decided that it was time to have > calves > again (they do better in pairs). I figured I could make a shelter for > them > with a large tarp and our tractor that would do until I could go into > Colorado Springs and get materials to make a better one. So, I bought two > calves. At the end of the auction, I went outside to move the car so they > could be loaded. I noticed that the weather had deteriorated > considerably. > Hmmm ... > > So, I backed up the car, opened the trunk, and told the fellow to load > them in. They were just a couple of months old, perhaps 80 pounds. No > problem for the W115 trunk (which, by the way, is noticably larger than > that of W123s). > > I got the calves loaded and drove up the hill to home. I parked next to > the mobile home and went inside. By this time, a real blizzard was > starting, with high winds, lots of snow, and all. I put some black > plastic down in the bathroom and told Shirley she needed to put on her > coat and help me get some calves that I had just bought out of the trunk > of the car. She put her coat on and came outside with me. Standing by the > trunk, I told her, "I'll open the trunk and grab one. You keep the other > one in the trunk." She agreed that's what she would do. > > So, I opened the trunk. She cried out in surprise, "There are calves in > there!" and just stood there. I grabbed a calf and over the wind yelled, > "What do you think I've been telling you? Now hold that one!" I got the > first calf out and we closed the trunk lid without the other calf > escaping. We dragged the calf over to the mobile home and up the stairs > and inside. We were all covered by snow and ice. I took the calf to the > bathroom, which was next to the bedroom at the far end of the mobile > home, > and shut the door. Going outside, we repeated the process, this time > without the incredulity, fortunately. I went down to the Double-Circle > Coop in Calhan and bought some supplies before the weathe
[MBZ] OT: Hauling calves in a Benz [was Re: Is this Curt and his new 190? Or is it Marshall?]
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:50:23 -0600 Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20070711/46bf684c/attachment.jpg > > > You may laugh, but I actually did transport two calves that way. A > humorous story in its own right, if anyone wants to hear it. Well, I guess people do want to hear it. OK, then. When Shirley and I lived in Colorado Springs in the early '80s, I was working for Hewlett-Packard. We lived, first, in town. For some reason, the neighborhood we lived in was a noisy one, with people thinking that everyone wanted to listen to the type of music they did and taking offense if asked to turn it down a little. We had enough of that and decided to move to the Black Forest area, north of town. While there, we raised a couple of calves, borrowing a friends horse trailer to tow behind our Willys Utility Wagon. We found, after a couple of years, that unremitting shade from pine trees got more than a little old and, here, too, people were inconsiderate of their neighbors, eventhough the neighbors were farther away from each other. Since they were "out in the country", people just turned up their radios. Shirley had an uncle living on a farm in Nebraska, who we had visited a number of times. I liked the living and the environs and Shirley did, too. We finally found a place in spring '83, four miles south of the town of Calhan, Colorado, which is on Highway 24 between Colorado Springs and Limon. The place was 80 acres of unimproved land that had been planted in winter wheat. The nearest building was a microwave tower, about 3/4 mile away, and that was unoccupied. We could see a house to the east-southeast a little over a mile away, and the house of people who became good friends to the south-east a mile-and-a-half away. The land was on the mesa south of Calhan, several hundred feet higher than Calhan and at an elevation of almost 7000'. (Calhan is known as the "Highest non-mountainous town in the US.) We bought and moved our "Little Mobile Home on the Praire" out onthe land, without well, without septic, and without power. Therein began 6 years of interesting adventures, about which we could, and probably should, write a book. We did get a septic tank put in and connected and did get a well put in -- that was 523' deep instead of the estimated 300' and blew our budget for quite a while. I'll cut this very short and skip to the incident in question. The situation is set up by knowing that Hewlett-Packard gave its employees Good Friday off every year and that the Calhan Livestock Auction held auctions on Fridays ... One particular Good Friday, I drove down to the Auction in our '72 220D to watch the proceedings. The weather was overcast, but decent. In watching all the animals being auctioned, I decided that it was time to have calves again (they do better in pairs). I figured I could make a shelter for them with a large tarp and our tractor that would do until I could go into Colorado Springs and get materials to make a better one. So, I bought two calves. At the end of the auction, I went outside to move the car so they could be loaded. I noticed that the weather had deteriorated considerably. Hmmm ... So, I backed up the car, opened the trunk, and told the fellow to load them in. They were just a couple of months old, perhaps 80 pounds. No problem for the W115 trunk (which, by the way, is noticably larger than that of W123s). I got the calves loaded and drove up the hill to home. I parked next to the mobile home and went inside. By this time, a real blizzard was starting, with high winds, lots of snow, and all. I put some black plastic down in the bathroom and told Shirley she needed to put on her coat and help me get some calves that I had just bought out of the trunk of the car. She put her coat on and came outside with me. Standing by the trunk, I told her, "I'll open the trunk and grab one. You keep the other one in the trunk." She agreed that's what she would do. So, I opened the trunk. She cried out in surprise, "There are calves in there!" and just stood there. I grabbed a calf and over the wind yelled, "What do you think I've been telling you? Now hold that one!" I got the first calf out and we closed the trunk lid without the other calf escaping. We dragged the calf over to the mobile home and up the stairs and inside. We were all covered by snow and ice. I took the calf to the bathroom, which was next to the bedroom at the far end of the mobile home, and shut the door. Going outside, we repeated the process, this time without the incredulity, fortunately. I went down to the Double-Circle Coop in Calhan and bought some supplies before the weather got too bad. Here we were then, in a 12x70' mobile home out in the middle of nowhere, with two calves in the bathroom. We did have propane-fired heat from the burners of the kitchen stove and a kerosene heater in the bedroom, as well as a Coleman lantern and candles for light. We
