[WARC] James' tower raising

Tom Peterson tom at galesvillefiredepartment.org
Thu Oct 1 16:38:50 GMT 2009


I would love to see some pictures of this when it's all done.

James Jarvis wrote:
> Update:
>
> We ran into some technical difficulities while erecting the tower 
> yesterday. The guy wires were too short. New guy wires are being 
> manufactured as I write this. If the wind is low enough, we will use a 
> crane tomorrow to take down the tower sections up (50ft) and then lift 
> the combined tower and wind generator. This plan hasn't been 
> finalized, however.
>
> -Jim
>
> James Jarvis wrote:
>> Hi Dick and Group,
>>
>> The tower raising got pushed back a day. It is now happening tomorrow 
>> and potentially Thursday.
>>
>> My house is 0.3 miles north of Fremont. Coming from Winona, take the 
>> Lewiston exit off of I-90. Go south on county road 29. It will curve 
>> to the right (west). Follow that road about 1 mile to Fremont. Turn 
>> right at the first opprotunity (across from the Fremont Store). I 
>> will be third "house" on the left.
>>
>> You can reach me on my cell at 507-312-4437.
>>
>> I would imagine activity will start around 9AM tomorrow and conclude 
>> at dark.
>>
>> Activity at hand: using gin pole to erect 120 foot tower and install 
>> wind generator on top. The manufacturer of the wind generator and the 
>> tower will be directing the operation and running it as a training 
>> class for a handful of their customers.
>>
>> Any and all are welcome to come out and watch, but I am NOT asking 
>> for volunteer labor to erect the tower.
>>
>> -Jim
>>
>> Dick Lindner wrote:
>>> Could someone please provide driving directions to the site of the 
>>> grand tower raising?
>>>
>>> Dick W0RIF
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>>
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