First, the good.
I was able yo use my brother’s vehicle and pick up kibble first both the inside and outside cats. Forty pounds of kibble for the outside cats should last us a couple of weeks.
When carrying the bags to the house, I spotted two of the feral kittens crossing the lawn to the cat shelters, looking for food. The tortie ran off, but the orange one dashed to the tray under the water bowl shelter. I fed them as soon as I got the first bag in. They were very happy, and I soon saw Brave little Colby was back at the tray.
What a sweet little thing!
Now, for the bad.
I was forwarded that this vehicle ran rough. It’s older than out truck and is really old school. Manual door locks and windows, no AC, no cruise control. None of which was a big deal. As long as it got me from A to B.
I didn’t realize the rough ride was from the brakes! Yikes! When just driving slowly to the gate and stopping to open it, my initial thought way, why is the ABS doing that, when I’m driving so slow?
When braking from higher speeds, the shudder was worse. To the point that the entire vehicle was shaking.
When I got to the feed store, I messaged my brother about it. I then had to go to the next town to pick up prescription refills for my daughter and I, with a quick stop at the grocery store before going home.
It was so bad, I avoided using the brakes as much as possible, slowing down well in advance. When I got to town, I parked at the grocery store so I could walk to the pharmacy, rather than hit all those stop signs along the way.
Which us when I saw the message from my brother.
The brakes didn’t have a shudder.
????
I just assumed this was one of the things they were having issues with on this vehicle.
Well, now.
I got the prescription refills, then got some things at the grocery store, including a normal large bag of kibble for the induce cats.
Before leaving, I messaged home, asking gor the gate to be opened, and maybe help unloading, because I was going to park straight into the garage. We leave that door open most of the summer.
For the drive home, I was able to barely use the brakes at all, and not impede traffic by slowing down so far in advance. There was no traffic to impede!
Once the vehicle was parked, my younger daughter was there to take the grocery bags in, while I took care of the kibble bags. Once everything was taken care of, I sat at my desktop to give a detailed description of what the brakes were doing, to my brother.
We will not be using it again, unless it’s to take it to the garage and leave it there for them to check out.
It dies leave us with a problem.
The truck is supposed to be done tomorrow.
We have no way to get to it to bring it home.
Can anything else go wrong?
Don’t answer that.
😆
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 