Some things I really liked about my existing chariot method, was I could brake to a stop, let Fiona out, quickly put the esk8 into it and then not have to carry it through or to the parks. I could even put Fiona and the esk8 in the chariot together, and towing it was still easy peasy. Quick, no tools required, No or little tongue weight, and the 12" tall 3" wide hand truck tires laughed at bumps.
We’ve been walking to , and driving to the crushed shell trail.
Fiona now walks the shells super slowly, as if tender footed. She misses rolling it. We were so spoiled being able go roll the whole way, from garage to pavilion steps.
While rolling, I could move chariot left or right to avoid obstacles or just get Fiona to the side into some clean air. Also, when carving, I could significantly reduce the motion of the chariot by moving my arm accordingly. I imagine with it hooked to board, one would need to avoid or at least minimize any such movements.
When I’d return, putting esk8 on work bench and tilting chariot back, handle high against wall, and closing the garage door behind me coulx be done in 15 seconds.
So if the shoulder allows, I want to stick with my current system, but will adapt accordingly, if I feel I can even risk Esk8’ing again.
Once, i just pulled a large S hook from.pocket, hooked it on handle and put it on my waistband to walk the shell trail which was also very viable and had me thinking about a shoulder strap and a handle which would hug my hip a bit better.
The goal is to be able to paddle the kayak again, and the kayak’s front handle is basically the key to that whole system re-working, with Fiona in rear well as a counterweight balancing it nearly perfectly. The chariot design was developed around the kayak’s front handle.
Pre chariot, we’d sometimes just cruise the neighborhood with her in the kayak, with no paddle or intent to go to the water. That was pre pneumatics or ball bearings on chariot cart. She just loved it so much. She goes upto the chariot often now, and sits next to it, looks at me and wags her tail, breaking my heart.
The Hospital bill is ridiculous. I got a separate bill from radiology that is 1/10 the price of what ‘radiological services’ are listed on in the hospital bill, as if the person writing up the bill was like ok this was 237$, lets just add a zero to that and add 350$ more and round it up to 2750$ for 5 x rays.
Such bullshit, so damn enraging.
I will negotiate, and if they don’t bring it way down, they will get nothing at all. Blood from stone and all. Fvck em.
Ruin my credit?.. What credit?
Never borrowed money in my life, and am not starting now.
The shoulder is slowly improving. I’m doing all stretches and exercises, probably a bit prematurely. Arm strength while doing internal or external rotation and abduction is pathetically low, as is the range of movement, without pain, but I can at least cut a tomato again, though the knife better be sharp.
The degree of rotator cuff damage is unknown, but I know surgery is simply not an option, and not only for financial reasons.
I still got esk8 on the brain, but I could be done. Time will tell.
If I am not done, I think I got to step down my desires, part of which is building something that could be considered somewhat respectable here on the forum
I loved the silence, and maintenance free reliability of my hub motors. They’d get me going faster than I needed, even on 10s with an Ebay Lingyi, even towing Fiona, though I’d love more torque. The range with only 187 watt hours was rarely a factor either, here in flat Florida, and I have methods of modular range extension on the table too.
The long baltic birch deck behind back foot would soak up so much road vibration, and the offroad ability was surprising, with the turf tires up front, and it was surprisingly nimble too.
I’m not concerned with how odd it looks with 8x3" turfs up front and 90mm hubs motors in rear. Its capability for my needs was more than adequate.
If shoulder cooperates. I might just pursue the higher wattage Meepo 105mm hub motors, or the backfire ranger larger hub motors, and give up thoughts of 4 pneumatics and belt or gear or chain drive, and a huge battery.
I’ve still got battery on the brain. I was really looking Forward to building a 10s2p of JP40’s/Am04’s. Seeing as how the 10s1p of P42a significantly outtorqued 10s2p of dmegc 18650’s.
I imagine the significantly less voltage sag of ‘tabless’ cells would yield considerably more torque, and Vescing it vs the ebay Lingyi should also up the torque to more than adequate levels for my needs.
Anyway, my 8x3 turf tires floating ability made my board rescuable, for which I am thankful. I doubt even if i went B264 levels of waterproofedness of my enclosure , whether internals could have survived submersion. The hub motors drug the stern instantly to the oyster bed below.
My new underwater avatar is a self reminder to be thankful, rather than be intentionally representative of my state of mind, though admittedly, it has been accurate.
