Once that was installed, we pulled in the circuit, made the cord for its equipment, tested the equipment-which tested fine-and that was the completion of the job!
Then it was on to packing everything up, no small task. 😬
Here’s what the Freightshaker looked like in the early morning.
In addition to putting all that stuff away, there was LOADS of tools, hardware and parts that had to be removed from the buildings and put back on the truck.
This is our last look at the completed job as we left those buildings for the last time.
One funny thing about a well laid out and well installed electrical system-if you did it right, most of the system is pretty much invisible to all but a few people who are in the know about such things-usually other electricians. It’s sorta bitter sweet that what little you can see belies the mountain of work it took to install it. 🤷♂️
Once we got that truck loaded up and the buildings cleaned out, it was time to start the F-350 and hook it to our office trailer. The Ford wasn’t happy about the cold weather, it’s worn out glow plugs(😬😬) or the fact that it hadn’t been started in weeks. Enter the trusty Noco jump box.
While Denise handled getting the Ford connected to the trailer and getting that rig ready for travel, I had to connect to our equipment trailer with the Freightshaker and load up our lift and skiddy with all its buckets.
Around that time we got a much welcome visit from our friends, neighbors and RDP celebrities @wash11 and his wife Amy, who had made the trip to come check out what we’d been up too all this time, look at the beautiful camp, and help us get the last of everything loaded and off the mountain. I sincerely meant to get more pictures of their visit, and our departure, but I only got one crappy picture as we were halfway out the 7 miles of dirt road. I was so busy and behind schedule that there just wasn’t even a few seconds to take some fun pictures. And for us, load checking everything very carefully is serious business that I can’t have any distractions while doing when we are in our final load out phase.
Here’s our one exit picture.
Oops!😄😄🤷♂️
From here, we had intended to drop both trailers at the next job, but some last minute developments combined with how late it was getting had us change plans at the last second and we drug the whole convoy back to the shop for a couple days of unloading, maintenance, and reloading before cycling out to the next job in a few days.
We finally made it home Saturday evening around 7:30 pm. It had been a grueling long, but successful week. Everyone involved was super happy with what work we had gotten done for them, and that’s always a great feeling.
I think they were sad to see us finally leave.
Stay tuned, I don’t think we’ve seen the last of this place. 😊