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Wind Farm Accident Tehachapi CA?

tonka

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Found these on another site with no info....anyone got any info?
 

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DirtHauler

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wow, that looks like a pretty big deal. usually it takes 2 cranes to lift those sections from horizontal to vertical i think, wonder if there are more photos.
 

2stickbill

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Bet some bodys Insurance Company is crying over this .I think the Ford PU will take a while to fix.
 

JDOFMEMI

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I think the Ford is the cheapest of the 4 damaged items in the picture to fix.

2 cranes and a tower section make the Ford like pocket change.
 

liebherr1160

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I think the Ford is the cheapest of the 4 damaged items in the picture to fix.

2 cranes and a tower section make the Ford like pocket change.

the ford was probably a rental...

hard to say what happen here..a costly set back is most apparent
 

laurent o.e.987

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those look like siemens cans ... same as what were doing in canada ... can't tell what the big red conventional truck mount is ?? any ideas lotsa ??:cool2
 

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At one point that section was standing upright on the ground. In picture #2 look at the imprint on the ground at the bottom of the picture. It appears they are in a staging area for a large wind farm project.

I still have no idea what happened.
 

DirtHauler

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At one point that section was standing upright on the ground. In picture #2 look at the imprint on the ground at the bottom of the picture. It appears they are in a staging area for a large wind farm project.

I still have no idea what happened.

That is where it fell, they are never stages in the vertical position. They use 2 cranes to lift them, then transition them to vertical. One crane is usually half the size of the other since it is only used to assist in the transition.
 

DirtHauler

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if the time and date were set properly on the camera, the photos were taken 7/04/2010 at 8am. This might help people find more information.
 
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