Weather: sprinkles several times throughout the day, then sunny. Temperatures were mild.
A mixed day:
- Manta anchors
- Found that we also needed a jackhammer, that Williams Form didn't tell us about. Tony found one in Crested Butte to rent
- Nevertheless, Chris and Tony found that WF also didn't give us a complete kit. We are asking Bob Wiley to pick this up on his way out tomorrow, but in the meantime Manta installation can't start
- Screw anchors
- Tested 2 to failure in this soil. Got motion of the stake in the ground at about 400lb and pulled out at 700lb. Managed to break one at about 800lb. This is close to what we need, but we plan to be safe and double-up at each anchor point. I thought we had enough anchors, but I think we've asked Bob to bring out a few more.
- In the mean time, we've installed (just) one anchor at each anchor point for the 35' towers and a few are also doubled
- Survey: I had some confusion when setting anchor locations (that depend on tower orientation), but eventually ended up pretty close
- Towers:
- All base plates set and staked, though some may have shifted as we attached tower sections
- ue: erected to 20' and secured with temp guys. Next 10' section has the guy wire attachment bracket attached.
- uw and d: assembled to 30' onto hinged base plates, but still laying down.
- both have the guy wire attachment bracket loose. It is unclear why.
- uw: Permanent guys are attached at top
- c: base plate set along with ground rod.
- All towers were assembled with bolts/1 flat washer/nylock nut. The flat washer prevents the nylock from catching well and even without it, the bolt doesn't protrude through the entire nylock thread. We need longer bolts, but feel that these will hold for now.