Sometime this spring the windmill did the equivalent of 'throwing a rod' and broke. With a submersible pump, a generator, and Benjamin's responsibility, we have had water just fine, but the head needs to be taken down and shipped off to be repaired. Before the head can be taken down the fan had to be taken off, which is exactly what Dad and Benjy did this Saturday.
The tower is 40 feet tall and the fan is about another 10 feet diameter, so Dad was pretty far up there...
He took the fan apart one piece at a time and lowered them down to Benjy who was waiting for them.
We girls went down to watch and encourage our guys along...
Just to give you a bigger picture of what we are talking about here...
Once he got the fan off, Dad climbed up a little bit higher to assess the actual damage to the head. It was not as bad as he had thought which is encouraging!
You know you have a good right hand man when you can count on him to bring you tools, even 40 feet up.
John came down on his tractor to check out the action. He informed me he was ready to upgrade to a bigger tractor now. I think he is envisioning one with an engine this time... :)
I have always wanted to climb the windmill tower and check out the view. With that many people around as spotters, this was the perfect opportunity. The view? Well, it was just about as awesome as I always imagined, and on a lovely clear day as well. :D
cool!!!!
ReplyDelete