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Cell Tower Saga

Started by Tom in Bristol , Apr 25 2013 12:36 PM

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#261 Tom in Bristol

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Posted 04 October 2013 - 11:56 AM

The shot starts from the right to left, then the new holes this side of the hill road and then...the TOP!

The blue porta john still lives!

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Lotta red dirt pushed up from the new charges set this morning.

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A wide shot of the wall - the darker red along the top is all freshly exposed.

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The sloping rock section is still there, but front part has been carved away.

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The middle section of the wall...sloping rock continues lower.

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The right side of the wall.

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The shot raised a heap that obscures the slab...

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But a pic from the other side shows that the slab was tilted by the shot.

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A closer look at the slab.

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#262 Tom in Bristol

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Posted 04 October 2013 - 12:05 PM

An employee of the city (white shirt) often flies this RC copter over the site during the shots.

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It carries a camera and he said some of the videos he makes may later be posted on the city website...hope so and I'll let you know if/when.

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#263 Tom in Bristol

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Posted 05 October 2013 - 07:50 AM

Saturday morning and the drills are back on top for a shot on Monday.

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On the west side Austin Powder setting charges along the western edge of the rock wall pit for a shot later today. Bet that removal of that rock wall will be a chore!

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#264 Tom in Bristol

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Posted 08 October 2013 - 02:55 PM

From the eastern side for today's shot. Before...

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And while waiting for the shot I noticed movement. Can you see the four deer?

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The vid:

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#265 Tom in Bristol

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Posted 08 October 2013 - 03:21 PM

At the same time as the shot on top, they set one off along the freeway that pushed some rocks down through the shrubbery. The red dirt on the right was from a week ago.

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Posted 08 October 2013 - 03:22 PM

Good Blast today. I'm glad I got to see it in person. I also like watching the rock crunchers.

And I would have loved to have seen the Deer in person.(sighs).

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#267 Tom in Bristol

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Posted 10 October 2013 - 12:34 PM

This morning they dug a big hole to the left of that foundation slab and the dozer nudged it down.

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Then they moved on digging away at the hill.

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While the dozer kept on pushing big rocks away from the top.

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Found a different place to watch the work along the creek as they begin to backfill over the tunnel.

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There's still some finish work on the section that was the last concrete pour to connect the tunnel.

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And then some shovel work to complete covering it with gravel.

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Next comes the dozer moving regular fill into place along the tunnel.

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That dozer is also spreading fill to the left toward the haul road.

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On the level above the porta john another layer is being spread toward the small quarry hole that was used as a burn hole weeks ago.

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The material for both areas is coming down from the top and they're also drilling again up top.

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#268 Tom in Bristol

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Posted 10 October 2013 - 12:38 PM

This afternoon they were ready for another shot along the freeway and I picked a different angle for the vid.

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Posted 11 October 2013 - 12:39 PM

This morning a dozer got busy scraping topsoil and big rocks down from the top and away from the edge of the road on the left.

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Looks like a huge mushroom planted up there...about the size of the truck nearby.

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And the slab is also still up there.

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#270 Tom in Bristol

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Posted 11 October 2013 - 12:47 PM

More Permatile components have arrived. Gotta get another ride on the 4-wheeler to get down toward Clear Creek to see how they're building that part.

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Starting to lay in another layer over the creek bed along the edge of the earlier backfill.

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By noon they had laid out the entire scraped area with pink flags marking the location of drilled holes...that should be an interesting shot next Tuesday!

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#271 Tom in Bristol

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Posted 11 October 2013 - 12:53 PM

The shot today included charges out of my frame since I hadn't watched where the Austin Powder folks were working...my bad.

Putting the Before and After shots together. Better for comparison?

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And zoomed in closer...

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#272 Tom in Bristol

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Posted 11 October 2013 - 01:35 PM

Returned to the new tower site today...to check out the finished product. The shelter closer to the camera is for VZW and the one further away is for AT&T (with its relocated standby generator).

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T-Mo and Sprint don't even have shelter buildings...their feeds come out of outdoor cabinets.

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The site has been neatly fenced and a thick layer of gravel spread out that is almost like walking on asphalt, it's so smooth.

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Mark and his Cam Comm crew are back since there has been some interference by the new tower on the signal from the radio antennae next to our place. They are installing stuff(!) to provide a "sectional diffusion zone" or something really techie like that!

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Tall tower is...tall!

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Well...then there's the whole '20 feet' thang...spotted this collection of parts inside that new fence. BTW this is the first pic I've posted in here after twisting the wrist twice (new Moto X - woot!). How's it look?

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#273 Tom in Bristol

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 03:44 PM

A short ride today - from the haul road looking upstream.

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The expanded pit - from the old quarry hole all the way across the rock wall and it's nearly backfilled up to finished grade elevation.

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Looking up at the loader from directly underneath it.

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This is the progress on holes and cleared slope by 10 am today.

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 04:43 PM

Nearly all of the crew left at 3pm today, one loader and a couple hammers stayed up on top. That expanded pit area was empty of equipment and workers, so it was time to throw rocks! Right down onto the spot I was standing when I took the pic of the loader up on the edge!

That freestanding knob-looking thing is actually another one of the foundation slabs.

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Some still pics of the loader tossing stuff over the edge.

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They dug around under that 2nd slab till they got it tipped over.

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And after beating on it all afternoon the 1st slab has re-bar sticking out all over.

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Posted 14 October 2013 - 09:23 AM

Today we;re back to doing a vid of another shot. The audio on this one is very bad due to the breeze and next time I'll try to sort out a way to muffle that (or you could just mute my voice-over!)

BTW, I just figured out that youtube vids can be paused and then you can do frame-by-frame by repeatedly clicking the right arrow key on a PC. Duh!

Before and After shots on the left and then on the right.

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Posted 14 October 2013 - 09:33 AM

Good Blast today!

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#277 Tom in Bristol

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Posted 15 October 2013 - 08:25 AM

Getting ready for the first shot on the east side of the hill in the scraped area.

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Using the 320 with the clamp (on brand new tracks and drive sprockets!) to deliver sand to cap the holes (or powder to fill them?)...will have to check.

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Typical set-up arrangement.

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And the vid...

The Before and After still pics with a close-up of the pile.

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#278 Tom in Bristol

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 08:49 AM

The shot today was located alongside where the road up the hill was cut at the bottom. When this material is cleared (+ maybe one more deeper shot) should fully open the Honda pit into the rock wall pit.