[Saturday run: 5+ miles; Schafer’s Chapel]
I think I am finally getting close to launch on building some kind of transmitter shack for the FM radio station. It has been my goal to do that for a year but I’ve been weighing the options and the costs.
About 10 days ago a guy advertised on online he was selling two used utility poles. I borrowed the neighbor’s “car hauler trailer”, a 20′ flatbed, and went and bought the poles. We had to cut them to get them loaded. I have one that is 25′ long, a short and mostly dried up piece about 6′ long, and two good pieces 15′ and 18′ in length. When I got them home, I unloaded by tying each pole end to a handy tree (one at a time) and driving forward.
That’s the first time I’ve pulled a trailer with my 93′ Ford truck. It did OK. I stayed on the back roads and went slow.
I plan to use the 25-footer for my electrical lead in. I have the 18-footer slated for use as “skids” under my little shed which will be about 8’x8′ with a shed-type roof, a door and a couple of windows.
I did some measuring today for a level spot and I marked that 18-footer for cutting with the chain saw. But, when I went to use the chainsaw it wouldn’t run. Opening it up, the fuel lines crumbled all away. So I have ordered some parts online. If that doesn’t work, my chainsaw may be too old to fix. (I’m happily surprised that it worked so well a week ago when I went and got the poles!)