Bringing Home the Jeep

17 June 2009 by Matt Woodruff.

I am finalizing plans for my trip to Florida to pick up the Jeep.  I cannot get the Texas plates before I go because in order to register the vehicle in Texas, I first have to have an emissions and safety inspection performed in Harris County and take the certificate with me to the tax office, along with the proof of insurance, necessary forms and, of course, a pot of money to pay the fees and taxes.  I am loading the maps for Florida into my GPS and think everything is set for the APRS system to track my progress on the return trip.  One thing I have learned over the past few days is that the rubber duck antenna on the handheld radio sitting on the console of the truck does not seem to get a signal to a digipeater, so I have not been able to locate myself on www.findu.com.  Tomorrow I may try to put a magnetic mount antenna on the truck and see if that helps.  The folks at 4 Wheel Parts in Houston and Orlando have been most helpful.  They are going to ship my extra tires and wheels and bumpers from their store in Orlando to their store in Houston so I do not have to buy a trailer and pull it back to get home with my extra parts. 

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