I may be losing it…………..

I bought another winch!

It’s embarrassing. I really should know better. I have to stop. No one needs all the winches I now have. I am sick. I need help.

I am going into the winch selling business!

You know how I got the last two winches, right? Not really my fault. Not really. OK. My fault. But I put a stop to it and I am basically sane and so no more flim-flam men were going to sell me another winch. I was strong. I was resolute.

But then I saw a winch that was inexpensive and perfectly suited to the job for which I had bought the previous two winches. I had to buy it! Man, oh man, it looks good.

You see, a winch is not a solution. It is just part of a solution that includes cables, hooks, power, snatch blocks and all sorts of ancillary stuff. The winch may be the heart of the system but we also need brains and legs and eyes and hands, etc. My first two winches were just ‘hearts’.

I need some brains.

Then I found a winch that came with legs and arms and brains as well as a heart. So, I had to buy it. I had to. Surely you understand? Shirley? Do you understand?

So now, I am selling winches. Anyone want a good Marpole Bulldog 5-ton winch? I can throw in a nice 125 foot 1/2″ cable to go with it? Well, throw may be the wrong word. I can heft a cable into the back of my truck with some help from a strong man or two to go with it.

I have yet to see the other winch I now have for sale. Won’t lay eyes on it for another week. It’s a Braden winch and it is big. Bigger than I thought. (Note to self: don’t buy a winch from a picture unless there is a ruler or something in the picture to give a sense of scale.)

Note to self#2: DON’T BUY ANOTHER WINCH!

Oh what a tangled web we weave, eh?