Heated night tonight at track but a fun one at that. John ended up in the middle of two cars and tried to check up. At that point it was too late and he ended up in the air bending his front bumper and breaking an axle. A good sport as always he was all smiles after the race. Lots of other things but WOOOO! What a night.
So I guess I’ll be doing a few things tomorrow. Why can’t it just stay one way? LOL damn you hair.
Today we embarked on moving one of the most annoying pieces from our transmitter site. An old transformer that was just sitting there. At first we estimated that it was about 300-400 lbs. It was a solid block of copper basically with metal all the way around it. We borrowed an engine hoist from a co-worker’s brother-in-law to make the attempt. First thought was to just get it far enough into the bed of the truck and take it to recycling. That wasn’t as easy as it sounded.
First off, the hoist we borrowed didn’t move very well with the transformer attached. By the time we got it positioned to be going straight into the bed of the truck we noticed that the 1/2 ton setting on the hoist arm didn’t look to good we switched to a full ton. Well that made the arm shorter. So we reversed the truck in far enough so that the bed was partial the way in. Also the legs of the hoist were hitting the hitch. That didn’t help much either. Eventually after a lot of effort we got it in there. Then the next problem arouse.
The transformer weighed the back of the truck down so far the hitch was on the ground. Next trick time! The blue panel in the picture is something else we were planning on recycling. We took two of them and stuck them under the tires along with another metal door piece and a brick. Well it picked the truck up high enough and crushed the panels.
Getting it to the recycle place wasn’t easy either. Having that projectile sitting in the back of the truck was a problem. At one stop light it rolled forward a bit. Luckily the hoist slowed it’s roll a bit. Pulled over to the side and attempted to chain it to the truck again.
Once we finally arrived at the recycling center, before we even attempted again to take the hoist out we asked if they had a fork lift to maybe come grab it. A guy pulls up with a fork lift, takes the fork around the outsides and squishes it to pick it up. Meanwhile, Rich and I are basically standing there amazed at how easy that looked.
Oh well, the end result was 536 lbs! 136 more pounds than we actually thought!
Now we can begin dismantling more stuff now that it is out of the way.
It is impressive to see such massive clouds looming over the valley. Considering how high up and how big the clouds are they must be really dense. However, you look up and it’s blue skies right above us. You may be asking, “What valley?” That’s how big those clouds are. Where they are is where there should be mountains. It’s only been a few sprinkles so nothing to crazy yet as far as rain where I’m at. It’s just super COLD!
I am a Happy Camper right now. My Aunty Kathy sent me a care package full of awesome snacks that I am more than happy to consume in one day. I should probably savor it and make it last though. So I will.
Things were blowing every where today. Winds up to 30-40 MPH were just making the High Desert a really crappy place yesterday. On a lighter note, this marks a full month of photos for POTD! Still going and hopefully this time I finish out the whole 365! So only 334 more to go!
While down in San Diego we went to these tide pools and it was really cool and fucking cold! Lots of tiny little ecosystems in each little hole. This was a great little spot where the water was coming through nicely. I was really amazed by the amount of colors all over the rocks and walls. I suggest everyone go and hangout. It’s cool bro.
During my random walk around a town called Jamul close to the Mexican border I found this abandoned house on a hill. It looks so great with all the grass overgrown really.
It never fails, the biggest boxes ever will get left on my doorstep but something in a tiny little box needs to be delivered with a signature. Great… looks like I’ll have to stay home tomorrow to get my box :-P
