Need some serious advice!

Levi777 wrote:
Chris, amen and amen to all you said. Some mitigating factors:
Our house closes on December 6. My wife flies to New York from Sea-Tac airport on December 9th. My work cut out all overtime until sometime in January. so missing even one day of work can be really detrimental to our budget. There is no grace period. I suppose if it's matter of sliding into a ravine, or missing a day of work, missing a day of work is the easier choice. So yeah, we'll watch the weather. Only we can't leave until then, and we can't be late or she'll miss her flight. This isn't business, but a matter of the heart, so you know she's gotta make it one way or another! I follow on the 21st, and we come back to an in-place, set up, ready to live in 5th Wheel. At least that's the plan!

I am well aware of the hiway between Yakima and Ellensburg. That's where I found out my Chevy Impala has a speed governor of 112 mph. If we go that route, then we took I-82 West to Yakima. I know Miner's there, but wifey will just have to forego it. Althought I did promise...
I've also worked second jobs on and off all my adult life, and learned very well how to do the "restaurant walk". It occured to me that is ALOT like winter driving. Flat footed (all four tires on the road), no sudden moves, no tight corners, and go slow. And keep your weight under you, cuz if it ain't, you upside down!

As for someone screwing up around me, it's like I've been telling people at work until I'm blue in the face (graduate degrees in chemisty and/or engieering do not guarantee common sense); With problematic issues it's either the process, or the equipment. If it's the process, adjust the process. If it's the equipment, fix the equipment. However there is one element you cannot quanitfy, and that is the human element. You can plan all you want, but humans will do something the same way 10,000 times, and one time do it differently and cause serious problems. Just can't quantify it. So all we can do is plan and prepare so that when John or Jane does something stooopid...we aren't collateral damage.
I'll know more when we get the truck. I'm thinking the Friday after Thanksgiving. Shopping will be insane, but not for trucks that cost 45k plus.

That does not leave a lot of time to get a truck setup to tow? Day after TG is the 29th and you leave the 6th??? I think I would pay someone to move it for you, and worry about the truck in the spring when you are getting ready to head to Arizona.


Chris