[Lowfer] The WA calamity

Sat, 8 Feb 2003 10:58:59 -0800

something about Mice and Men and going astray

Bob 
Been there done that

On Sat, 08 Feb 2003 00:07:17 -0500 "Bill Ashlock" <[email protected]>
writes:
> We picked up another 8in of snow today making the total on the ground 
> almost 
> 3ft. I parked the car on the street because the snow plows had left 
> a nice 
> barrier at the end of the driveway and raced to change into the work 
> 
> clothes, and on to the snow blower, before someone slid into my 
> pride and 
> joy. I had blow away only about 4ft of back sidewalk when I found I 
> could no 
> longer move forward and shut down the engine. I walked around to the 
> front 
> of the machine and observed the auger (feeds the snow into the 
> blower) 
> somehow dangling in front and both the coax and the control cable to 
> the 
> test loop wound around the auger shaft!! I had forgotten about these 
> cables 
> running across the sidewalk. They had wound so tightly that the 1/8" 
> steel 
> housing surrounding the auger had distorted to the degree that the 
> 3/4" 
> shaft popped out of its bearing.
> 
> I ran inside to shut off the power and saw an even more devastating 
> scene. 
> The exciter, the switch box, the chart recorder, and all the 
> connecting 
> wires were all in a pile on the floor!! The snow blower had pulled 
> the 
> cables right through the gap under door and completely cleared off 
> the table 
> where they used to sit.
> 
> Took about 3 hours to get back in business. Very lucky that the only 
> damaged 
> items were the two snagged cables. Looks like the two loop input 
> currents 
> are exactly where they were before the accident. Now, what was the 
> game plan 
> for the loop sequencing tonight? <G>
> 
> Bill
> 
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