This borders on "hold my beer and watch this." I've built over 15,000' of radio tower, so I know no one with any engineering experience was involved here. Towers are designed for vertical axial loads, not side loads. Lowered this way, the tower was going to buckle no matter what. They were just really lucky the sudden collapse didn't bring the crane down with it.
Had a job at an AM top-40 station in Kansas while in college in the early 1970s. When they replaced the old tower with a new one, the erection crew tried to save the old stick and the exact same thing happened. No surprise to anyone watching the process.
I would suggest channeling the overflow water away from your tank. Getting the ground under the tank wet will ultimately affect the foundation of that. Some #57 wash stone and a pathway for it to carry the overflow water is going to be your best bet. Just start the channel by extending the pvc another 12" from the tank and that's where you start the #57 stone to carry the water away from the tank. Otherwise, your tank may start leaning that way and then you've got a problem.
*Just as I expected✿>**share4.photo/wFruitPress?st** The wrench mechanism is odd and not very efficient, but it is cheap and does get the job done. The machine is very light and strong enough for pressing apples. First year we pressed about 25-30 gal of cider with no issues.*
Gonna take a wild guess that his tower was very close to the transmitter shack and any other way of taking it down "free fall" might have damaged the shack, which they almost did anyway.
What did they think would happen? Don't know how good the tower was. But if it was still good it can be taken down like at a time just like putting one up. I have done that but if things are rusted it can be very hard to take down peace by peace because can't get things apart.
I just recently bought me a 5ton 6x6. Cummings engine. But I have been shut down now for a week trying to reprime. My engine . But I can get fuel. Up threw my lines an to the bottom part of the injection pump. Just can't seem to get the darn thing to work. I sure could use a helping hand on the lovely truck
These trucks came out in 1982,not in the 1970's.The first variants of the M939's were the ones with G177 (42 inch) dual tires and the NHC-250.When the A1 came out they used the same engine but switched to 48/1400×20 super singles.The same Cummins in them is the same one that all of the M809's came with.Finally when the A2 came about,AM General no longer manufactured them but BMY Harsco did and they were given the 12V 6CT and still had 48/1400×20's but were equipped with CTIS.The A1 & A2 both have the exact same tires but look at the tread,and since the A1 never had CTIS all you have to do is look at the front rims to confirm what series it is because the A2 has wheel guards to seperate the air valves,the A1 doesn't and there aren't any assembles on the axles either.
But that doesn't have the multi fuel engine! With the miles per gallon it gets you need a fuel tank almost the size of the back of the truck to go very far.
The NHC-250 Cummins in both the early M809's/M939's usually got 3-4 MPG.The 6CT Cummins in the A2's of the M939's made 7-8 MPG. The engines used in the five ton trucks are way better off and power packed than the multi-fuels ever were.The 7.8L only makes 135-175 HP/330-447 TQ depending if it's the LDT-465 or LDS-465,but the 14.0L has 250 HP/658 TQ and the 8.3L is 240 HP/592 TQ. The multi-fuel by the way is just a ignition compression engine with different pistons,pumps,and injectors that allows it to combust gas when mixed at 30% with motor oil or diesel at 70%.The exact same types of oils,diesels,and fluids you could use in a multi-fuel can be used in other diesel engines,the only problem with that is all of the different consistency causing wear on the injectors and fuel pumps.
Idiotic. Reminds me of a couple of 'looks about right' ham radio disasters I've witnessed over the years, like trying to make a tilt over tower out of 70 feet or so of Rohn 25 or 45 with a couple of big beam antennas at the top.
I was called in to "fix" a tower just like that. They'd managed to get it upright, but barely. I added extra guys to the tower, bolted the cantilever permanently in place (pinned the bolt threads) and removed the winch and cable. No more fold over tower.
Il aurai fallu laisser les haubans sur 1 côté et le laisser tomber. Le grutier ne devait pas avoir beaucoup d’expérience. Car il est évident de prévoir le résultat.
horizontal force of leaning tower overloads the crane and can buckle or flip it. Crane load must be 100℅ verticals NO SIDE PULLING.(note angle of load line ) Irrespective of tower buckling. Just missed cab...lucky dude
Really really nice. I love it. Especially as it is a unit you can bring out when the time comes. We have some parts from a large air cylinder waiting to make into a press, with a metered air inlet it will be slow enough to be safe and use a hundred psi air compressor.
I am researching the process of producing apple juice or cider. It appears that the smaller the particle size of the crushed apple, the more juice. Have you considered other methods of reducing your apples or a secondary process that would reduce the particle size further? Your design and construction is excellent. Hats off.
We were looking to have one machine, that attaches to a small tractor. The Apple scatter grinds the apples well enough for what we are doing, I’m certain other methods can do a similar job. Thanks!
