I admit it: my heavy equipment--road grader, dump truck, crane--are much about being Tonka toys for a big kid. Albeit very large and very heavy, but, still, it's me in a bigger sand box doing what I used to do as a kid.
There, I said it. But, what's even better is when you can have a real kid helping you. I had done as much to the tower as I could down at the barn: installed two floors and windows and door. Now, it was time to move it on back to where the tower will be raised and my son, Soren, assisted me in the ceremonial dragging of the 10,000 lb steel tank back to it's location.
I knew that the only thing I own that has a chance of being able to drag this heavy thing was my road grader. I welded two steel lugs 180 degrees from each other on the tank end and hooked up wire rope with clevis links. Fired up the grader and off we went. I'll let the video speak for itself (along with Soren's commentary while he was filming.)
Next will be getting Mille, my 1954 NW 25 crane up my road so it can do the heavy lifting at the tower site.
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