The Hill People of Everts

  • Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    March 28, 2011 at 9:46 pm #1333007

    Ever wonder what it takes to prepare for a flood at a resort?

    Lifting all the campers on the North end of Everts is not a big deal. Lift them up, pull out the supporting timbers, blocks and jacks, disconnect the power and other wires. Move the septic lines out of the way..and pull it up the hill. Hopefully nothing tips over in the camper while en route.

    Now the Hill People as we affectionately call them…the people that look down on us low landers. Not only did they have to contend with all the above…well, the photo’s speak for themselves.

    Everything went well as Riley was in charge of Supervision and safety. (unfortunately that photo wasn’t sent to me)




    Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    March 28, 2011 at 9:50 pm #951499

    UNREAL !!!!

    I had no idea what it took to get the trailers to high ground !!

    walleye_slayer
    cannon falls, mn
    Posts: 91
    March 28, 2011 at 10:08 pm #951500

    that must have taken some time to get done

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    March 28, 2011 at 10:09 pm #951501

    Wow. Wondered how you got them out of there.

    mikehd
    Dousman, WI
    Posts: 965
    March 28, 2011 at 10:27 pm #951502

    Wow that looks like quite the process. Did ya ever consider putting pontoons under it with a long anchor chain? JK There’s more to preparing for a flood when you’re close to the water than I think most of us are aware of. Good luck and hope the flood impact is minimal for all at river level.

    whiskeysour
    4 miles from Pool 9
    Posts: 693
    March 28, 2011 at 10:40 pm #951505

    I’d bet BK is NOT driving the tractor.

    Brian Lyons
    Posts: 894
    March 28, 2011 at 11:00 pm #951513

    Saftey Officer and Seargent at Arms.
    Riley!

    biggill
    East Bethel, MN
    Posts: 11321
    March 28, 2011 at 11:06 pm #951518

    I’m officially offering myself to help. Just as long as I can be one of the guys in the chairs in the last photo

    sandmannd
    Posts: 928
    March 28, 2011 at 11:38 pm #951533

    Looks like a lot of work and very expensive. You guys do great work there, we all appreciate it.

    jerrj01
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 1547
    March 28, 2011 at 11:45 pm #951536

    Wow. Thanks for the pictures. I have always wondered how you got the campers in place. Now we all know. And it looks like a bit of work and crossed fingers.

    flatfish
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2105
    March 28, 2011 at 11:52 pm #951543

    OMG ! I had no idea what that process entailed and never thought it looked like that or took any thing like that to get moved to higher ground…

    KUDOS to all that pulled that off

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    March 29, 2011 at 12:07 am #951550

    Quote:

    I’d bet BK is NOT driving the tractor.

    I wasn’t allowed to be on the property.

    Steve Vick
    New London, MN
    Posts: 428
    March 29, 2011 at 12:41 am #951556

    ……Not so sure the “Hill People” have it all that good compared the the folks “crosstown” in the slums!

    jeff_huberty
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    March 29, 2011 at 10:10 am #951617

    Quote:

    Ever wonder what it takes to prepare for a flood at a resort?

    We don’t move our stuff away from the river, here at the Airport;We move the river.




    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    March 29, 2011 at 10:13 am #951618

    I want one of those! We could divert the Trembel around Everts!!

    Jeff, what’s under the protective cover? Is it a chain drive??

    jeff_huberty
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    March 29, 2011 at 4:19 pm #951791

    That is a John Deere diesel, direct drive,suction pump, on a skid frame.

    16,000 lbs of muscle and steel,

    I will post more Info& pictures later

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    March 29, 2011 at 4:40 pm #951799

    I was looking at the last photo with the electric motor…

    If we had one of those in the bait shop, a person might be able to walk in there without being waste deep in BS!

    jeff_huberty
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    March 29, 2011 at 10:14 pm #951920

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    I was looking at the last photo with the electric motor…

    Oh you must have meant this, 100 hp Belt Driven Axial unit, shived to deliver 150 hp at the impellar, thereby enabling this beauty to throw 16000 GPM.

    Yes that is 16000 gal per minute



    Brian Klawitter
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    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    March 29, 2011 at 11:28 pm #951944

    That’s the one! Next time you have that rental crane there, take a look at the driver side door jam. Let me know who tested it and when..please.

    John Schultz
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    Portage, WI
    Posts: 3309
    March 30, 2011 at 2:59 am #952003

    Quote:

    I’m officially offering myself to help. Just as long as I can be one of the guys in the chairs in the last photo

    I was one of the guys in the chairs. We took our lunch break from fishing and decided to watch the action. They pulled three trailers and it didn’t take more than a couple hours. It took them a while with the first one to get the program figured out. I think it took about 15 minutes for them to get river rat Randy’s trailer out and that was the toughest one.

    The funny part was that as they are trying to move the campers, they had to contend with a bunch of people pulling in on top of them to launch their boats rather than use the upper launch.

    And lastly, nobody holds a rope like Dustin. Just like big walleyes, he’s got rope holding down to a science.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    March 30, 2011 at 4:06 pm #952219

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    That’s the one! Next time you have that rental crane there, take a look at the driver side door jam. Let me know who tested it and when..please.

    And if it was Brian, close the door and back away slowly

    Jesse Krook
    Y.M.H.
    Posts: 6403
    March 30, 2011 at 6:23 pm #952265

    Quote:

    And if it was Brian, close the door and back away slowly

    I would suggest running away

    dustin_stewart
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 1402
    March 31, 2011 at 12:51 am #952398

    Quote:

    And lastly, nobody holds a rope like Dustin.

    I did show some good form in my rope holding didn’t I

    jeff_huberty
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    April 1, 2011 at 9:15 am #952852

    Quote:

    That’s the one! Next time you have that rental crane there, take a look at the driver side door jam. Let me know who tested it and when..please.

    I guess we lucked out…you can put the hard hats away

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 1, 2011 at 9:25 am #952853

    That’s the DOT inspection…looking for the OSHA/ANSCI inspection.

    If there isn’t on…I might have time to run over there.

    VSRangerMan
    Chippewa Falls,WI
    Posts: 554
    April 1, 2011 at 11:35 am #952906

    Inspector Gadget is at work early this morning!

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