[TowerTalk] Cadwelding and grounding nightmare

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Peter,

You couldn't find a better professional in your area than W2GD.  John
has done much work on my 200 foot towers and he could resolve your
unexpected problems quickly and easily.

w2gd at hotmail.com

Good luck with your project.

73!
Frank
W3LPL


---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:42:38 -0400
>From: Peter Dougherty <w2irt at comcast.net>  
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Cadwelding and grounding nightmare  
>To: towertalk at contesting.com
>
>Hi all,
>
>This is a desperate plea for help from Northern NJ. I need to get a 
>major cadweld-grounding project completed, and as events of this 
>weekend have proven, this is not a task neither I nor my xyl are 
>physically capable of performing. It almost ended up with me in the 
>hospital and my wife ready to take off permanently. I am NOT joking 
>about this, either. Yes, the fight was THAT bad. It's just the two of 
>us here. I'm in bad condition physically and can't be outside in heat 
>for more than an hour or so, and she can only do so much to help.
>
>I have the ground rods down and mapped out but trenching out where 
>the wires are supposed to run and properly firing off the cadweld 
>shots turned out to be a massive and expensive waste of time, effort 
>and money. The last straw was the shot I fired off. Made a nice 3" 
>flame and a couple of minutes of glowing orange, but when the smoke 
>cleared and things cooled down out popped one of the wires from the 
>mold as if it was never even effected.
>
>If there's anybody who is expert at this process and willing to come 
>to northern NJ please contact me at your earliest convenience. Guys, 
>I'm in waaaaaaaay over my head on this one. I bit off way more than I 
>can chew and I need a pro and some folks with experience to get this 
>done right.
>
>
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Peter,
>W2IRT