I have a motorized raising fixture for my US Tower HDX-589MDPL , and just last
week I successfully raised it to the vertical position for the first time.
Everything went very smoothly and effortlessly with the 1 HP motor and 50:1
ratio Hub City worm gear drive. Raising takes about 4 minutes. I haven't
installed my antennas, rotator etc. yet.
My question is what is the best way to get the tower moving from the vertical
position when I want to lower it to horizontal again? It weighs about 2,500 lbs
and is sitting very plumb on its base. Of course once it's leaned a bit, the
motorized fixture will easily lower it. There's no way you can just push it
even with some slack in the aircraft cable.
I suspect someone on the list has a simple solution.
J D Lambright
Montgomery County Attorney
936-539-7930
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