[Saturday run: 5+ miles; Schafer’s Chapel]<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
About 10 days ago a guy advertised on online he was selling two used utility poles.\u00a0 I borrowed the neighbor’s “car hauler trailer”, a 20′ flatbed, and went and bought the poles.\u00a0 We had to cut them to get them loaded.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 When I got them home, I unloaded by tying each pole end to a handy tree (one at a time) and driving forward.<\/p>\n
That’s the first time I’ve pulled a trailer with my 93′ Ford truck. It did OK.\u00a0 I stayed on the back roads and went slow.<\/p>\n
I plan to use the 25-footer for my electrical lead in.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
I did some measuring today for a level spot and I marked that 18-footer for cutting with the chain saw.\u00a0 But, when I went to use the chainsaw it wouldn’t run.\u00a0 Opening it up, the fuel lines crumbled all away.\u00a0 So I have ordered some parts online.\u00a0 If that doesn’t work, my chainsaw may be too old to fix.\u00a0 (I’m happily surprised that it worked so well a week ago when I went and got the poles!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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