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What is mohair anyway ?

1/30/2017

One of the old freight buildings down by the railroad tracks Del Rio Texas.

Yesterday while I was in town I moseyed down to the railroad tracks and took a few pictures. Railroad things always seem kind of dark and grungy to me and railroad stations always give me that kind of feeling. There are some very old buildings down by the railroad station in Del Rio but there's also a very nice part of the railroad station because Amtrak stops here So they keep that area looking pretty good, but the rest of it not so much.

There are several old Warehouses down by the tracks that says "Producers Wool and Mohair co." And there are so many of them that they must of been a big deal at one time. The name of the company caught my eye because of Mohair. Because Lord knows I could use some "mohair" get it? mohair! But seriously folks, when I got home, I looked up that company name on the Internet and lo and behold that company was a big deal around here and had an interesting past. I won't bore the folks with that information but if you're interested click on producers wool and mohair co and read a little about them.

It was a beautiful warm day today so I spray-painted a little more rust on the trailer. Seems like every time I look there's more.I know my spray painting won't stop it because nothing short of sandblasting it will, but at least it will slow it down, and make me feel like I'm doing something to help the situation. I just consider it a lesson learned about not staying on the beach for a month. There was a lot of good things about being in Corpus Christi, and I'll probably go back again someday, but I won't live on the beach!

theboondork

A passing freight train in Del Rio Texas

Producers Wool and Mohair Co.

Rusty Arctic Fox fifth wheel from living on the beach

There wasn't a speck of rust on my hitch until I stayed on the beach in Corpus Christi

I wire brushed it, cleaned it, and sprayed it black.

8 Comments

Darrell_Goza

1/31/2017 08:17:50 am

Hello Tom, glad you're still enjoying west Texas. I was surprised to see the picture of your hitch. I've spent a lot of time in salty weather but my hitch never pitted like that. Also, based on the three bolts and the white (silver?) of the underlying washer,,,, has your hitched moved in relation to those bolts?

theboondork

1/31/2017 08:48:33 am

I think my rusting problems were caused by more than just living next to the beach. I believe that the two storms that I went through while parked there had more to do with it than just a little salty air. I remember one of the storms the wind was blowing so hard that it packed the sand in the hinges of my door so bad I had trouble opening and closing the door. The part of the hitch that rusted is kind of protected under the fifth wheel overhang so I believe salt water being blown up under their is what caused the problem.

That's very observant to notice the washers were still silver but that was actually caused by laziness on my part. That part of the bolts was so close to the bottom of the overhang I couldn't get the spray can in the right position to spray them. So instead of getting a small brush and painting them I just left them the way they were. Lazy is a terrible way to be but I try and make up for it by being lackadaisical.

1/31/2017 09:13:29 am

It shows up in the "before painting" picture too. It may just be shadows or something. I think you're right, the storms probably affected the paint job. I've never had sand build up the way you described it. Have fun, be safe. By the way, no cell service in Seminole State Park.

1/31/2017 06:50:43 pm

Sorry it took so long for me to get back to you Darrell but the old fat man stopped by and we talked for many hours about solving the world's problems, and I'm happy to announce when you wake up tomorrow.. There will be no more problems.

Yeah I think what you're seeing their on the hitch is the shadows and the flare from my camera flash.

The no cell phone service is a problem I count heavily on my cell phone data to get on the Internet. I guess if I can't find any Internet somewhere close by I just won't be able stay there for very long, I had planned on two weeks but I'm afraid if I couldn't post on my blog for two weeks I would lose you and my other two readers.
Tom

2/1/2017 06:16:51 pm

If I'm one of the other two readers, I can survive two weeks, especially if you're enjoying where you're at and taking more fantastic pictures that can be posted later. Have fun whatever you decide!

Ed

2/1/2017 08:14:12 pm

Thank you Ed, that's very kind of you.

Tom

JWFitz

2/2/2017 06:45:46 pm

I'm another of your other two readers. I would keep checking for longer than two weeks.

Keep on having too much fun... err....

2/2/2017 07:06:00 pm

Thank you very much JWFitz I really appreciate you saying that. I've thought about getting all my readers together in one place someday but it's just so hard to find a telephone booth anymore.
Tom

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