Re: [IRCA] Tree down

[Phil Bytheway <phil_tekno@xxxxxxxxx>]

What... you didn't save a piece of the tree to show off at the
convention?!?!?!

pb

--- Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> Well my tree down saga turned out ok. This morning I took a hand saw out
> and cut away the treee from around the satellite dish. I found the
> tripod that holds the feedhorn to be broken loose. The three legs of it,
> when the tree came down it broke off two bolts leaving the feedhorn at
> the bottom of the dish. I was able to straighten the arms made out of
> angle iron fairly well. Not perfect, but not bad. Thank goodness it has
> a heavy cover on it so the LNBs (C & KU) were fine. A trip to the
> hardware store to get two new bolts and nuts and bending the supports
> back (It wasn't easy, as the feedhorn to heavy), I got the new bolts in
> it and there it sits. Not bad. I moved it over to a couple birds and it
> works better than ever. The gutter is the only other thing and since my
> insurance deductable is $500, I am going to try to fix the gutter myself
> with the help from a neighbor. It will save me $100 or so. Then a
> neighbor came over and cut up the tree and we loaded it onto his trailer
> (3 loads!) and it is gone. That tree was really soaked with water. We
> esminated the tree to weight 3000-4000 pounds (at least), by the weight
> of the cut pieces. But what a job. I am glad that nightmare is over.
> Living on the rural Oregon Coast in the Winter does have drawbacks. hi.
> 73,
> 
> Patrick
> 
> Patrick Martin
> 
> Come to Seaside Oregon for the 2006 IRCA Convention! It will be held at
> the Comfort Inn on September 22-24,2006.
> 
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