> We are planning to remodel our home. After the remodel, my crankup
tower
will no longer be capable of tilting over. I have never tilted the tower
over since installing it and have no plans to do so until the tower is
removed. I am concerned, however, that it will be difficult to remove the
tower in the future if it is no longer capable of being tilted over. I
think the only option would be a really large crane or helicopter. I see
several options:
1) Leave the tower as is and worry about removal when the time comes
2) Move the tower to a new location
3) Figure out a way to re-build the foundation/base in the existing tower
location and re-orient the tower so it tilts in a different direction.
Hiya, Kelly -
Expanding the family too? How is Noah doing these days? He must be
getting big.
As far as your tower question, of course the easiest thing to do is to
worry about it in the future. The easiest thing to do is then is to get a
crane in and pluck it out. The tower location is a far distance for a crane
but I'd call King Crane and have them come out and tell you what's
possible. It doesn't cost anything and they do this all the time and you'll
have a
definitive answer for this question.
I think the crux question is "Why would you need to tilt the tower
over?" I can't think of any reason unless you want to remove it the way it
went in. You can't change antennas when it's tilted over so tilting it over is
really a non-issue.
Of course you could move it the way we did originally with 2 mini
backhoes but I don't really think there'll ever be a need to tilt the tower
over so moving it is pretty marginal. The reason we did it was because that's
what was possible when installing it. But if you want to move it then
you've got a tower project that is just like installing it new plus you have
to
move and re-install everything. I can't see where this is going to buy you
anything.
As far as a helicopter, I don't know what the flight rules are for
your town but I don't think they're on your side. I'd check them to make sure
so you could rule this in or out for future reference.
WWLXCD? What would LXC do? I'd leave it since I don't see any reason
to tilt the tower over now or in the future and eventually just get a crane
out to un-install it. Besides, I don't know if you have much in the way of
other tower location options what with your trees and other backyard
challenges.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
Cell: 206-890-4188
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