I was thinking are they just going to blow the tower to take it down? They getting really close to it for sure!
The new tower parts are still spread out in the weeds over by the Honda shop...hope they don't do something rash! 
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Posted 17 July 2013 - 04:39 PM
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Posted 18 July 2013 - 11:01 AM
Well now, we have activity in those weeds by the Honda shop!
To the left of the 'Wide Load' sign on the bumper someone has started opening the cartons of hardware. Along the skyline above the low-boy two drill rigs are busy on a lower slope than previous blasts.
Over to the right another drill is working on a rib of rock and to the right of that there are several boulders lined up. Wonder if those will end up 'decorating' the lot in front of the building.
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Posted 18 July 2013 - 11:08 AM
They're putting together some kind of sub-assemblies.
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The back of their t-shirts say 'Lookout Towers'.
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Posted 18 July 2013 - 11:43 AM
The new field of splotches...guess they'll have to move the Porta-John! Also note the Austin Powder truck is up where the drills were working yesterday.
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Posted 18 July 2013 - 02:47 PM
They also started running the Cone Crusher today...it does sort by size and even dumps the oversized rocks off to the side before going into the crusher jaws.
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I was also over there today when they did another blast on the far right side, but didn't try for a vid...rain was coming in with lots of thunder and lightning!
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Posted 19 July 2013 - 07:09 AM
A lot more drilling in the area of the Porta-John...and it's still there for now!
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Posted 19 July 2013 - 04:59 PM
This space reserved for a vid...if I can ever get it downloaded from the Canon Power Shot!
Taaa-Daaa!!!
(ps...the Porta-John survived!)
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Posted 19 July 2013 - 05:02 PM
On my way down the road I see the control room has arrived...
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And the driver of the low-boy needed some help up the steep part!
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Posted 19 July 2013 - 05:09 PM
Those recent splotches were loaded with powder from this truck instead of out of paper bags.
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The powder can go out the bottom dump or through a hose.
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Posted 19 July 2013 - 05:11 PM
Guess this is a second new control room waiting for its trip up the hill.
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Posted 19 July 2013 - 05:19 PM
Later tonight I went by and noticed they had a huge extension-hoist boom truck and the same low-boy from earlier up on the hill by the *old* tower!
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Watched them load another control room and start down the hill...
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with another D9 Cat cabled to the back of the trailer to act as an anchor?
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Followed them over toward the new tower site and up the hill they went!
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Posted 20 July 2013 - 10:00 AM
Slipped into Arrington Rd for a look up at the new tower site where the control room(s) were taken yesterday.
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Posted 20 July 2013 - 10:13 AM
There was a powerful thunderstorm here last night after they moved the control room from the old site to the new...lightning strikes nearby (messed up my DirecTV custom guide channels?) , tremendous thunder claps and gully-washer rain. Much work going on this morning patching washed out service roads the dump trucks use to move rubble down from the top.
There was a small blast about 10 am on the south shoulder out of sight from my usual observation spots. They've started pushing over more trees to the left of the remaining white splotches not set off when they did the shot near the Porta-John.
The Cam Com guys were busy today sorting out the cartons of hardware in the weeds by the Honda shop...the rain really messed up the cardboard cartons.
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Posted 21 July 2013 - 12:03 PM
Sunday morning on my way for a breakfast burrito, noticed the Cam Com crew loading up tower parts. I stopped for pics and met their President and learned more about the tower construction procedures. Also had the opportunity to follow them up to the new site to watch the first 3 legs being installed.
Loading up...
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The tubular sub-assemblies will be installed at the top and several layers down and the actual transmitters go onto the ends.
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Posted 21 July 2013 - 12:07 PM
A visit to the site for the new tower...
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Posted 21 July 2013 - 12:13 PM
Lifting, lowering and setting Leg #1...
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And the first leg of three is in place!
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Posted 21 July 2013 - 12:18 PM
Second leg...
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Posted 21 July 2013 - 12:23 PM
And the 3rd leg...
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Needed to wiggle it to set it in position...
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The 'wiggling' is accomplished by this strange dance at the top of the leg...!
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And now start turning all those nuts...
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Posted 21 July 2013 - 12:27 PM
All three legs in place...next they'll be adding cross members and then set the next set of three and etc. Rain was coming so I headed out to get that burrito!
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Posted 21 July 2013 - 12:44 PM
While watching the crew load material by the Honda shop, I noticed someone was climbing the old tower. It wasn't someone from the Cam Com crew...must have been maintenance/inspection work after the big thunder storm. Sorry for the blurry zoom shots.
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