So the problem is in your home brewed raising fixture is blowing out. There are a huge strain on the tower bring raised or lowered about mid-way. I change the Fulton 1550 it came from the factory and
Personnel do not look above there normal vision range if they are driving a truck; That said you install a cheep fence with a big sign about the hazard. Sit in your truck and look at the hazard from
I belive at this piont you need to speak with a good lawyer. You want to win call Fred Hopengarten K1VR. I read his book cover to cover and in Horry County SC we have on the books a Ham can have 2 10
Too late. There their going to be bad feeling over this and it would be foolish to ignore a lawsuit. They have open the dance so to speak. The real issue here is someone wants to CONTROL his life and
Only if the cow the correct color. I have no real ideal what that would be. Ask a HOA board member. 73 Gene K2QWD --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces
I brought a set for my small HDX-555 Tower and they were very well made and I thought not over priced for what thet were. Here a link to his items. As for making them some square stock, Round Rod&Wel
I have a catalog dated 5-69 and it says the following, HZN has 4 models 275lbs Max Dead 12 Sq. Ft. @2 ft above tower@60 MPH. Could maybe figure out the model by how much your tower weights. This info
It not a big problem to re drill the plate with a new pattern. I find that one of the of the holes will line up. Just use a small pilot hole then drill the bigger holes. I used the Thern with the a 4
I have a OptiBeam OB2-80+ on a 100 foot tower using a motor coupling on a M2 2800 rotor. It uses a drive shaft system. Been in service a year and works like a champ. The coupling is what you would ho
You also can try any of the local steel suppliers as they make them up all the time for their customers. I couldn't locate the one on my 555 and had a local steel shop make three up in exchange of a
I have a set of 2 inch that were meant for a Street Overpass tower sign and on the bottom is a 4 inch by 2 inch round treaded disc. Does the same thing the nut that us tower welds on the end. On a to
I see no problem with your system either other than cost for all-thread in the correct size. Dies in larger sizes are somewhat expensive and harder to come by. I had the good fortune to had worked in
That the problem with any of the Hygain or TriEx or as they are now made by Tashjian Towers they are welded rebar cages with 1/4 steel plate for ears that are also welded to the cage. Yes there is a
This is an old Electrician trick. Take a small plastic wrapper about the size of a cigarette pack hint hint tie a light fishing line to the wrapper and use a shop vac and put the hose wrapped in rags
Hygain and Telex and there one other but don't remember off hand but used the ear on rebar design. Since the cage is lost when the tower is sold there a design of a flat plate plate 3/4-1 inch steel
This keep coming up from time to time and being a retired electrician the NEC has been updated in the late 90's. There is requirement for a ring ground and it's all laid out in code. The information
I personal have no working knowledge of the W3000 worm gear but my only concern is it design be driven by a drill motor. I use a Thern worm gear 4WM2 motor driven and it is designed for this kind of
Drilling holes in conduit for drainage is not a good ideal. It going to be full of water in time. As long as your trench is 18 " or deeper you could use UF control/Rf cables in the same conduit, It y
Local code can always override NEC but I have found 95% of the country follows it with a local twist here and there. I'm a retired Electrician and if you pull a permit (Always a good ideal) most insp
(I'm happy that you live in such a nice dry place but I guarantee every one of my conduit's here are full of water. This is SC and the humidly here for months on end will run 90 to 100%. In the field