Crash...

With so much to do and so little time, our main way of checking pastures and fencing is with the Polaris 4 wheeler.  Back in the day, when I was a kid, this would have NEVER happened!  You checked pastures on a horse...Period!  Dad didn't see any use for a 4 wheeler.  Nowdays, we couldn't imagine a week without it.  Well, last June Alan had a mishap with his trusty steed, well, in this case...his 4 wheeler!  He had loaded the four-wheeler on the trailer without tying it down...like he had done many, many times before...and put the brake on!  While traveling down Highway 1 headed towards another pasture he looked in his rear view mirror and his 4-wheeler was going end over end on the pavement!  OUCH!  Here are some pictures of it after the crash...

Notice the handle bars...bent completely down...

Loading it back on the trailer to take it home...

Needless to say, we went the entire summer without it and really don't want to do that again!  After visiting with our insurance we came to the conclusion that this past winter we could maybe try and "Put it back together" with some replacement parts!  Here's where Tyler (my cousin) entered the picture...he is very handy with a wrench and after many hours of searching Ebay for parts and taking the 4-wheeler apart...

He now has our "fixed" machine ready for the summer!!  THANK YOU TYLER!!  You are awesome!