You need to lift up, not pull back. a bobcat doesn't go high enough to
create enough angle to lift the tower. Come up with some sort of method
to get the hoist cable off the ground.
73!
-Adam
WJ4X
On 10/10/2011 11:10 PM, Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote:
> Any hints on tilting up a Rohn HDBX-48? I have a Traffie Hex beam just
> above the top ( another 12 pounds). My machinist next door neighbor said we
> could do it with a Bobcat, but we failed. We kept it under control, no one
> got hurt and there was no damage to the tower or antenna. There is no room
> for a falling derrick. No real room for a crane. The project is almost out
> of time for the year and pretty much out of money.
>
>
>
> I suspect I will have to wait for next year and build the tower vertically
> one section at a time. Which begs the question of how do lift the Hexbeam
> without damage?
>
>
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> Joe kk0sd
>
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