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- 3rd trucker arrived about 4:15. To place the 2 seatainers, he first dumped both off of the trailer, then picked one up and placed it, then came back to pick and place the other. The whole process took somewhat over an hour, but now looks exactly as Bill drew in his diagram. The time to do this was comparable to loading with a crane, or using the manual jacks, though in between the two in flexibility. BTW, he says that the trailer was $130K for an 8-year-old used one and that his previous one was $180K new 20 years ago. A pricey bit of equipment!
- Now back at motel where batteries are ready. Will, Bill, Isabel, and David are now making their way up from Vegas. Company, at last!
Evening:
- A final run to the site, and Will was able to join up! Together, we flagged all the even-numbered towers. We lost the TS-handheld connection again at about 500m while trying to flag the end of the DTS fiber. As I did last night, we left the TS in place to keep its orientation/position and will do a 2-person sighting of this last point tomorrow.
Plan:
- Blaze a track to the tower line for vehicle access
- Finish the last flagging point (just one)
- Drop the chem shelter for the DTS stuff
- Empty out the seacontainer, distributing tower sections/base plates/solar panels to their respective positions
- If time, grab TT feet and set the TT legs
