Two Men and a Toolbox

aA little update on the project. The wing is ready to come out, the wings have been emptied of 4000lbs of fuel, the entire guts of the wheel wells have been stripped out, a two truck loads of panels are off and the engines are coming apart. Hydraulic pumps are out, control systems cabling and pulleys for the wings are out, deice stuff unhooked, fuel lines disconnected, electrical unhooked, a large pile of hydraulic lines, over a dozen large panels, speed break lines, some fire extinguishing piping removed, turbine fan shrouds are off, fuel controls are out. We’ve been busy.

Where we started on Saturday.                  Where we are today.
We got a lift in today so we can start taking the horizontal stabilizer off so the fuselage can be moved down the road on the trailer. The plan is to pull the two engines completely off, then the tail, then lift the whole thing up with a series of jacks, drop the one piece wing and slide it out the side. Then we’ll truck the whole project 10 miles down the road to the bone yard.
 
We just started on the engines today. Everything coming off gets bagged and tagged, parts to be sold later.
Yes up until this afternoon, its just been me and one other guy working on it. We got a 3rd guy for half a day today. Who knows what tomorrow will bring.