[SCCC] Hauling Ideas Needed

[Steve Harrison]

On 4/26/2023 7:57 AM, Ken Alker wrote:
> A while back I removed a hy-gain HG70HD 70' motorized 
> tower........     Next, I placed four pallets under the free end (top) 
> of the tower and lowered the bucket until the top of the tower was 
> resting on the newly placed stack of pallets.  I removed the chain and 
> moved the tractor to the bottom end of the tower and picked that end 
> up in order to move the original stack of pallets further under the 
> tower to support it more securely in its resting position.
>
> I hope this helps spark some ideas.  I have pictures of the entire 
> process, if they are helpful to anyone.

I thought of doing basically what you did, although I was thinking some 
logs or large 6"-thick wooden blocks instead of pallets. The kicker is I 
don't have such a tractor but would be interested in buying one if I can 
find one cheap enough, since I also need one as a backhoe to dig the 
tower base hole as well as some other such work around here. The other 
kicker is I've never operated such machinery. And then there's the theft 
problem, which is endemic out here. Just last weekend, somebody in 
Desert Hot Springs lost a trailer with two dirt bikes when they went 
inside the house for 30 minutes after hooking up the trailer to their 
truck. He came back out after supper and the trailer with bikes was 
gone. A neighbor across the street saw the thieves but didn't realize 
what they were doing at first; he finally figured it out when the 
thieves hit the gas to get away. This guy said he hopped in his truck, 
hauled rear end out of his neighborhood, and actually saw his trailer in 
the distance hauling rear end up highway 62... which, you guessed it: 
leads right into Morongo Valley, through Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, then 
29 Palms.

Also, I'm trying to find a scrap metal place within a couple hours drive 
for such things as small I-beams, pipe and such with which to make a 
hoist or gin pole. Closest so far seems to be in Fontana but they don't 
let the public in, you have to first inquire then they'll bring it out 
for inspection or take you back to see it if they have something. How 
can you sell something when nobody knows what you have and can't see it, 
and you're not friendly to the public??

Steve, K0XP