My friend Jason and I worked during the day and staged the lights by the big roll up door out front. We carried over 100 fixtures all through the place to stage them in a section just up from that main building. The Miller fixtures came from two two story buildings behind this one. We got all of them literally just before the roof fell in. We got the ones you see missing from this video before the floor was in this bad of shape but it was still sketchy. The ones still hanging were over the rotten floor areas. We got only a few from the basement because they were only reachable by standing on the top step of a 12 foot ladder. Once we had them all staged, we backed up to the "porch" and quickly loaded what we could into the truck. This took several trips and was the "riskiest" part because the building changed ownership right as we were finishing up getting them out. We did not have "permission" from the new owner who was hoping to use the place as an "investment". They boarded up all the doors and cleaned up a lot of scrap. About 30 or so of the lights we had staged disappeared. It was still a worthwhile effort and we both got LOTS of lights, over half of which still work to this day.

The ones on the first floor were almost inaccessable with the ladder we had. It was a 12 foot ladder and I was standing on the top step. To get the fixture, the reflector had to be removed, then the down rods disconnected from inside of it and the wires cut. Pretty awkward and very dangerous at that height. I got two down there that way but almost busted my arse and figured death or broken bones was not worth it. And the new owner would not give me permission to get anything out of there. The place has since changed hands again so I could maybe ask permission again but honestly it has deteriorated much more than in these guys video from a couple years ago. I have not been in there in about 20 years.

Quote from: DieselNut on March 28, 2014, 07:45:51 AM

The ones on the first floor were almost inaccessable with the ladder we had. It was a 12 foot ladder and I was standing on the top step. To get the fixture, the reflector had to be removed, then the down rods disconnected from inside of it and the wires cut. Pretty awkward and very dangerous at that height. I got two down there that way but almost busted my arse and figured death or broken bones was not worth it. And the new owner would not give me permission to get anything out of there. The place has since changed hands again so I could maybe ask permission again but honestly it has deteriorated much more than in these guys video from a couple years ago. I have not been in there in about 20 years.

Hopefully they will not go anywhere John , If I can ever make it up you're way I have ideas that can help , Usually I just throw a rope up over my head to hang onto while I'm on that top step and don't look down and take it from there .

I had some emergencies back in early november that cut my trip short , Such as a new ford F-150 truck going into limp mode on my way back (Bad throttle senser)

Lay plywood on the rotten floors upstairs if theres a will then theres a way , Hopefully I can get it right this time , In my past lifetime I took a major fall with a case of g-e mazda F100T17s !!!!