Posted by JDseller on October 21, 2012 at 19:16:59 from (208.126.196.144):
I have 9 pole/night lights on the farms. I have be lax in keeping them all working. So when I started this morning after church I had 5 that did not work. Two are easy. I could reach them with the tractor loader bucket. Also all of my BOYS are chickens about heights. So the old man was the one in the bucket working on the lights. LOL. The tallest one is not the hardest one to do. One is on the side of the 90 foot silo. It is about sixty feet off the ground. I just use a climbing harness and climb the hoop rods on the silo. The wife freaks when I do that. LOL I had to climb all the way to the top of the 90 ft one this summer when the unloader cable broke and let the cable out of the pulley on the side.
The two that I hate the most are about fifty feet up on the ends of the old hay barn. To do these I have to put the forty foot extension ladder in the bucket of the loader tractor so it is tall enough. So if any of you are OSHA inspectors don't bother to come out I am an unpaid labor source on the farm. LOL
So I put new bulbs and photo sensors on them all. Looks funny around the barn yard tonight. I am not used to being able to see everything in the dark. LOL. It will make the winter evening feedings much easier. Plus I have the cattle yard full for the first time in several years so I like being able to see well after dark. If any thing gets out it is easier to see what the dogs are raising cane about.
Was surprised that none of the local places kept the complete Mercury vapor light fixtures any more. They had a 65 watt fluorescent ones and metal halide 100 watt ones. The old 150 watt Mercury Vapor complete lights where not kept by anyone. Have any of you guys used the other two options: 65 watt fluorescent or the 100 watt metal halide ones???
I did find the Mercury vapor ones on Amazon for $90 each. That is about double what they where just a few years ago.
So the next time I need to work on the night lights any of you guys want to come and help????
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