a fairground life

We arrived on site just after 11am this morning. There had been some storm damage to the funhouse paybox. It had blown over in the gales. The door was off the hinges, the roof and a panel were also detached."b" had told me it had blown over,but I had not realised the extent of the damage or I would have came over earlier. The rivet gun and some wood screws did the trick and just after 12 noon it was all back together. Just as well the back flash on the skydiver had been strapped down to the lorry and a nearby fence. A hoopla stall had been so badly damaged that there was no choice but to take it down altogether. This time last year the dodgem had lost it's entire top cover,to take no chances it had been reefed this year.
This time tomorrow night we will be well into the pull down. Its been a long time sitting in one place for the equipment. To minimise any problems I tried to start the vehicles. All of them needed the charger put on. The skydiver unit started after 5 hrs of charging and three attempts (just started and no more). The funhouse lorry just spun until the batteries went flat again, no doubt due to the fuel running back in the system. I will put the big charger on tomorrow and spin it until it starts (I hope). There is no lift pump on a Cummins engine so you can't prime the fuel system by hand. I have arranged for the 'crew' to come through to help.My father in law will be sitting this one out as he has been unwell. All I want now is a dry night. The old bones will be aching tomorrow evening when we finish-it doesn't take long to go soft and it's been October since I did any physical work!