Weak tornado siren - Chaska, MN - First Wed. of November - 1pm sharp

This old Allertor 125 starts up and the motor sounded terrible, then it had a real slow wind up, then would not spin around for the first 30 seconds, this is definately a tired siren....it won't be around very long! It's on Hundertmark road west of co. rd. 41 in Chaska, it only does the alert mode.

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Science & Technology

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• chaska
• tornado
• siren
• test

[TboltHurricane]

@The73slapshot - Except for the Decots from the 20s that still work fine

[The73slapshot]

sirens get old and definitely dont work when they were used back in the 40s

[MegaPrincessmeg]

please contact somone to get that replaced asap... it has may issues:)

[cheetawolf]

sounds like a bad start cap and a chain tensioning issue to me...

[sdgflp82]

Mechanical sirens always make great boat anchors.

[akalegoman]

i live in chaska is this by the ccc or chaska community center?

[LouisvilleTorn8o]

Since the rotator runs on the same motor as the chopper, could the rotator problems be contributing to the sluggish startup? Also, I heard noisy bearings at the beginning.

[acahurricane1275]

id be afraid if it rotated to fast and fell off of its pole

[gilramirez12]

@0:38 look at how fast it spins!

[dualactionsurgilator]

@AKSoapy29 I could try and do that next month.