Yes................maybe. I had a Triex W-67 and found that when the tower was fully extended, the top section would bind during a "pull down" and not retract. The top cable would go slack and the s
surely wish I could find someone on this list who has the HyGain 52' which I have. I have yet to erect mine but find it hard to believe that I would have tilting considering there is a FOUR (4) foot
That is absolutely right about the top section hanging up when trying to lower the tower in a strong wind. The wind tilts it so that it will not fall freely until the wind lets up. If you had been cr
I wish I still had the tower and could measure it for you but the top section had a definite "list" when the tower was fully extended. There was only a couple of feet of the top section inside the s
it is old! how old, I have no idea. the manual says it was printed in 1984 but obviously, that is meaningless. no idea but everything on it is original including the rusted cabling which I plan to ha
Some of the Tri-ex towers, esp the older ones had all the pull cables on the same section face. In the case of the CT-100 all the section above the bottom section support all the sections above and t
Most towers that were designed not to have positive pull down cannot be EASILY modified to have the pull down feature. It all comes down to the fact that the pull up cable has to wind in at the same
When I started reading your response I thought I was going to learn something then I realized that you could have done the same thing by just grabbing the bundle of coax lines and pulling down on the
Bob, Not completely true. The "however" is you have a manual positive pull down system. I agree that you cannot retrofit the same system as on the larger towers that are designed with a positive syst