Well it has been a tiring drive but the picker, carder, and pin drafter are home.
We left early Friday morning and drove to the island to pick up the equipment. Everything was going smoothly until we stopped at the scales to get our permit to transport through B.C. They have a reputation for being hard to deal with, and I can see that they have earned it. DH went in to buy the permit and they started trying to find faults. 1/2 hour later permit in hand we left.
Everything was going well and then we hit the scale outside Kamloops. They red lighted us and when showed the permit they were quite rude about the fact they didn't care if we had the permit that was required or not. They put DH through the hoops for another 1/2 to 3/4 of an hour. They threatened to shut us down but for what we have never figured out. They were quite rude about the log books, even though in our line of work here we are not required to keep them. They wrote him up for not having something quite right in the log book.
On to the next scale. Thank got they were closed and we made it to the ferry docks. We were there the night before our reservations but we spoke with them and we got on the 10:45 pm sailing for the island. We arrived at about 1 am Saturday morning and had a few hours sleep in a turn out before heading over to the town where the equipment was being kept.
Loading went amazingly well. We had all the equipment loaded into the truck in about an hour or so. We were able to have a nice visit for a few hours with the people I purchased it from.
We decided that with all the hassles coming over we would head back on the Saturday afternoon and not take the day to relax as we had planned. We were able to get get on the 3:15 ferry back to the mainland. After driving for approx 5 hours or so we pulled over and slept at one of the truck turnouts until Sunday morning. The drive back was painless as the scale that gave DH the hassle was closed when we went through. The scale at Golden just waved us through and we were basically home free. Once back in Alberta we were able to relax and enjoy the last few hours of the trip.
Today we are going to unload it all into the new garage built for this equipment. Right now I am waiting for the guy to show up with the bobcat to help us lift down the pindrafter.
I will keep you posted how it all goes. ...........................
