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| We met Tim last summer, 2006, Tim and his wife Pam, were building
a castle just a stone's throw from our farm. Yes, I said a castle,
literally! There will be more pictures of the castle later. Very
interesting!
When we met them, Tim and Pam were in the midst of finishing the castle
and were looking for a better way to power their home than using a
generator all of the time. Very expensive and bad for the environment as
well! Unfortunately, they had already purchased a turbine from someone. I
will not mention the brand name, but it is not one of the good one's! We
told Tim that when that turbine breaks, that he can come and build a good
one at our place!
Anyway, in early January, this year, we helped him get the tower up and
helped to get the turbine hooked up and running properly. |
| Pictures of the crane picking up the tower which was already assembled
and laying in the field behind Tim's house.
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| The crane made fast work of raising the 100 foot tower. Getting it place
was a little trickier!
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| Everyone helped to steady the tower as it goes up so that it didn't sway
too much.
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| And there it is! The future supplier of all Tim's power! Yeah, right!
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| The guys getting the wires connected. Craig looks happy. Tim doesn't
look so sure that this is going as planned!
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| Tim, his brother and his father look on as Craig hooks up the wires for
the turbine. This was a true family project! Even Tim's grandparents
showed up later to check out the proceedings.
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| Attaching the blades to the turbine.
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| Craig explaining some details to Tim just before the tower lifting
begins.
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| Various pictures of the turbine going up.
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| Getting there, but then, a small problem with positioning occurred and
the tower had to be lowered again. Close up of the hub of the turbine.
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| And there she goes back up again after some adjusting. |
| Shot from out in the field showing the fully extended crane.
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| It took a lot of wiggling at the end to get the tower positioned
securely onto the base, but finally, everything was set.
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| Tightening the guy wires .
Tim on the tower releasing the hook for the crane. Good thing Tim had
his very own harness! |
| Tim coming down after releasing the hook.
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| And there she is! Ready to make power! Now we just need some wind!
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