I own a tow dolly. It’s a broken tow dolly.
A tow dolly is has nothing to do with dolls. And the spelling is deliberate. Nothing to do with toes. You use a tow dolly to tow cars. My tow dolly is broken. That’s fine, I’m fixing it.
Well, not all of it. I’m working on stripping the paint. . .and the rust. I’ll then prime and repaint it. But, my tow dolly needed more than a new coat of paint. The previous owner had driven a car off the dolly without lowering the ramps. As a result it broke the steel ramps.
BROKE steel ramps.
Okay, it was a car rolling off that did it.
I cannot fix broken steel ramps. In fact, with few exceptions, I can’t fix most things made of steel. I’ve been working on stripping the old paint and rust. Last week my son-in-law stopped by. He brought his portable welder.
I didn’t even know there were portable welders.
My job was to hold the work steady why he did the important bits.
Welding is a fascinating process. . .you just can’t look at it.
When he was done, there were 1/4″ pieces of steel angle iron.
I’m pretty sure we won’t break the steel plates in the future. Now I just have to strip off the rest of the paint. . .and rust.
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