Excalibur hawk 40 restore
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From: Pittsburg ks
Ok so its been a long time but life happens. When last we spoke my home was destroyed by a electrical fire I have been building my dream home and working ALOT. I have had a few small boats 22.5 crownline, 206 larson, ECT but I am really close to striking a deal on buying my excalibur hawk 40 back from the guy I sold it to. He has since sold the motors I had built and had ready to drop in but hasn't touched the boat itself. Wish me luck on getting her back.
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Ok so here is the fun and excitement I enjoyed last night. So I got off work at 4pm went to 2 different friends houses and picked up one spare rim and tire from each "just incase". Stop by my house to swap out the right size ball and pick up a buddy to make the trip with me. Finally hit the road nothing can stop me now... My phone rings and it the local sheriffs department telling me one of my horse's is out and by the highway, CRAP!!!! I turn around and go get the horse back in and fix the fence or so I thought. Back on the road running late but I'm committed. We made decent time getting there but its starting to get dark. We meet the guy at the storage lot and look my baby over, she is not in quite the shape I sold her but no turning back now. We make the deal and pull her out of the gate so the guy can get back home. As he is just out of sight I here a sound a was afraid of one of the tires just blew after 200ft. No big deal I have 2 spares and a jack. Well the spares I brought won't fit the center hole is too small. Its 8:30pm 22 degrees and know tire shops are open so I got on Craigslist and called the first person the had used tires for sale and he was one of the nicest guys I have ever met (later I found out he was completely drunk haha) I unhooked and met him just up the road and followed in 30miles into the country on rock roads at 65-70mph just to keep up. He had yard full of junk cars and a gun on his hip the smell of alcohol all most knocked us down when he got out of his truck but we were at his mercy and he had the tire we needed and even a tire machine. $60. Dollars later we were headed back to my baby. Got the tire on and headed out no issues 65mph on the open road we made it home at around 4am the house met us at the end of my road but a little sweet feed in a bucket and a little barbed wire and he was back in. I unhooked and called it a night at 4:30am my alarm went off at 6:30 and I was off to work. Yes it sucked but yes I would do it again in a heartbeat. Sorry for the long post but had to share.




