Javi and all the other cordless drill people ----
Since I am probably the only one on the entire forum who still uses the hand crank to raise and lower the stabilizers and obviously way out of touch, I thought I would try to get a "leg up" on the rest of you by being really innovative and totally up-to-date.
For those of you who have a recent smart phone such as the iPhone 4 or 5, you will all be familiar with Siri or her android equivalent. She's the gal who will carry out commands for you simply by speaking nicely to her.
Yesterday, I took my iPhone out to the Cougar and in a quiet, calm and very polite voice, I asked Siri to lower the stabilizers. No more sweat and exertion. No bending over with a cordless drill. No more pushing buttons. Far too strenuous! Siri will do the work with a simple voice command.
I waited and nothing happened. Next time, I spoke a little louder and still nothing. I asked several more times and each time, I found myself shouting louder and finally ended up cursing the poor lady when the stabilizers hadn't responded .
So much for cutting edge technology and at that point the old hand crank looked pretty darn good.
After I had calmed down, I realized that, since I don't have a push button system, and Siri disobeyed my commands and refused to co-operate, I am left with two choices: the electric drill or the manual hand crank. I have been told by many that the drill is far faster and less strenuous. Tomorrow I am going to put the drill and the hand crank to the test to see which is faster and by how much. Stay tuned for the results.