After moving the 65 Mustang and the Ranger over to spots within the fenced in area I made another plan to move the two remaining cars to the area within the fenced in compound. The El Camino and the 51 Chevy are all that's left to be moved inside the fences. The area that I had in question was the area that I dubbed the side road, that runs along side the storage trailer heading into the back yard area by the fuel shed. Currently I have the LUV parked against the fence and had the 69 Mustang parked next to it. Next to the Mustang and along side the garden fence was an old boat trailer and a small catamaran sailboat. My plan was to move the catamaran and the boat trailer out from the side road over to the back of the yard, behind the garden fence. This wide open area would be perfect as an area to put the two things but the only problem is the ground is covered in grass and is somewhat muddy at times when it rains heavily. I would have to spread gravel over the area I want to park the trailer since I don't want grass growing up through the trailer. I won't be able cut the grass as easily so the gravel will help eliminate that. So obviously, the first thing was to get a load of gravel. After spreading the gravel along a path about 10ft wide and about 20 ft long right along side the back of the garden fence, I went to move the F250 out of the way to get ready to hook up to the trailer. And would you know it, the damned truck got stuck on the only patch of soft ground in the whole damned area. After a failed attempt using boards to try to get the truck off the mud, I had to call for help. After getting the ole lady to hurry back home with the Tracker, I staged the little truck right in front of the big truck and hooked the chain up and with a little tug got the big truck off the muddy spot. From there I took the Tracker and staged it in front of the boat trailer, hooking it up and dragging the trailer around to the eastern clearing of the yard then backed up to allow me to pull the trailer back into the area within the soon to be fenced in area with the trailer tongue pointing into the yard versus having the tongue against the fence line. This way when I do fix the trailer all I have to do is just hook up and pull the thing out. With the boat trailer moved, I was able to cut the grass around that area to get it clear. The ground was soft and mushy just as well so it'll need plenty of gravel over it before I can ever move anything as heavy as the F250 and another vehicle over it. The next order of business would be to move the catamaran boat, but this would take a minute just the same since it had a wood body on top of it as part of an old project I was doing with the boat, not to mention there's probably some water in the hulls too. The past project on the catamaran was to build up a deck of sorts that I could sit on as well as hold up a mast for the sail I would use on the boat. Even though I did try to clad the wood with fiberglass and epoxy resin, water still made its way to the wood, rotting most of it to the point that I couldn't do anything with the boat in that state. I decided to just rip off all of that old wood and just go back to the raw boat I started with. In the process of doing this I salvaged some parts from the deck and staged them with the other boats at the back of the yard. I will rebuild this new and improved catamaran in the future, along with the other boat projects. After pulling the wood from the catamaran, I managed to salvage some hardware along with some 2x4's that were still in decent shape for later use. I took the remains and dumped them on the burn pile which was still smoldering from a recently burnt garbage pile. After throwing some old oil gas mixture on the stuff I was able to get the trash to fire up, With the catamaran stripped down I opened up the access caps in the two hulls and we tipped the boat upside down so the water could drain out. With the water out, I was able to slide the boat along the ground over to a spot just in front of the boat trailer along the back of the garden fence. With the catamaran moved to its new spot I took time to do some other cleanup work around the front of the side road. I cut up some scrap wood and put it all in a couple of buckets I'll fill with oil and gas later to make fire starters. I moved some other items around to more suitable spots, out of the way and took time to cut a little more grass to help clean the area up some more. Eventually I'll have to get everything removed from this area since I will have to be able to stage the F250 to spread the gravel and especially when we go to move the cars over to the new spot. The area will more than likely need a good thick layer of gravel to ensure that no vehicle will sink into the ground along with the thin layer of gravel that would've otherwise been spread. Either way, we did manage to get some big moves done around the yard.
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