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Model 5/3 with a pretty bad lean

Sat Dec 17, 2016 4:52 am

I found a model 5/3 that had an insane lean to it a while ago, The side of the pole it was sitting on had snapped, Pretty sure the shroud got destroyed from impact. In July/August this incident had happened.

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Re: Model 5/3 with a pretty bad lean

Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:44 pm

So it fell off the pole?
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Re: Model 5/3 with a pretty bad lean

Sat Dec 17, 2016 11:45 pm

I bet the cast stator probably shattered from that fall, so it's probably been melted down at a scrapyard.
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Re: Model 5/3 with a pretty bad lean

Sun Dec 18, 2016 2:29 am

It does look like it fell of the pole due to the crossbeam that it was sitting on is snapped, I wasn't there when the Incident happened.

Images below are of a proper removal

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Re: Model 5/3 with a pretty bad lean

Sun Dec 18, 2016 2:59 am

Are you sure it wasn't removed pending the replacement of the pole (as the new one is next to it)?

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Re: Model 5/3 with a pretty bad lean

Sun Dec 18, 2016 4:07 am

I'm pretty sure its not going to get replaced since its in NJ, It might since some towns/counties have some early warning sirens such as Fair lawn, They have whelen WPS2904 sirens placed around the town.

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Re: Model 5/3 with a pretty bad lean

Sun Dec 18, 2016 5:35 pm

I'm talking about the pole, not the siren. The siren looks like it was removed before transfer of wire attachments to the new pole.

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Re: Model 5/3 with a pretty bad lean

Sun Dec 18, 2016 6:14 pm

Yeah it does.

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Re: Model 5/3 with a pretty bad lean

Sun Dec 18, 2016 11:10 pm

That post it is on looks like maybe an old telegraph-telephone pole. Those pegs are commonly seen with glass insulators (I should know, I collect them!). Was it near a rxr line by chance? sorry for being OT!
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Re: Model 5/3 with a pretty bad lean

Mon Dec 19, 2016 4:15 am

I don't think so.

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