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[Craptain]

So which one did you drive? Glad to hear that Perk is up to the job.

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[Strouty]

I don’t think he could drive Perk, legally he doesn’t have a license, but he never really drove the bigger trucks, they don’t shift the same the ones he drives (illegally still).

 

[kaymccampbell]

Glad to see some things working out.
The day you escape that madhouse, I'm gonna hear your yahoo in Halfassed.

 

[Strouty]

I don't know if I will ever truly escape, but getting a good separation will be a start.

My Dad was up at the Hill doing things to his equipment stored up there, I avoided that place like the plague today. He has a way of turning his issue into mine way too quickly.

 

[xtremek]

Smart play to not get involved.

 

[casmurbax]

from reading the past posts, don't blame you one bit.

How do you go about taking a tower down? How tall is it?

 

[Strouty]

For expediency, will will use a large crane, tower is 180’ tall, so not that tall. The other one is even smaller at 100’, that one we will be taking down like a tree.

 

[jakemac]

It’s all fun and games, until the rain garden gets squashed.


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[1Garageman]

For expediency, will will use a large crane, tower is 180’ tall, so not that tall. The other one is even smaller at 100’, that one we will be taking down like a tree.

Are you going to take some pictures of it for us, maybe even videos?

 

[Strouty]

Maybe.

 

[xtremek]

What kind of chainsaw do you use to drop a 100' tower? Good luck.

 

[harley jim]

Depends on the caliper of the tower

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[jakemac]

What kind of chainsaw do you use to drop a 100' tower? Good luck.

The one you borrowed from your neighbor, so you don’t ruin your good one.


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[mybigwarwagon]

What kind of chainsaw do you use to drop a 100' tower? Good luck.

this kind

 

[cbacres]

Are you going to take some pictures of it for us, maybe even videos?

It’ll just be a picture Of two boots perched on a tower!!

 

[Strouty]

I have a video of one that we took down a few years ago. Basically we pulled the wires on two sides out while letting the third one out so the tower was leaning way off center, then we cut off the anchor head on the single side to let it fall like a tree. Except it falls into the trees and we then had to drag it out, but it wasn’t too bad overall.

 

[Strouty]

Spent a few hours assessing the new burb, changed the oil and filter, started it up and ran it for a while, engine has some lifters that are either no longer getting oil or are rusted, I don’t really want to make a decision right now, so it is going to be put on the back burner. My friend thinks that I can fix it with a new motor and then sell the truck for some stupid amount like $25k. I want to put a diesel in it, that was why I bought it.

Also messed with the F550, the coolant pressure tester arrived and you can hear air escaping, can’t figure out where, but you can hear it. Add coolant and it pours out both ends and sides of the engine, but you can’t see where it is coming from. There were two of us, had a light, a mirror, and a fancy camera, still could not see where it was leaking.

 

[XJSuperman]

No no no, back burner should be off limits to you Strouty. Whether you do it or pay someone to do it, you need to get that burb up and moving right. Dragging a paperweight home isn't the answer.

 

[rvieceli]

^^^^this^^^^ times two

 

[Strouty]

It isn’t a paperweight, I can drive it.

I don’t want to tear it apart and then have it become a paperweight, I looked at what it would cost to have someone else do the work, would be a bit over $4k to have the motor replaced (including the motor). I can have another running burb shipped from Nevada for a little bit more, I want to make a diesel, that is why I bought this one and I think I am sticking with that. I want a couple weeks to think about it. The F550 is probably my next target now that I know it isn’t the head gasket. I need to figure out if it makes sense to just change the oil cooler and EGR cooler now, the cost for the parts is about a grand, but the labor won’t change much as it looks like the top of the engine has to come off to get to this coolant leak.

 

[steaks&anvils]

I have a video of one that we took down a few years ago. Basically we pulled the wires on two sides out while letting the third one out so the tower was leaning way off center, then we cut off the anchor head on the single side to let it fall like a tree. Except it falls into the trees and we then had to drag it out, but it wasn’t too bad overall.

I recall, back when I was in high school, some kids cut the guy wires on a local radio station tower. But I seem to remember that it fell straight down? It was a long time ago and I'm sure my memory of the event is clouded with beer and girls.

For years after that, there were lots of homes with radio station tower mail box posts. I think there is still one that I recall seeing recently.

 

[mybigwarwagon]

Before you start the diesel swap make sure the frames are the same. For some reason I am thinking the front frame rails are different. I know they changed the 1500 and 2500 and I am thinking there is something with the diesel. I can't remember exactly.

 

[Strouty]

Towers are designed to fall in on themselves, you have to create the proper situation for the tower to do what I want to do. I have only seen one tower that fell straight over without people inducing it and that was because all the guy wires on one side were all on one anchor point, the anchor point pulled out of the ground due to a situation created by someone that didn’t understand simple chemistry. The anchor was in the brackish tidal water at the mouth of a stream, the engineers were worried about ice acting on the wires, so they had someone extend the anchor shaft to get the wires further up over the water. The company used stainless steel plates, but galvanized bolts, with the fresh salt water every 12 hours, those bolts slowly corroded until it finally let go, like the sword and the stone.

 

[Strouty]

Before you start the diesel swap make sure the frames are the same. For some reason I am thinking the front frame rails are different. I know they changed the 1500 and 2500 and I am thinking there is something with the diesel. I can't remember exactly.

1500 gasoline is totally different than 2500, but the diesel 1500 Burbs, are all the same as a 2500. As for fitment of the engine, diesel will fit anywhere a small block fits, from 1950s to early 2000s. In other words, no issues, they even use the same motor mounts. The wiring harness is different, the computer is different, the transmission is different, and the AC lines are different (no clue why that is).

 

[mybigwarwagon]

I wasn't sure if the frames were different or not. After having my head bashed in I hav a hard time remembering things like that.

 

[Strouty]

The main difference is the 8 lug versus 5 and 6 lug trucks, if you have 8 lugs they are the same, of course a 2 wheel drive versus 4 wheel drive makes a difference as well.

 

[xtremek]

Pondering the issues is never a waste of time, as long as you don't procrastinate. Ponder away my friend.

 

[Strouty]

Yesterday was drilling on the island, had a couple blow outs with Dad over the use of his skid pan. He even gave me the middle finger at one point, was very interesting. We didn’t use the skid pan under the excavator like he wanted, then he got mad because I ended earlier than he wanted me to, but the tide was already an hour past low and I did not want to get caught with the excavator in the ocean. The funny part was after starting to drill, it was really obvious that there wasn’t enough air to run both the drill and the power feed together on the one air hose. While I slowly drilled the first hole, my Cousin dug out another couple hoses, once we separated the drill from the power feed, things were great, drilling took half as long. I still can’t figure out why the ex employee, the really smart guy, couldn’t see what was going on, took me all of a few minutes.







This morning has been lazy, I did mow the lawn, unpacked a few new additions to my mess, and now I am going to swap the well water over to “summer” water, so I don’t have to deal with filling the tanks under the house in the Hill.

Also last night I spent way too much money buying new tools, this was a 2 AM, couldn’t sleep type of situation, not sure if I will regret it, but I have some paying jobs that I can use the new stuff on. I think the job will just about pay for everything, then I get to use them for free, at least that is how I rationalize it.

 

[jack stand]

That's a cool project, ***** that the relationship is bad and the old man's loosing his marbles. He's got some buck$ in that even with the scrap tower for "legs". Casco Bay somewhere?
What's his "skid pan", something to catch possible machine drippings?

 

[Strouty]

Sorry, the skid pan was supposed to be to park the machine on to make it easier to pull in if there was a mechanical failure. Problem is, you don't know where the machine needs to be until you set it up, then you would have to mark the area, then move the skid pan in place, then move the excavator into the skid pan and hope it doesn't rock or move. I hated the idea from the second he mentioned it. They drilled while in the mud without it, yet now that we are on the slippery ledge he thinks we need it, go figure. It seems like it was just a way to delay things while he had my cousin rework the skid to fit the machine.

 

[shortykorte]

Wow what a tide drop.


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[casmurbax]

Sounds like everything he allowed with the ex, he doesn't allow you to do.

very weird and sad.

 

[quattro_sinko]

It isn’t a paperweight, I can drive it.

I don’t want to tear it apart and then have it become a paperweight, I looked at what it would cost to have someone else do the work, would be a bit over $4k to have the motor replaced (including the motor). I can have another running burned shipped from Nevada for a little bit more, I want to make a diesel, that is why I bought this one and I think I am sticking with that. I want a couple weeks to think about it. The F550 is probably my next target now that I know it isn’t the head gasket. I need to figure out if it makes sense to just change the oil cooler and EGR cooler now, the cost for the parts is about a grand, but the labor won’t change much as it looks like the top of the engine has to come off to get to this coolant leak.

For what it's worth, if you're looking at diesel motors from Parhump Nevada, I'd be careful. If I miread your post above, ignore this.

Edited to add: Nice drill rig!

 

[Strouty]

I haven’t found a diesel one that fits the bill yet, that is why I was thinking about making one. Still up in the air about the 454, I am not rushing this decision.

 

[xtremek]

Once you get the 550 going, I'd get the new 'Burb running and usable. Then start on other projects. Once winter hits, then tear into the 'Burb, since you kind of want to keep it nice.

 

[Strouty]

I agree the F550 is the next on the list, it isn’t ideal, but it can become a daily driver for the time being. This will allow me to get the maroon burb repaired so I can get an inspection sticker, probably not going to fix the AC as it seems like this will become my next winter beater. I need to get myself into a true daily driver that isn’t in need of repairs, still leaning towards a Honda Element, the good thing is that would allow me to still do close to 75% of what I currently do with the burb.

I came up to the Hill to pick up some parts for the SG, decided to check on the water system, good thing I did, there was a leak at the well and the pump had been running all night. I don’t think it hurt anything as it is a submersible pump and was under water the entire time. Anyways, my fault for not checking things over more closely, I haven’t set it up to “summer” water in close to 20 years, can’t really use it as an excuse, I should have known something was wrong because the pressure switch never disengaged. I think in my head it had an internal switch, but even that doesn’t make sense. No excuse, I messed up.

Here is the well, water is pumped about a quarter mile up the hill to the house.

 

[steaks&anvils]

A reliable daily driver will make so much of a difference. It'll take a load of worry off your mind.

Cute (I mean manly) bridge and small stream and the "forest" look too. Is this also part of the Hill property? Like your yard?

Being born and raised in Colorado, heavy foliage is so amazing to me. Our forests are just open trees, less underbrush than back east. So green, we only get green for a few weeks in the spring, then brown. As Americans, we really are blessed to have such a diverse and beautiful country.

Wells ****. My dad would go to his mountain property every sunday to check on the place. He made sure to run water (washer, dishwasher, water yard etc) just to keep the well system working properly. His well was ~400ft deep, in granite.

 

[Strouty]

This well has never run dry, it is very shallow, used a backhoe to dig it so probably 15’ max. There is a good 150’ difference between where the well is and the top of the hill, where the house is. Eventually I would like to have a drilled well, probably have to be a thousand feet deep, there are four holes at the top that are down 450’ and none of them held any water, that was really deep way back when.

I am over at the SG moving some stuff, loaded up the rest of the trash from the horse/saddle trailer. It is so hot and humid, made even worse by the fact that yesterday was not humid and about 62 degrees with cloudy skies. If I can handle it, I am going to try and get the blade on the Mitsu, then load the Mitsu up then I need to decide if I am taking it to the tower site or to the Hill, both places need it, my timing is always off, so no matter where it goes, it will be the wrong place.

 

[Strouty]

The blade arms are a tight squeeze, will have to spread the to get the joint together. I would probably be able to do it if I had another person, but at this point I figure might as well just get it done. Of course the heat is trying to convince me otherwise.





I moved the Cascadia carcass, again, this time it will be a while before I need any parts off it, probably not until October and I just couldn’t see leaving it right next to the shop for that long.





Still need to dig out all theses trucks and trailers, probably do it next week, ***** because the office trailer is a 2 5/16” ball and the only truck that is heavy duty enough with that capability is Bev and she is parked over at the tower, go figure.









I also moved Pane out of the way, now that I know I will not be able to use the forklift propane tanks, once it leaks all the propane out, I won’t be able to move it as easily.

 

[Strouty]

It is way too hot for me, I am at about half speed and fading. Had to dig out the portapower and it was leaking, must be an o-ring, got the arms spread and the pins in for the bottom, now I am trying to find something to pound out the upper pins, I left them in for some reason and now they are not as easy to move. Guess I may need to clean them up a bit. I also need to look back to see how the rams were plumbed up, I think it would only be able to go one way, but last thing I want to do is do this twice.