a fairground life

I went and booked in the ERF for it's test today, I was lucky and managed to get one for Friday, this was nearly half the price of a Saturday one. So after we closed tonight I took the lorry out from behind the skydiver and brought it back to the yard. On the way I drove it while putting the brakes on slightly to burn them in and hopefully improve the braking while on the rollers at the station. The brakes were hot and stinking of ferodo when I was finished, but this will remove any glaze on them. Since this lorry has a generator fitted I can't couple it to the weighted test trailer at the station as the king pin on an ordinary trailer is set too far under. The next time you see a showmans trailer have a look at the king pin position. You will find it to be only about 16 inches from the front.
Now that I have removed this lorry from the fair, it raises a question in my mind- I have taken away my standby generator. Now murphys law dictates that the other one will develop a malfunction at some time between now and the return of the ERF on Saturday morning. We shall see.