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Thu, Jun 12, 2008

Power Lines Yet Again, a Little Progress

Posted at 8:02 pm MDT to Miscellaneous

Judson, from the electrical contractor, showed up this morning to start digging the trench needed for the power company bozos, who insist on redoing the work that was already done last fall.

He made very little progress, and stopped early because he was worried about breaking the trencher on my so-called soil and the rocks therein.

First thing tomorrow morning the equipment company is supposed to swap out the trencher in favor of a full-sized backhoe like the one Ross used last fall. Judson will come back with helpers and try to make some actual progress.

I've been assured that the trench will be ready to suit the power company's scheduled visit on Monday. I hope that is the case: Xcel seems to allow a very small window for availability for this project, and if we slip again it will probably be another month before we can get them back up here..

I assume they will hand-dig where they need to cross the gas line, so they don't break it again.

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