Thursday, June 14, 2012

First day of walkdowns, funny antics with cows, etc.

Today, I went on two walks downs, the first for G1 and the second gor G5.  No punchlist items on the first tower, but we were missing one bolt to hold down the "pizza pan" which is the cover that goes over the hole that leads inside the hub) which holds the blades.  A guy named Clark climbed the tower with the bolt and climbed up halfway and I grabbed the bolt and climbed the rest of the way up, out of the nacelle and out into the hub to install the bolt.  Two and a half climbs wore me out, but no punch list on two turbines is reward enough.  Thanks for your help Clark.  The new walkdown guy, Phillip arrived from LAX today.  Nice guy, I look forward to working with him.  He has all kinds of permission to drive my Yukon to Walmart, he said he was hungry and has no truck to drive yet.  When we were walking down G1, there were cows EVERYWHERE.  The huge mound of dirt next to each turbine pad will be used for grading and final landscaping.  The cows decided to play "king of the hill".  On young calf was winning, and Tommy with GE decided to climb the opposit side of the hill and win the game of "king of the hill" in addition to scaring the pants off the cow.  Pictures are below. Enjoy.




Kyle with GE was rolling on the ground laughing after using his "professional camera" to document the occasion.

Which product inspector signed off on this GE turbine label?  Exhaust fan and motor assembly (ovbiously).

No comments:

Post a Comment