Semi in the rain

We had a slight issue yesterday in the rain. We had a load of wheat that needed to go in the shed. Well the only place it would fit is in our shed at our house. So I took it home and started backing it in. Well, in an effort to avoid the RATH OF WOMAN :) hehe we tried not to cut the lawn up. Well, we had an air hose pull off, and that automatically locks the brakes. After we finally got that on we got it straightened out thanks to a driveway directly across from our driveway. Well, when I went to back up things started going a little wayward. The lift axle in the middle of the trailer caught on the crown of the road.

So, now we had the entire road blocked off. I was able to go ahead and we tried the 3 times but then the wheels really started slipping.

Those of you that are not very experienced with semi's, let me give you a bit of a heads up. If you ever for some reason are held up by a semi that looks like it is stuck on a banana peal and you are tempted to get angry. Don't, even with all of the weight on the wheels it probably is stuck on a banana peal. So, we were able to get the semi most of the way off the road (Ok, mostly out of one of the lanes) and Hotrod/Big Shot/Big Guy/my brother David, and I left (mind you it is still raining) and went to go get a tractor to pull it. (David had to drive a smaller tractor (open air) back to the farm.)


We got our tow rope and chains to hopefully pull the semi across the road.

Well, we got back and hooked on and Hot Rod started pulling even before I was back in the semi. The John Deere was slowly pulling the semi backwards, but immediately after I climbed up in the semi I heard a clanging sound and the semi stopped moving.


One of the cleaveses that we used had stretched out (Oops!!)

So we reattached, double looped the chain and tried again.



And it worked!!!
So we went to check out our handiwork across the road.


Too bad we mow that too:(
Well we got it backed in the shed without any more real excitement,
and didn't even mess the lawn up too bad thanks to good guidance, and left for the next great adventure; How to load up 2 cattle for the meat packer and haul them there in 30 minutes, when it takes 40 minutes just to drive there!!!