All these threads about the 4 Square have me wondering if that might not be a better solution for the wires at this QTH, which always seem to come down for one reason or another (usually wind or ice,
My Tri_ex manual instructs to tape or cable-tie the coax loops to each of the standoffs. When the tower is lowered, they form their own loops (3 of them). I would think that only securing the cables
Mine is a Tri-Ex self supporting motorized structure. The legs are hollow tubing (self draining) except when they fill up with dead insects, dust and other crud. The factory provides weep holes at th
Lou... I assume you are speaking of the winch to raise & lower the sections, versus the tiltover winch? If you are speaking of raising/lowering sections, the tower should have a gear box which makes
Interesting...I'd sure give it a try, but be aware that they may still indeed have easement rights and if they should roll up on those tracks, you could be liable for any "damage" (???) thight might
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Another thing: just claiming that property values will decline because of "ugly" does not prove the case. When one goes to court (which we all wish to avoid) the legal teams on both sides will have "
Mike: If it was me, I'd go to the city or county zoning office and ask to read the ordinances as to what is required by law for various strcutures, what requires a building permit, etc. At least if y
strips! Also the Lexan approach sounds rather labor intensive. Alternative: Buy some 1/2" or 3/4" ABS irrigation tubing, cut it into approx 4"-5" long tubes, and use a hot knife blade or screwdriver
Agreed on all points. And in addition, when/if you do get access for heavy equipment, you should consider the pros and cons of of having backhoe + bobcat + concrete truck dig/move/pour, as well as yo
Go to a place the sells trailers and installs trailer hitches. Chances are they will have something they can mount to your car. Ask them if they can install a hitch and if they will fabricate some ki
Pat: I can't address the M.E. issues you bring up, but is the engineer in question aware that the Tri-Ex LM series uses redundant cables? That is, there is a pull-up and a pull-down cable, but if one
Hi Paul... Help me understand here (I knew my statement would somehow get me in touble)... There's one wire which comes off the winch wound clockwise, another would counterclockwise. Obviously they w
Al...I replied to another email earlier tonight with an explanation of what happened at my QTH when one of the winch cables broke. I hope I was clear, if not let me know what blanks to fill in. I am
Julio, thanks for your comments, much appreciated. My original post was not clear or accurate enough. I'm looking at a drawing from the manual (page 46) and if memory serves me right, what happened w
Agreed, they're not made out of eggshells! When I took delivery of mine, we carefully dragged it off the truck with a Ford 8N sized tractor and boom. We had a few people to msucle the thing over bump
Yaesu will do a good jon repairing your controller. They will take a long time to get it back to you and will shock the crap out of you with the repair price, but when you compare that to totally rep
Paul... Interesting. I'm gonna send a photo to your email address, would like to see if you can steer me to what you mean by "hub of the driven pulley is a clutch". I either have no clutch, or it is
I have several spare belts on hand here: 4L-420 (1/2"X 42"). Not sure if that's the size I'm using, or these are leftovers after having switched to a smaller belt. I do recall switching to a smaller
Take a look at the Tennadyne T6 LPDA: http://www.tennadyne.com/specs&prices.htm I'm running the larger T10 and have had great results with it...and have a few friends who have downsized from the T10/