11/05/2026
After 3 days 🗓️ , about 1500 miles 🛻, and $13k later 💸, I’m back in Springfield just in time to open the shop up for the week!
I get asked all the time, “where do you get all this stuff???” and I know I’ve never done many “behind the scenes” … frankly I’ve taken a major step back from social media in general. So I had all intentions on documenting this trip, and well…about half way to the destination, on Sunday evening, we were cruising down the highway at 75mph. We heard a loud bang, and saw something flying off the truck. It was the drive shaft. Stuck on the side of the road we didn’t know wtf we could do since most places were closed. Luckily we got ahold of a guy named Larry- he came swiftly to tow us to his shop that was luckily only 3 miles away, installed a new (old) drive shaft, then we realized the muffler took a beating from the shaft, and there was a major leak. Larry spot welded the best he could (after, he told us he wasn’t even supposed to weld due to a medical device in his heart! 😳) We hit the road to drive another 6 hours. My bu******ks were clenched the entire freaking trip, anxiety was at an all time high 😅
I scored a trailer load of mid-century teak imports, and we made it back in one piece! 🤜🤛
