i admit defeat :(

both of the bolts I need to take off wouldn't budge and are now stripped. can't get a grip on the heads, they won't turn for shit.

i just put everything into the box and pushed it to the back of the garage, where it can wait until fucking spring. i'm not going out there again, it was twelve above just now. can't grab the cold metal tools w/my arthritic hands for long before they hurt even more, from the cold.

so screw this.

let my neighbors shovel my shit for the rest of the winter, i give up.

i am beaten.  :(