Winter Farm Fun

So Noah runs a snow removal business in the winter - has been doing this for several years. Helps keep him busy in the winter and earn a little extra $$$. Most of the time, Noah has to do this snow removal overnight before businesses open. That's left me home with Harper over night 3 times by myself. Talk about not sleeping well - for both of us!

On Monday, things just did not go well. Our friend Matt helps push snow with Noah. Matt headed to Ankeny with one of Noah's trucks, and Noah headed to Altoona with the other truck, trailer and skidloader. When Matt got to the first business in Ankeny, the truck died. Uh oh. So Noah had to leave Altoona, and go get Matt in Ankeny. Together, they finished their jobs - Noah in the skidloader and Matt in the one truck that was running. They get done...and head home. As soon as they pull in our drive way, the second truck decides to die...Noah couldn't get it out of drive. Talk about bad luck.

To shorten the story...Caleb (Mr. Fix It) was pretty certain he knew what was wrong with the truck that's dead in our driveway. He thought some part was frozen over with snow and ice. So he and Noah use a heater to thaw it out. They used bales of straw to insulate around the truck so the heat would not escape. Below is a photo of their efforts. And it worked! Hooray for Caleb! And the best part? It cost $0 to fix it. The other truck, though, they aren't quite sure what's wrong with that one yet. To be continued...