In my earlier post, I showed a picture of the Uriah Electric Jack that I purchased in order to stave off the continual mangling of my fingers. Follow up regarding my wounds incurred on 12-3-21. Tomorrow it will be three weeks. I am finally able to type so that is a good thing (just discovered that today). The index finger looks like the nail will remain intake, however, the middle finger nail will definitely fall off. It's just a matter of time. I will probably get a metal finger splint from a drug store to place over the finger after it does come off as I'm assuming it will most likely be very tender w/out a nail until a new one does grow back ~ right? I mean, after all, it should, I would think... I've digressed. The install went fairly uneventful and I enjoyed standing in the background watching the work unfold. John is a certified something something welder and he was even kind enough to place my initials on the plate when he was done welding. The major hiccup that occurred was the actual powering of the electric jack. Apparently Ford, in one of their brilliant decisions, decided to cut back on some of their wiring so that the truck did not recognize the power cord when it was plugged into the back of the truck. Several different options were thrown around and it the end (this took many days to come to this resolution) it was decided to run the wiring through the bottom of the trailer in the front which then came up in the area where the solar batteries were housed. Clips similar to battery charger cables were added at the end and will be placed on the battery when I actually need to operate the jack. I experimented with that yesterday when it was a 60 degree sunny day (don't hate me, you Clevelanders. If it helps, last night low was 29 degree and today only reached mid 50s, albeit sunny skies) and it worked very nicely. I just have to remember the correct order and to disconnect it when I'm finished. ;-) I'll post some pictures now and as they are pretty self-explantory, I probably won't add much verbiage. Hope you enjoy. Here is Teresa and her friend Diane, the wife of George who owns this business and the buildings. They hung out inside and pow-wowed while the work was being done in the back building. Here is George expertly maneuvering my trailer front end into the building. John cutting the steel plate for the stem portion of the jack to fit through. The picture above is where the electrical plug should fit in and have it recognized by the vehicle. Mine did not; thanks, Ford, for chimping out on the wiring and cause me so much distress!! This picture with all the little fuses in it houses the fuses for the F150 system. This, of course, didn't really match up with the owner's manual 'schematic' of what was supposed to be what. I labeled this photo in my computer "My three amigos ~ John, George and Lloyd". Thanks Guys!! Found my welding photos from October 2014. It was Family Day at Lincoln Electric where my daughter worked and we were invited to weld. I enjoyed it. I am the one in the blue welding hat. My youngest, Victoria, welding. My eldest, David, is also a welder. [or better stated, has worked as a welder in the past] 10-4-2014. Good times during Family Day at Lincoln Electric on October 4, 2014 with my daughter, Victoria.
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