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1. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: eric_schurman@hotmail.com (Eric Schurman); Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 05:17:45 -0000; I am going to be putting up about 90' of Rohn 25G tower and had a couple of questions about guying. This is going to be a temporary installation in a location which has a leave no trace policy. Thing; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00139.html (9,655 bytes)
2. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com); Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 01:40:05 EDT; attach I'm not too impressed with the Rohn screw-in anchors - they're kinda small. I would get bigger ones. Make some phone calls to utility company suppliers and see what they've got (Western States; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00140.html (9,125 bytes)
3. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: eric_schurman@hotmail.com (Eric Schurman); Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 08:07:09 -0000; Thanks! I'll look into maybe getting bigger ones. Really? That's good to know. Are there any disadvantages (other than the greater guy material required) to the longer guys? -eric __________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00144.html (9,159 bytes)
4. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: n4kg@juno.com (n4kg@juno.com); Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 03:10:55 -0600; DON'T DO IT ! ! ! Don't even think of pulling up 90 ft of tower on a simple hinged base. The forces at the BASE are ENORMOUS. The SAFEST solution is the old fashioned gin pole and rope assembly metho; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00145.html (13,489 bytes)
5. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: n4kg@juno.com (n4kg@juno.com); Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 03:56:26 -0600; Two more comments: If you MUST assemble the whole tower and lights on the ground, then USE A CRANE to lift it in place. I know this relatively safe for 50 - 60 ft of Rohn 25. I would be concerned abo; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00146.html (9,157 bytes)
6. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com); Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 10:32:00 EDT; Not that I'm aware of. It just takes more real estate which is not possible in many installations. Cheers, Steve K7LXC Tower Tech List Sponsor: ChampionRadio.com - Trylon self-supporting towers, safe; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00150.html (9,115 bytes)
7. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: eric_schurman@hotmail.com (Eric Schurman); Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 17:37:11 -0000; Hm... That's too bad. Do you think this is just impossible, even with many people (up to 25 or so) trying to distribute the load across the tower? I've also talked with the guy funding it and realiz; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00154.html (11,052 bytes)
8. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: eric_schurman@hotmail.com (Eric Schurman); Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 18:42:28 -0000; Enough people have told me now that the pivoting base idea won't work for a tower of this size that I have officially given up on the idea. Thanks! This is just the sort of knowledge I contacted this; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00155.html (12,924 bytes)
9. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: k1ttt@berkshire.net (David Robbins); Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 18:47:27 +0100; i would not pull up more than about 60' of rohn 25 no matter how many people you have. i would expect that at 90' with lights and wires you would fold over the legs of the bottom section or fold the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00156.html (10,539 bytes)
10. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: n3rr@erols.com (Bill Hider); Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 18:47:35 +0100; Eric, I cannot visualize how 25 people (or any number of people) will be able to lift a 80-90 ft structure, unless there is a nearby (say within 25-30 feet or so) a 100 foot building from which the 2; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00157.html (13,613 bytes)
11. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: n4kg@juno.com (n4kg@juno.com); Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 13:50:40 -0600; Picture this: You have 90 ft of R25 assembled and anchored at the base. You lift the top 5 ft. Imagine a horizontal "rope" pulling on the top towards the base. The tower weighs 300 to 400 lbs dependi; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00158.html (10,758 bytes)
12. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: eric_schurman@hotmail.com (Eric Schurman); Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 19:34:37 -0000; Ah... thanks for the pointer. This looks great. I was thinking that people could be arranged along the length lifting and then three sets of people could pull on the three different guys to pull it; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00159.html (10,924 bytes)
13. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: alsopb@gloryroad.net (alsopb); Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 20:04:13 +0000; Eric, The Glenn-Martin 70' aluminium tower is on a tilt base. It is supposed to be able to be erected by a small group of people. Being aluminium, there isn't the weight problem of Rohn 25. I believe; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00161.html (12,490 bytes)
14. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: k9zm@frontiernet.net (Greg Gobleman); Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 15:21:30 -0500; Hi Eric, It's too bad you couldn't come across one of those portable 105' crankup towers on a trailer that you could just tow in and setup. I have seen them for sale at Dayton and occasionally on swa; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00162.html (9,395 bytes)
15. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: wa9als@starband.net (WA9ALS - John); Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 17:22:08 -0500; Yes, I did, but... Much different weight, as you said. AND, the hazer was at the bottom, AND there were NO antennas/mast/rotator installed yet. AND we pulled from an elevated point, as someone else; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00164.html (9,957 bytes)
16. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: n4kg@juno.com (n4kg@juno.com); Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 17:58:57 -0600; On Sat, 05 May 2001 19:34:37 -0000 "Eric Schurman" Our Field Day group uses 50 ft towers. For years, a local crane company donated set up and take down time. One year they were late and a group tried; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00165.html (9,971 bytes)
17. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: jstai@home.com (Jeff Stai WK6I); Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 16:40:04 -0700; ah - here's the deal - the Black Rock Desert is about the most remote place there is. It would be a three hour trip for anything like a crane from the nearest 'civilization' (Reno). So whatever they; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00166.html (10,745 bytes)
18. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com); Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 22:48:18 EDT; climbers Actually I've erected 100 feet of 25G in a day with only one ground person several times so it's not too bad. Figure about 30 minutes per guy wire though the day before. Cheers, Steve K7LXC; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00169.html (8,698 bytes)
19. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: davidw@copper.net (David J. Windisch); Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 05:52:50 -0400; I see 100-ft-tall rental buckets at construction-supply houses here in Cincinnati; would one of those support the lighting system? 73, Dave, K3BHJ List Sponsor: Champion Radio Products - We'll be at; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00176.html (9,120 bytes)
20. [TowerTalk] Using extra anchors (score: 1): Author: eric_schurman@hotmail.com (Eric Schurman); Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 17:34:11 -0000; Probably, but at that point the costs start getting pretty high if we are doing it a few times a year and it isn't really designed to handle much of a wind... -eric To: <towertalk@contesting.com> ___; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00192.html (9,597 bytes)

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