I bought a new wheel barrow.
Late summer storm brought down a really old maple tree half a block over. Endangered two houses as it became unstable. It was still standing, but obviously compromised. As The Professionals were making a helluva lot of noise downing the huge tree, my curiosity was piqued. I asked if they had sold the wood or if I could grab some. They were hauling it to the city yard waste facility and I could have all I wanted.
I managed to make seventeen trips before I was too tired to do more. Each log was too large to get my arms around but only about two feet long, but still way heavier than I could manage alone. They helped me load my wheelbarrow, each trip. Until I broke the thing from just over loading it, I was doing OK.
I even tried to contact my neighbor who has a huge wood burning furnace in his basement to claim some of this fabulous wood, but he was working over an hour away and could not make it. I did all I could. The Pros even brought me four more logs after they saw my wheel barrow had broken and helped me get them over to my temporary pile. So I ended up with twenty one fairly large maple logs for my fire pit.
Now there is some really good news that is associated with this purchase. I made attempt at patching up and continuing to use the busted wheel barrow, but when the tire would no longer air up, I bought a new wheel barrow. We were having to air up the leaky tire every trip hauling mulch. My son was tired of pumping the damn thing and I was too.
Anyway, the new product came in parts with full assembly to be done after purchase. My son has barely had much experience with using tools. I have tried, but he has little interest. I (gently) convinced him of the benefits and HE DID THE ENTIRE assembly one his own!!!
I was right there with him the whole time and demonstrated how to get a few things done, then pulled the annoying things back apart and HE DID IT!!
I am very proud of him!!
