Building a site

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Roll 6 - 12
Clearing an area for the hut
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Sling the hut to the site
Roll 6 - 69
Hut secured with rocks and guys
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Wind charger on tower on concret base secured with guys and rock
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Inside the hut are batteries, green digitiser, radio and antenna
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Excavate hole for "vault"
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Bedrock a couple of feet down is ideal
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Place drum in hole. Back fill with concrete inside and out.
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Mixing concrete a shovel full at a time.
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Roll 6 - 20
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Sometimes a backhoe is avaible for the excavation. Usually not.
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Wiring up the junction box
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Insulated and insturments placed in vault
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Desicant added to help peep it dry
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Junction box cover inplace. Ready to close it up
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Insulation in place
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Lid on and locked with chain
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Cover with sandbags for additional thermal and wind insulation
Roll 11 - 28