RJA Can you believe this shit!!!! Am calling Mr Hutt again this AM. Will put the kabash on this latest example of California mentality. Later DL "Raul J. Alvarez" wrote: > Hi All, > > When planning on moving ALL 40 units to California, please remember there > are three of us here in COlorado that plan to go directly to pick up ours. > Your idea for distribution there is fine, but please remember there IS a > schedule that was developed by Mr Hutt for distribution. I, for one, would > not appreciate driving almost two days to find an empty warehouse. > > Thanks, > > Raul > > "Charles R. Patton" wrote: > > > Several points: > > > > 1)Storage: If someone will drive them to Chino, CA, I have space in my > > plane hangar that we could store and disassemble -- no cost and no hurry > > to tear the units apart. The down side is the driving/truck trip. I > > don't have a truck, only a small trailer towable with my car > > occasionally. 40 units x 150# is 6000#. The trailer is rated for a > > 1000# -- just a bit of overload! I'm not conversant with truck ratings, > > but probably the do-it-yourself truck rentals are in the ton to ton and > > half range. That is still shy of the requirement. It would take a > > tractor/trailer type to haul that 3 ton load and then you'd be back in > > the crating and shipping business. Such trucks require a different > > drivers license and are probably out of our league. Any truckers on > > this list that could tailgate the load? > > > > 2) A thought just occurred to me for packing for trucking if you have > > enclosed sides. Put down a layer of seismo units, take cans of spray > > foam (as used for house insulation and such) spray between the units and > > the sides. That would lock them in and prevent shifting. Add layers > > and continue in a similar manner. > > > > 2) Re: testing for noisy units. I doubt this is possible. If the noise > > is due to thermal fluctuations of the gas, we would not be able to get a > > stable enough physical (read that as a no vibration) mounting in a > > storage unit to get to that noise floor level. I think one just has to > > take their chances in this area. My guess is that the seismo units > > proper were evacuated and always under vacuum, then the containment > > vessel holding the three seismo units was back filled under pressure > > with helium for uniform temperature control, corrosion control and to > > try and keep moisture from infiltrating. > > > > Charles R. Patton > > __________________________________________________________ > > > > Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L) > > > > To leave this list email PSN-L-REQUEST@.............. with > > the body of the message (first line only): unsubscribe > > See http://www.seismicnet.com/maillist.html for more information. > > __________________________________________________________ > > Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L) > > To leave this list email PSN-L-REQUEST@.............. with > the body of the message (first line only): unsubscribe > See http://www.seismicnet.com/maillist.html for more information. __________________________________________________________ Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L)
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