{"id":899,"date":"2014-06-15T06:15:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T11:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?p=899"},"modified":"2014-06-15T07:37:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T12:37:43","slug":"20140613-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?p=899","title":{"rendered":"2014\/06\/13 — Friday — Loading the Containers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Virginia went to Underwater World —\u00a0http:\/\/uwwguam.com\/<\/a> — this morning with several of the ladies. Denise had some complimentary tickets and had invited them earlier this week. They went out for ice cream afterwards.<\/div>\n
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With Virginia away, April stepped in to help George and Jason with the spare parts packing and lists.\u00a0 By the time they were finished, the list totaled over 110 boxes of spare parts.<\/div>\n
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The truck driver arrived right at 11am and came with the second container on the special trailer that could lower the container onto the ground.\u00a0 This container was unloaded under the transmission lines going to the antennas.\u00a0 It was necessary to lift these lines slightly with a pole to give enough clearance for the side-loading trailer to accomplish this task.\u00a0 Fortunately, the transmitters were not on the air to allow this to happen.<\/div>\n
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It was at this point that this driver’s expertise began to shine!\u00a0 He convinced us that he could lower the second container onto the ground on the other side of the building in a very tight space and still have its doors open onto the concrete slab.\u00a0 The process went like this:<\/div>\n
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1.\u00a0 He unhitched the side-loading trailer.<\/div>\n
2.\u00a0 He hitched onto the other trailer with the first container and moved it to the other side of the building.<\/div>\n
3.\u00a0 He unhitched from this trailer<\/div>\n
4.\u00a0 He hitched back onto the side-loading trailer, moved alongside the other trailer and transferred the first container onto this trailer.<\/div>\n
5.\u00a0 With a few attempts he managed to back into a very tight space with a ditch and power pole on one side and another container being used for storage on the other, leaving just enough space for the first container.<\/div>\n
6. With less than 6 inches to spare on each side he lowered the first container between his side-loading trailer and the storage container!<\/div>\n
All this was done in less than an hour!<\/div>\n
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Now the loading of the containers began in earnest.\u00a0 First the 3-ton high voltage transformers were loaded using the forklift then the ‘skates’ to move them all the way in — two into one container and one in the other.\u00a0 After the two transformers were secured in place with heavy strap tie-downs, the steam condensers (radiators) and spare parts boxes were used to fill in spaces around the big transformers.<\/p>\n
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The top frame is being moved out of the building. Looks like we have plenty of help for this one!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The top frame was loaded into the container and its empty spaces filled with spare parts boxes and smaller transformers, motors, etc.<\/div>\n
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Now TX 1 was moved to the container with three ‘skates’ — two at the back (the heavy end) and one at the front to do the steering.\u00a0 At first we tried four ‘skates’ — one on each corner, but found that with any unevenness in the floor that one or more of the ‘skates’ would come out.\u00a0 With three, this problem was eliminated and steering was quite easy.<\/div>\n
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For those who are interested in what these ‘skates’ (also called machinery skates or roller skids) look like check out this (which is very similar to those we used) — http:\/\/www.rollerskids.com\/mark-5.html<\/a><\/div>\n
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Transmitter is on ‘skates’ (rollers) and ready to be moved out of the building. One of the ‘skates’ can be seen under the corner of this transmitter. The top plate on the ‘skate’ can swivel to allow the rollers to move in any direction.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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To get TX1 into the container we jacked up the frame and put 2X4 blocks on top of two ‘skates’ just behind the front, then pushed the transmitter so the front extended into the container.\u00a0 It was now possible to us the forklift to lift the back of the transmitter and slide it the rest of the way into the container.<\/div>\n
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While the other men were loading more parts into the remaining open spaces of this container, I prepared TX 2 to be moved, only to find some conduit still connected to it from underneath.\u00a0 I was able to disconnect one of the conduits, but the larger one had to be cut off with a saw.<\/div>\n
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By 4:30 (normal quitting time) we had TX 2 moved where TX 1 had been.\u00a0 Now it was in a position that it would be possible to remove the top frame with the forklift. By 5pm, the frame was off, we picked up the tools outside and closed the containers.<\/div>\n
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Because George and Jason are scheduled to leave tomorrow, we decided to work tomorrow (Saturday) and try to finish packing the containers before they leave.<\/div>\n
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When I got home this evening, Virginia gave me the news that my laptop not working — it refused to log on– so was unable to anything on our blog or download photos.\u00a0 I sent a quick email to Allan for help using Virginia’s laptop.<\/div>\n
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For some reason, after supper tonight I was so tired I could not hold my eyes open!\u00a0 Decided to stop fighting sleep and was in bed by 8pm.<\/div>\n

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