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Cell Tower Saga
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Posted 09 July 2013 - 06:43 PM
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Posted 09 July 2013 - 06:48 PM
Bring in the vibrating rollers...
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There's one layer of rock they had to remove...
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Posted 09 July 2013 - 07:13 PM
In the bucket of the bobcat is the most horrible, meanest, two-stroke compactor I had to run back in the day...
The source of the fill...
Sixteen lengths of all-thread (about 3/4"?) with double nuts waiting for the first sections of tower legs...
They should have the back fill done in a day or so.
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Posted 09 July 2013 - 08:28 PM
Oh hell..... the whacker .... hate them... worse than a jackhammer
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Posted 10 July 2013 - 06:23 PM
Took this shot from a different angle to emphasize the 'notch' that has developed as they cleared away the rubble loosened by the blast in my crummy vid. Notice the white splotches below the white pickup near the base of the tower...when we went by after supper there was a large Cat front bucket moving rocks/dirt there, so must have missed another blast while we ate!
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Posted 11 July 2013 - 10:01 AM
Lots of dump trucks being loaded by bucket loaders and a couple jack hammers but so far no action for the cone crusher.
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Posted 11 July 2013 - 10:06 AM
Back on the east side of the hill a claw bucket is loading slash into a truck to be hauled to a spot where it'll be burned.
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And a scraper pulled by a D9 Cat loads regular dirt to be hauled over near Lee Highway.
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Posted 11 July 2013 - 10:12 AM
This is not a Paul Bunyon-type logging operation! 
: Just push it over with the claw bucket and stack it up to dry.
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Posted 11 July 2013 - 10:20 AM
Meanwhile, the Austin Powder truck has returned to the west side of the hill...
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Spotted the local Fire Marshal's Blazer (ironic!) parked in the back side of the car dealer and since
I had no idea where the next charges were loaded, I didn't try for another vid. Hung around till I heard the air horn and the muffled crackle of the shot just over the right side of the hill.
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Posted 11 July 2013 - 06:03 PM
They keep blasting that hill down and I'll be able to see your place from mine LOL
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Posted 11 July 2013 - 06:09 PM
They keep blasting that hill down and I'll be able to see your place from mine LOL
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If'n you're in K'port...we're both on the same side of that hill! :
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Posted 12 July 2013 - 08:35 AM
Two drills making more white splotches nearer the base of the old tower while two jack hammers make smaller rocks from larger boulders.
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Posted 12 July 2013 - 08:37 AM
The claw bucket also useful to demolish an abandoned mobile home.
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Posted 15 July 2013 - 07:23 AM
Last Friday they finished drilling along the ledge above where rubble has been removed after the crummy vid blast.
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Today they've cleared most of the rubble after two blasts just over the ridge on the right side and two drill rigs are back at it there.
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Posted 15 July 2013 - 07:30 AM
Today the Austin Powder folks are setting charges where all those holes were drilled last week.
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From the angle the Powder truck was parked and using binoculars I could see that the 'Powder' is actually powder in paper bags instead of stick dynamite! Tried to zoom in to show them unloading the bags, but very fuzzy pic.
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Posted 15 July 2013 - 07:41 AM
Back on the east side of the hill...
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They're still trucking rubble down from the other side and they are apparently building some kind of concrete facility at the low point since I've seen a couple ready-mix trucks in and out.
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Posted 15 July 2013 - 11:18 AM
Ummmm, how do I make a youtube video public?
Still learning...youtube stabilzed this one and the sun was shining!
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Posted 15 July 2013 - 11:36 AM
Post-blast...
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Posted 16 July 2013 - 07:25 AM
Sneaked into the breakdown lane on the freeway for a minute...they're getting pretty close to the base of the tower on this side!
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Posted 17 July 2013 - 01:41 PM
Sneaked into the breakdown lane on the freeway for a minute...they're getting pretty close to the base of the tower on this side!
I was thinking are they just going to blow the tower to take it down? They getting really close to it for sure!
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