Put the mast in the middle of the tower BEFORE you put the tower
together - - that way it will be inside when the tower is finished
being assembled, all you will have to do is to raise the mast straight
up through a hole in the rotor plate and through the top bearing.
73,
Jeff, K3DUA
On Jun 7, 2005, at 3:02 PM, JC Smith wrote:
> OK, so lets say I've got my new, super HD, 70', freestanding, Trylon
> or AN
> Wireless tower up in place. Now I've got to get that 24' Chrom-Moly
> mast
> up there and through the thrust bearing somehow. How the heck do you
> do
> that (no cranes allowed, it looks like I'm going to have to stick
> build the
> tower)? The antennas I can tram up on temporary guy wires, but even
> if I
> could do that with the mast I've still got to stand it up to get it
> through
> the center of the tower. Big gin pole? Seems like you'd need a gin
> pole to
> raise a gin pole big enough to handle one of those monster masts.
> Helocopter? Maybe... gee, might as well have them pick up the tower as
> well, but how much does that cost? Anyone have experience with that
> and can
> give me a ballpark number? It's gotta be big bucks, and doing it over
> a
> residential neighborhood? Maybe not even possible. So, how the heck
> do you
> do that? Build the tower around the mast and pull it straight up the
> middle? Any other suggestions?
> Thanks & 73 - JC, k0hps@amsat.org
>
>
>
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