While at Fermilab, I disassembled a lot of parts like the central vessels, two end cubes, and a lot of gate values and bellows. I specifically prepared two central vessels and two end cubes to be shipped by emptying their contents and covering the open ports with plastic and duct tape. There are also a lot of other parts nearly ready to be shipped, like 1 foot T pipes, that will be useful for the 0.5 m interferometer. Two (b)end cubes in the shed also need to be disassembled.
We will probably need a lot of small parts. The only expensive part we need, as far as I can tell, is another end cube. The remaining two cubes are being used by other experiments.
Remaining work:
Get central vessels (2) and end cubes (2) out of building
Disassemble (b)end cubes (2)
Track down remaining end cube
Prepare various pipe lengths to be shipped
Prepare 8 inch gate valves (4?) to be shipped
Prepare bellows to be shipped
Have carpenters build structure to protect everything in shipping
Disassembled parts,
Shipped vessels and cubes with care,
Labbook's tale unfolds.