Building Lake Corona

[jk96]

I never realized how much work goes into a good fireworks show.

One of our bigger shows was for the National Fireworks Association several years back. That one was an 8 man crew and 3 days of setup for a 16 minute show. All choreographed to music and computer fired.

 

[Jstpssng]

One of our bigger shows was for the National Fireworks Association several years back. That one was an 8 man crew and 3 days of setup for a 16 minute show. All choreographed to music and computer fired.

Talk about a jury of your peers!

 

[jk96]

Talk about a jury of your peers!

Unfortunately the camera lens wasn't wide enough to get everything in on this one.

 

[dragoneggs]

Wow... cool effect lighting the smoke. The camera didn't do the finale justice. :thumbsup:

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Can you broadcast on a low power FM so that people in cars can hear synchronized music?

 

[BigBlue1]

Looks like you changed CTLs in the midst of your project. Did the bigger one you used later also have the better tracks like what you replaced on the 340?

Rob

 

[4570Man]

It's not the wrong tool if you only have that one machine. I had a dump truck. If you have more than one person, a loader and dump is great. But for one machine and one person, digging and moving short distances (200-300 feet) a 4WD tractor is not the wrong machine. Also swapping between machines gets old fast. All that time swapping between machines adds up also. My 6520 4WD Mahindra excels at digging ( or pushing dirt) and hauling short distances. The 6520 dug all my pond basins with the loader and moved the dirt.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to own a CTL.
hugs, Brandi
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I moved 40 loads on this job. It was taking me 9 minutes a trip to load and haul 10-11 tons. I had 2 operators but it really didn’t help much. I was going about 200 yards. You couldn’t have touched the time it was taking me. And you’d have probably still needed the excavator. It was taking 6 minutes to load and 3 minutes to drive the truck there and back. It would have taken at minimum the same 3 minutes probably longer to drive the tractor and you’re only moving a fraction as much dirt.

 

[jk96]

Can you broadcast on a low power FM so that people in cars can hear synchronized music?

We can but most of the time if we are broadcasting for a big public event the local radio station is involved to handle that. We use time code to sync to the music being broadcast.

 

[jk96]

Looks like you changed CTLs in the midst of your project. Did the bigger one you used later also have the better tracks like what you replaced on the 340?

Rob

Nice catch. The TR340 went in for repairs. Had an injector out. Dealer offered me a trade I couldn't pass up for the TV450 on the lot. They swapped the tracks on the 340 to the 450 for me.

 

[two_bit_score]

Nice catch. The TR340 went in for repairs. Had an injector out. Dealer offered me a trade I couldn't pass up for the TV450 on the lot. They swapped the tracks on the 340 to the 450 for me.

Nice trade!