[WARC] James' tower raising

Tom Peterson tom at galesvillefiredepartment.org
Fri Oct 2 01:55:59 GMT 2009


Clare-

Thanks for sharing the pics.  I always enjoy seeing others tower 
projects.  One of these days I'm going to put mine up and it helps in 
the planning to see what others have done.

73
Tom
KC9ECI

Clare Jarvis wrote:
> All,
>
> here is a link to a folder with some pictures.   Unfortunately I was pulled from the
> this area to prep the tail.
>
>
> Clare
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> http://goldeneye.jarviscomputer.com/clare/tower/
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> On Thursday 01 October 2009 11:38:50 Tom Peterson wrote:
>   
>> 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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