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1370rod 01-04-2013 21:58:39 174.125.224.243 Report to Moderator	Took this pic this fall and never posted it because it did not contain a tractor. But I suppose we can see if we all come up with the same windtower count. Rod. [Reply]   [No Email]
shinnery 01-05-2013 21:54:30 216.189.193.37 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to 1370rod, 01-04-2013 21:58:39   And we are all paying (govt. subsidy) for them to generate electricity. We have a bunch out here in west Texas, none within twenty miles of me, yet. I see the towers, blades, and heads on the highways all the time. The next big problem is building transmission lines to get the power to where it can be used. Bryce [Reply]  [No Email]
1370rod 01-05-2013 15:35:53 174.125.224.243 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to 1370rod, 01-04-2013 21:58:39   SW MinnRod. [Reply]  [No Email]
C. Amick 01-05-2013 12:02:27 138.210.9.42 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to 1370rod, 01-04-2013 21:58:39   Where are these? I came by a bunch of them recently somewhere as I was driving along the Interstate. I think I was in Indiana? [Reply]  [No Email]
Agri King 01-05-2013 11:37:24 216.222.183.148 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to 1370rod, 01-04-2013 21:58:39   Those things are crazy tall. I hate heights. I like the idea of the renewable energy, but I guess I don't have to look at them either. There is no reason to the placement of them? How do they decide? What's the old movie that the guys parachute gets caught in a wind tower? [Reply]  [No Email]
Thad 01-05-2013 10:47:08 207.119.111.115 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to 1370rod, 01-04-2013 21:58:39   What 70 series tractor are you driving in the pic? Thad [Reply]  [No Email]
1370rod 01-05-2013 15:33:01 174.125.224.243 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to Thad, 01-05-2013 10:47:08   The 1270, Rod. [Reply]  [No Email]
Gene Dotson 01-05-2013 08:50:51 69.88.222.62 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to 1370rod, 01-04-2013 21:58:39   Rod; About 15 years ago I made a trip to the Dakotas and Minnesota. Entered Minnesota west of the Buffalo Ridge area. There were many towers there then. From there we went up through Canby and spent a couple days near Hancock. Is this anywhere near this area? I also often fly over the Austin/Rochester area and are many miles of towers there. These wind farms are now depicted on the VFR navigation charts. Gene [Reply]  [No Email]
1370rod 01-05-2013 10:37:18 174.125.224.243 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to Gene Dotson, 01-05-2013 08:50:51   These are approx. 75 mi south of Canby. Rod. [Reply]  [No Email]
McKerrow630 01-05-2013 08:46:20 50.42.186.179 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to 1370rod, 01-04-2013 21:58:39   Well lets see 1........2........3.........4 ah is there one behind that one? Ah nuts be easier try'en to count cases in wyoming!!! Hee Hee, nice pic. "wave" of the future I guess. If it helps keep are kids home (solders) I'am all for it. Just my 11 cents worth. [Reply]  [No Email]
Jgarner 01-05-2013 06:48:59 70.139.176.83 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to 1370rod, 01-04-2013 21:58:39   What kind of seed are they planting in that field to get those things to grow? Yet another "stupid" question/statement to start around. (<: Jim [Reply]  [No Email]
d beatty 01-05-2013 06:38:22 50.151.124.6 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to 1370rod, 01-04-2013 21:58:39   There is an area about 25 miles north west of Lafayette,Indiana that there are around 500 of these windtowers. [Reply]  [No Email]
1370rod 01-05-2013 06:25:52 174.125.224.243 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to 1370rod, 01-04-2013 21:58:39   Rumors have it a lady passing through this area was complaining about how windy it is. At that time she remarked it would not be that way if they would turn off all those large fans that were running. This is probably a story told in all wind farm areas, LOL, Rod. [Reply]  [No Email]
dboll 01-05-2013 05:24:31 209.23.168.247 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to 1370rod, 01-04-2013 21:58:39   I worked on those things for 7 years and I am glad I don't have to look at them from my farm. I told my supervisor once that they were 200 foot manure piles! I suppose those by you are 80 or 100 meter towers. [Reply]  [No Email]
1370rod 01-05-2013 05:47:06 174.125.224.243 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to dboll, 01-05-2013 05:24:31   Doug,I do not know how tall these are, the closest in the pic is 1.5 mi. These are 15 mi. from where we live and they are visible from home. New project being developed 7 mi. SW of us rumors say they are the tallest that have been built todate. I would not want to live close to one, the nearest to our home is about 4 mi. in the right wind condition you can hear them running when you are outdoors. Rod. [Reply]  [No Email]
dboll 01-05-2013 15:34:02 209.23.168.236 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to 1370rod, 01-05-2013 05:47:06   I also told another one I would livelong enough to see them cut up for scrap, that really let the wind out of his sails! I don't care! There weren't that many people stupid enough to sit on top of one to change a anemometer or a windvane let alone slide between the blades at 200 feet up to enter the nose cone to grease the blade bearings or go up 300 feet in a man basket on a crane to attach tag lines so we could drop a rotor. I changed alot of generators and dropped the rotors several as well as changing out gearboxes. I'm not sure they are really that renewable. We sure burnt enough gas driving V10 Fords repairing them amonst the other costs. I have never saw wasted money like wind companies blow. [Reply]  [No Email]
Stephen Newell 01-05-2013 05:19:46 63.25.161.202 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to 1370rod, 01-04-2013 21:58:39   Dumas TX? [Reply]  [No Email]
1370rod 01-05-2013 05:33:06 174.125.224.243 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to Stephen Newell, 01-05-2013 05:19:46   Nope, this is windy SW Minn. Rod. [Reply]  [No Email]
JHH 01-05-2013 01:33:15 174.54.169.23 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to Don L., 01-04-2013 21:58:39   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see What do you mean "no tractor", looks like power white in the foreground to me. [Reply]  [No Email]
Patsdeere 01-04-2013 23:03:04 76.103.239.4 Report to Moderator	Re: How many do you see? in reply to 1370rod, 01-04-2013 21:58:39   Wow. I get about 66. [Reply]  [No Email]