| V.V.A. POCONO CHAPTER 678 Trailer Project |
| Ray said the trip up here with the trailer nearly drove him nuts! |
| Bill Kastler grabbed the creeper and went to it sanding and a singing a joyful tune, not even minding all the rust that was falling in his face. |
So, Ray & Debbie went for the trailer and delivered it to Marty's house, at this point it is really shabby and a lot of surface rust. Ray is lowering the tongue jack. The next job was to get it into the garage, the trailer is so large it had be put in the garage across both bays, then they blocked it up and removed the tires to get it ready to sand. |
| At this point I would say that Bill needs a break, but will the line boss allow that to happen? |
| Looks like Deb is doing her Taliban impersonation again, no wait, my mistake, thats a dust mask to keep the amount of rust she is swallowing to a minimum. |
| So Tony has shown up but before the dirt and dust gets to be too much he poses for a picture for Marty, that vacuum received a real workout with all the rust this team scrapped off that frame. |
| HERE IT TONY BEFORE SANDING, aFTER Tony FINISHED SANDING KATHY DIDN'T WANT TO LET HIM IN THE HOUSE. Debbie is working very hard at scrapping rust, but I wonder where Tony is going with that hose. This picture give you an idea just how much rust they had to scrape |
Hard to believe that this is the same trailer, compliments of Ray, Deb, Tony, Bill, & Marty. Super job guys and gal. Look at those fenders shine, now if we can only find out who cut those break lines so close we will be in business. Marty wanted this trailer to look brand new so he could rent it out on weekends. |
| Marty had everyone bring their clear lunch bags, then they opened them all up added a little tape and erected a barrier to keep the paint off everything else in the garage. |
At about this point, Marty has about had it, we really busted his rear end and just made his life miserable, we though about easing up on him but then we took a vote, Marty lost, so he in for more abuse as the build goes on, we probably only have about a month to go yet, I guess we all just love him. Pictures were supplied by Marty and Bill Kastler. |
| What do you think Ray? The team is getting hungry, it says here we can have 1 item from volume A 2 items from column B, unless you want Won-Ton Soup then you get two items from column A but you also get fortune cookie. Ray says, Marty, I am going in to the recliner and get a little shut eye, when you get the Bird Drop Soup call me and I will jump up. Debbie looks on but with the mask no one knew her, good disguise deb. She has that I am gonna kill someone look in her eyes. |
| Question Do you know who I am? I don't play a doctor on TV. I am not into politics. I don't work for the VA. But I help all veterans. Answer I am a member of the super troops and my under cover name is Debbie. |
People who made this project listed by name: A BIg Thank-you to Christ Joest of Imperial Machine & Tool Company for the donation of fenders and the welding he did to make this float possible. Bryan Bittenbender Marty Barrett Debbie Russo Ray Russo Tony Fasano Kathy Fasano Sue Barrett William Kastler Ralph Keiper |
| 27 sheets of SAND PAPER 2 ORBIT SANDERS 5750 hours of hard sanding lots of dirt & grim some banter back & forth and then they say, MARTY, if you don't work harder there will be "NO SOUP FOR YOU" BUT PEOPLE LETS GET SERIOUS! This trailer has taken many hours by dedicated men and women from Chapter 678. |
We do need to give a BIG THANK YOU to Marty Barrett for all the hard work, planning and the use of his garage which 10 years from now he will still be cleaning rust from all the nooks and crannies. He also took more attacks on his very being than most people could endure, That's why we love him so much. Let's just hope he never runs for office. |
| Bill Kastler jumped right into the project and worked like he was a young kid, well he is at heart. He and Debbie really sanded up a storm. It was reported that Ray was outside on a smoke break just waiting for the garage to blow up. Seems that their might have been just a little too much toxic gases in the air. |
