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WIND DAMAGE FEB 2008

These Wingard windmills are really nice. They are all aluminum with Stainless hardware and will never rust. The owner Dave Wingard is great to work with if you need more info on assembly, etc. his windmills come fully functional too.
It took me about 5 hours to loosely bolt this whole thing together and I actually trued it all up while it was still on the ground .... trued up and bolted the lower 2 sections and then the top section .... I put the shaft down the middle of the bearings and supported the top to keep the shaft clear and bolted the top part all together the whole time being careful there was no binding on the shaft ... also ... at this point lube the bearings at the 2 zert fittings. When done tighten the allen screws to the shaft going down thru both bearings.

One last note .... the aluminum is pretty fragile .... I am going to slide 4 pieces of re bar into the bottom sections to help strengthen it in case some little kid swings off of it like my grand daughter tried to do first time she saw it .... We will also put a small fence around it too that will blend in with the old western ghost town theme we would like to add eventually.

Feb 2008 Update .. see photos and info below ... Wind Damage ..... 84mph gust blew this over

There is a link where you can order these at the bottom of the page .. we will have other updated photos as we finish it ... stay tuned.
"Doc" Hemp

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Feb 29, 2008 update ... an 84mph gust blew this thing over .. and ... I had put the legs in the ground as directed and I thought we might want to move it someday ... but I was going to use concrete .. wish I had ... after we repair it I will next time! ... one side pulled out and bent over the top rail of the fence. I didn't put re bar in the legs as I indicated I was going to do above either ... It just seemed too fragile ... we will do that along with our repair and bolt right thru the re bar in all the existing joints in the lower 16 feet ... and I am contacting Dave at Wingard about this now to see the cost of buying some replacement parts over repairing everything. But on a bright note ... there was not as much damage to the tower as one would have thought in a blow down like this ... but ... some added reinforcement is necessary.

5/02/08 Update .... Windmill finished and up again today ... Sam from River City Trees placed the blade on top today with his hydrolic bucket.

My pal Mike Remril straightened all the parts on this damaged windmill and added sealed bearing instead of the cheap bushing bearing that comes with the kit ... on the windmill blade .. Mike did a most wonderful job on this .. I also had him weld 4 big paddles or aluminum plates between the foot and the bottom legs that we set in solid concrete this time ... the photos show this below finished again ...

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