For PixelRabbit: Hydro Towers American Style

[ceeboy14]

 

[PixelRabbit]

I can't believe I missed this! We had a couple days of "if it can go wrong or break it will" ... heck our car's brakes froze solid.. as in frozen ice, won't move lol it all went downhill from there.

Your towers look angry... and skinny! But definitely still yummy Great shot of them marching !

 

[sm4him]

I can't believe I missed this! We had a couple days of "if it can go wrong or break it will" ... heck our car's brakes froze solid.. as in frozen ice, won't move lol it all went downhill from there.

Your towers look angry... and skinny! But definitely still yummy Great shot of them marching !

Well, yeah...when your brakes freeze up, it DOES all tend to go "downhill." :lmao:
Hope things are on the upswing today!

 

[ceeboy14]

I can't imagine being in weather that cold...I shivvered when I read your post. We have a high of 56F today and you'd think it was a polar blow...I'll wear my leather jacket today.

PS, get a blowtorch.

 

[Rick58]

Interesting CB. I never saw towers like that.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Haha, yeah our poor car isn't built for winter, it's little feet just get frozen solid, we try to store her but the van was in the middle of a u-joint replacement... then the hydraulics on the tractor went half way through blowing out the driveway. Mr Rabbit's list grew so I had to pick up the slack with splitting wood etc...to top it all off nicely we got over 2ft of snow lol It's all in a day's work living here but we are still just getting used to not living in town anymore...some weeks just make ya go damn!!

 

[pgriz]

Ah, Judi. Just wait until the beavers decide that just downstream from you is the "perfect" place for the new beaver condo development.

 

[ceeboy14]

Haha, yeah our poor car isn't built for winter, it's little feet just get frozen solid, we try to store her but the van was in the middle of a u-joint replacement... then the hydraulics on the tractor went half way through blowing out the driveway. Mr Rabbit's list grew so I had to pick up the slack with splitting wood etc...to top it all off nicely we got over 2ft of snow lol It's all in a day's work living here but we are still just getting used to not living in town anymore...some weeks just make ya go damn!!

I remember years ago when I spent a winter in Aspen, Co the guy next door would wrap electric blankets around the wheels, then cover the car with an oversized sheet of heavy tarp to keep the snow off the blankets, (I presume)...but it worked after a fashion as sometimes getting the tarp off was as much fun as thawing out the brakes.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Ah, Judi. Just wait until the beavers decide that just downstream from you is the "perfect" place for the new beaver condo development.

Haha, luckily we have Jeff down river, he likes to play with guns

Haha, yeah our poor car isn't built for winter, it's little feet just get frozen solid, we try to store her but the van was in the middle of a u-joint replacement... then the hydraulics on the tractor went half way through blowing out the driveway. Mr Rabbit's list grew so I had to pick up the slack with splitting wood etc...to top it all off nicely we got over 2ft of snow lol It's all in a day's work living here but we are still just getting used to not living in town anymore...some weeks just make ya go damn!!

I remember years ago when I spent a winter in Aspen, Co the guy next door would wrap electric blankets around the wheels, then cover the car with an oversized sheet of heavy tarp to keep the snow off the blankets, (I presume)...but it worked after a fashion as sometimes getting the tarp off was as much fun as thawing out the brakes.

Yes, just keeping the wind off of them makes a big difference, a little forethought and parking the car in the sheltered area we normally park it in would have helped but alas a hard lesson learned! Sitting broadside to the wind coming across the river overnight equals frozen feet lol.

 

[weepete]

Why are they called hydro towers?

 

[pgriz]

because they are usually carrying power from hydro-electric dams. Except, that the ones Judi has locally are probably from the Bruce nuclear power station, and the ones that Ceeboy14 showed are coming from the coal-fired power stations...

I suppose they should be properly called "electric power transmission wire supporting towers"...

 

[480sparky44 43]

Why are they called hydro towers?

That's a Canadian term. In the States, we call 'em transmission towers or distribution towers.

Vulgar terms are High-Lines and Power Poles.

 

[weepete]

Cool, cheers mate, we just call them pylons over here!

 

[runnah]

Why are they called hydro towers?

That's a Canadian term. In the States, we call 'em transmission towers or distribution towers.

Vulgar terms are High-Lines and Power Poles.

Those appear to be 345kv lines. The structures are really strange, must be something to do with the wet soil of Florida.

 

[ceeboy14]

I only used Hydro as a tribute to pixelrabbit. Aroud here they're Power Line Pylons or just Pylons.