As the true nature of having too many things going on sometimes, once again, Dad and I waited well into May to get the snowmobiles summerized. We really need to make a point of getting those put away sometime in March, once we are done actually using them. This year, neither one of us did any major riding, but we did get them started and moved around the yard a bit, so they needed to be re-summerized. So, one afternoon, Dad and I got both the sleds summerized and washed. We also got a new trailer tonuge jack installed, which is something we should have done years ago!
The main reason I put off getting the sleds summerized was because I needed to do some improvements on the side of the house where I store the sleds in the summer. Last year, due to the old tires not holding air, the trailer actually sank in the yard up to the axle. This made getting it out in the fall a challenge. I figured I needed to have some kind of hard surface to have the tires set on to make sure they don't sink again. The solution was a couple 16" square patio pavers and few bags of paver base. We got the trailer positioned, the holes dugs, paver base tamped, and pavers installed in about 2 hours one afternoon. So far everything is staying where it is supposed to and the trailer is not sinking. Dad also fabricated a platform for the new tonuge jack so it won't sink into the ground this way we can keep the trailer more level than tilted forward.
I still need to do some edging around the area the trailer sits in, along with adding some mulch to control the weeds and make it look a little better, but for not, it will be just fine. I need to switch gears and start getting things ready for the big inside project coming up!
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