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Anyone watch that where they raise a three rotor 300' tower in Portsmouth, RI?

Very interesting, and I had wondered just how they rigged the blades on that lift. A basket rig around two blades and a trailer crane to keep the third leg from grabbing.

I have watched lots of similar stuff. Lifting the 62 metric ton nacelle, they have two taglines, which they fairlead to some equipment. Wind at

25mph. One snaps, as I knew it would once they tied it off to something solid. Called that one right on the button.

Very interesting to watch, and brought back a lot of memories.

Still makes me nervous to watch that stuff. I knew that line was going to part.

Very interesting from a rigging and metalworking standpoint.

Steve

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Steve B
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Of course you knew that. You did say, over in the Dodge Truck group, that you suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder following a very serious brain injury. Now you're real nervous, jumpy, twitchy, constantly imagining things that might happen and reacting to your imaginings as if they actually did. And you walk among us carrying a concealed gun.

No.

With few options, the neurosurgeons bypassed most of the remnants of Steve B's brains, and he survived to collect a big settlement. That's cool.

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Beryl

No. What are you talking about? What the heck is a "three rotor 300' tower?" Do you have any links to any pictures?

Thanks, Rich

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Rich Grise

blade propeller on a wind generator. Saw when it was first on. Watch the bridge one. They're all interesting. Karl

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kfvorwerk

Where does one see this?

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RBnDFW

A wind turbine, I'd guess. And its a three blade unit, not three rotor.

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Paul Hovnanian P.E.

I'm surprised they don't have a special tool or frame equipped with winches that allows them to lift the rotor flat and rotate it into position (and make fine adjustments) once its up near the gearbox.

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Paul Hovnanian P.E.

I recorded it last night and will watch over the weekend. Ive seen some other shows with this guy, and they do show some pretty "exciting" stuff. Most of it makes me wonder, "who ever thought THAT would work?"

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rangerssuck

Google "big wind generators". A nice pic there of a crane lifting a three blade.

Steve

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Steve B

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