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<\/a><\/p>\nThe dummy load completely filled the container from side to side and was within 10″ of the top of this extra tall container.\u00a0 The tractor was hooked onto the dummy load to drag it out of the container far enough to unload the remaining items.\u00a0 From this location, a crane will lift the dummy load\u00a0high enough to clear the two AC condensing units and the generator to place it onto its concrete foundation.\u00a0 The crane can not come until next week.<\/p>\n
Now that the dummy load was out, we found there were 2X6s screwed to the floor on the other side with no sign of damage to them.\u00a0 The only thing we can figure out is that, when the dummy load was pushed into the container, it was not quite pushed in all the way [18″ short of the inside blocking].\u00a0 The outside 2X6s were then screwed into place.\u00a0 Somehow, during transport, the dummy load gently slide up against the inside 2X6s and left the 18″ gap we saw upon opening the container.\u00a0 We are grateful that no damage occurred.<\/p>\n
With the dummy load out, the heavy work began!\u00a0 First there was a large pallet with relatively light items.\u00a0 The pallet was too long for the tractor to lift with its ‘forks’, so the items had to be unloaded by hand.\u00a0 Next was a small pallet with about fifteen 50 pound bags of special cement for laying tiles.\u00a0 The weight was too much for the tractor to lift, so these had to be unloaded by hand.\u00a0 Next was a small pallet with about 20 boxes of floor tiles.\u00a0 These boxes weighed 47 pounds each and again had to be unloaded by hand.\u00a0 The next pallet was a little bigger and had about 40 boxes of floor tiles and, of course, had to be unloaded by hand.\u00a0 All these were loaded onto the mission dump truck and had to be unloaded inside the building.\u00a0 We had our ‘workout’ today–mostly inside a container with the sun shining on it!
\nThe last item was a 6 foot diameter reel of coax cable.\u00a0 The weight written on the side was just under 500 pounds, but I was able to rotate it 90 degrees and roll it out of the container while Lionel and Jonas unloaded the tiles in the building.<\/p>\n
We had just enough time to sweep out the container and close its doors before quitting time.\u00a0 Before leaving, an email had already been received from Kintronic with a possible solution to the problem with the ground straps this morning.<\/p>\n
Virginia had been asked to help with preparing a dessert for next week, so when I got home, we drove into town to Van der Tweel supermarket to pick up ingredients for making the dessert.\u00a0 After getting back to the duplex, both of us were ready for a cool-down swim at Bachelor Beach.\u00a0 This time I did some snorkeling for the first time on this trip.\u00a0 Saw a few fish, but will need to swim further out to the coral to see more.\u00a0 Maybe next time?\u00a0 This is Virginia’s second swim on this trip and she really appreciated the cool-down!\u00a0 She’ll probably want more like it during the next 10 days.<\/p>\n