Thanks for all the feedback and confirming what I suspected with the weld and
what I was seeing. I could not have asked for a better controlled drop when
the ear broke.
I'm going to pass on getting this base fixed. Based on this weld...I'm not
sure I can trust the other welds on the plate. I have a few options right now
for a new base...so I should be fine. I'm emailing US Tower as well and see
what they might be able to do with replacing the two legs of the raising
fixture....and / or replacing the base.
Thanks...
Rich
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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Roger
(K8RI) on TT
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 3:42 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Failed HDX572 Raising fixture Leg and base
A good welder should be able to fix that. The bent pieces are a
straight metal tab welded to a box (square tube) member. I think
they/it could be cut off, a new bracket made, and welded in place. The one
might just need straightening. You could probably have a welder look at it and
give a price quote. They can come out to the site, or if you can take the
pieces in, it would be considerably cheaper.
73 es Good luck,
Roger (K8RI)
On 8/9/2015 3:19 PM, Rich Hallman - N7TR wrote:
> This morning I was lowering my HDX572 and as it was almost down one of the
> base ears that the raising fixture leg mounts to failed. Fortunately it was
> a slow drop and the tower is still ok. If it failed while it was higher this
> could have been a different story.
>
> I will need a new raising fixture and a new HDX572 base. I have a like new
> spare TRX-80HD raising fixture for my HDX589 so I should be ok there.
>
> I posted some pics and will add more later today. From the looks of the
> break, I am seeing rust (Not clean metal) where the welds were. Also I'm not
> sure if the ear on the one leg that mounts to the raising fixture began to
> bend first or not. But it is bent a hard 90 degrees now as you can see.
>
> Anyone else see something like this in the past? This is an older US Tower
> so I'm not sure if the bases are built better now or not for the mounting ear.
>
> Go to my QRZ Page http://www.qrz.com/db/N7TR And look for the link called
> HDX572 Raising Fixture Failure.
>
> Rich N7TR
> ex KI3V, N3AMK, WB3JOV
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