Lack of progress?

  After assembling the tow bar, I went to attach the brackets to the front bumper and found that the "metal" under the plastic bumper cover, was nearly non existant, rusted nearly completely away, so now looking for a replacement bumper in decent shape or a custom new one, which was on the wish list for some time in the future, but I wasn't looking to spend that much at this time.....  

I'll stop by a local welding shop here in Cleveland, and get an estimate for what I need and take it from there, I've found some on line for $400 - $900 and considering the Tracker was basiclly the cost of a van I was going to scrap.... I guess I can afford to spend some money on it...  but hoping the local shop can do it for under $200

more progress

Tow bar for the Tracker, found online, ebay for $55 plus shipping...   A new (in the box) Reese 5000lb model, hopefully I'll get it installed this weekend, but I guess, no real rush, as until the RV is ready to drive, the hitch is pretty much useless, but nice to know - one more piece of the puzzle is in place.

I'm trying to have the Tracker and the RV ready to travel by the weekend after the fourth, as well as have the shipping container from Pack Rat complete filled and shipped to NC.  With any luck, I will be living in the RV in NC by the end of July.  Looking for carpet cleaning jobs, a house or double wide trailer to rent, so I can empty the container and put that $200 towards rent, instead of paying it to store our stuff in the pod.

When not cleaning carpets and looking for a place to rent, I hope to get a little gold prospecting in and maybe a couple hikes on the AT.