I received an email inquiry this morning about how I actually start my crank-up tower tilting over so that the weight of the tower is off dead center and starts it decent unaided. For those of you wh
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=44900 This is a hydraulic ram from Harbor Freight for $159.99. It comes with a spreader (bottom center of the picture- looks like a we
I use a small 2 ton floor jack. I place as far back on the bottom of the tower as near to the raising fixture as I can get it. I release the tension on the winch cables and use the floor jack to star
With my US Tower HDX-555, I've just laid a length of 2x6 as a pad on the concrete base, then used a heavy-duty pry bar to start the tower tipping after letting out a couple of inches of cable on the
When I removed the HDX-555 from the person's property that I got it from, I had to put the tower up and down twice. One night we remover all the antennas and rotor then came back another night to rem
Thank all of you that replied. I liked the hydralic approach, but it was a bit expensive for my taste. I started looking around my place for a solution and found the perfect one for me. It is the poo
I've used a wrecking bar between the bottom of the tower proper and the mounting plate of my UST HDX-555. 73 Alan NV8A _______________________________________________ ________________________________
My HDX-5106 has 2" of gap under it, which is enough to get an "Aluminum Racing Jack" under there if you remove the roller and pan. This is really nice. Not just for starting to tip it over, but also
If that's the same as a crow bar, then that's what I do. 73, Joe K2XX _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@
To me, a crow bar is long and straight, but that may be Brit-speak. What I am calling a wrecking bar is shorter and has a slight bend at one end and almost a "U" bend at the other. More convenient to
A toe jack/lift functions well for this purpose. I use a welded toe jack bracket (PD Machine 978-273-4841) that slips over a 4-ton bottle jack to lift my UST HDX772 MDPL. Toe jack has "L" shaped brak
Ditto, Big bar with fulcrum and foot to get it tilting-Of course I pack a few LBS to help it along!!!! Dan W8CAR _______________________________________________ ______________________________________
I just tie a 100ft rope about 18 ft up the side of the (retracted) tower and then pull on it to get the tower started tipping. I have to pull as hard as I can, but the method works fine. The tower we
Hi. I have seen some of the suggestions regarding this problem. I have three tilt-over towers here, one 40ft with a 20ft pole in the head unit and UHF/VHF verticals for data/FM on the top. Another is