I wouildn't recommend it myself. I have an HG54, which is a bit heavier,
and I made a 'falling derrick' arrangement with 2 ten foot pieces of 1.5
inch pipe and some steel plate. On one end of each pipe a piece of plate
cut into a strap with 1/4 inch holes to bolt to pipe and a 3/4 inch (for my
base) hole on the end to fit over the end of the lower bolt on the 'hinge'
side of the tower. On the other end each pipe had a piece cut a couple
inches wide and bolted to the same side as the lower end (very important)
these stick out about 6 inches and were bolted together a couple of inches
past the end of the pipe. Then above that a large welded eye bolt or
something to give you a place to fasten cables and stuff to. The bottom
bolts on the hinge side of the base will need to be replaced with slightly
longer bolts more than likely as that is where they fasten for a pivot.. I
use a nylon lift strap on the tower side, about a 20 foot thing with loops
on both ends that goes to a clevis at the top of the pipes and around the
tower, threaded between the bracing so it doesn't sl;ip up or down. I
happened to have an old tower base in about the right place to anchor a
worm drive winch to so I can raise and lower the tower by myself. If you
have the space, a good size truck and a couple of buddies you could do it
that way. Takes quite a bit to get it started, buy it gets real (really)
heavy as it gets more horizontal. I use an old 55 gal barrel to support it
high enough to keep the boom of the beam out of the dirt. The old manual
showed an arrangement made out of 2x6's if I remember correctly. Questions,
contact me directly. I can probably go find it in the weeds and take some
pictures.
On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 6:44 PM, Bob Matthews <kt3rr@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hello All,
> I have a Hygain 52SS crank-up tower on a hinged base. Has anyone on here
> tried to walk a tower down this size? It's 22 feet nested. Weighs about 400
> lbs I believe. Wondering how many men it would take to walk it down on it's
> hinged base from the vertical to the horizontal position on the ground. I
> don't believe there's enough room to get a crane in to do this, so I'm
> wondering how many people it would take to walk it down.
> Thanks in advance for your input.
> Bob KT3RR
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