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21. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: wy6k@yahoo.com (WYsixK); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:51:39 -0800 (PST); I agree that tilting these things over is real iffy. I admit that mine is overloaded. When I tilt it over, the strain is incredible and I feel it is an accident waiting to happen. So I quit doing tha; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00235.html (13,722 bytes)
22. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: wy6k@yahoo.com (WYsixK); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:54:02 -0800 (PST); Good point, Stan. Does anyone know how many hams die on average every year in antenna and tower related accidents? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - li; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00236.html (12,896 bytes)
23. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: wa3gin@erols.com (David Jordan); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:23:14 -0500; Actually, having the weight on the cable helps keep the moisture out... It would be important to ask the survey if they performed regular recommended maint. on the cables, etc. I've had my crank-up f; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00238.html (15,543 bytes)
24. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: Edge" <edge@clnk.com (Zac Smith); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:58:14 -0500; Well I put up towers for a living, all kinds, self support, guyed towers, monopoles, truss poles, all sizes too from 20' to 1000' and i definietly hafta say i like fixed structures better, we have wo; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00239.html (9,612 bytes)
25. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: ag0n@arrl.net (ag0n@arrl.net); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:02:56 -0700; Cables last longer when they have tension on them. Letting tension off allows more room for water to ingress. gm -- There is no x in my ISPs domain name.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00240.html (9,109 bytes)
26. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: ag0n@arrl.net (ag0n@arrl.net); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:01:44 -0700; I'd be interested in hearing the full story on that one. I've often worried about that myself. Another thread (please) would be in order, but I think others would be interested too. gm -- There is no; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00242.html (9,029 bytes)
27. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: wy6k@yahoo.com (WYsixK); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:17:10 -0800 (PST); Veeelllllyyyyy interestiing observation. Hmmmmmm. Maybe I should adjust my nesting fixture so there is some tension on the cable when it's down all the way. But I can never get tension on both the pu; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00244.html (10,011 bytes)
28. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: ag0n@arrl.net (ag0n@arrl.net); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:41:18 -0700; I would guess that there is MUCH less stress applied to a pull-down cable. Mind you, I've never been around a tower that had positive pull-down, but my guess would be that you should leave it with fu; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00245.html (9,376 bytes)
29. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: NAMIDZICH@wi.rr.com (NOLL AMIDZICH); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:01:11 -0600; I own (2) Tri-Ex LM-354 (54ft) crank up towers. Both are currently up and I have had NO problems (hope this doesn't jinx me :) Neither tower has had the cables replaced. 1st tower has been up since A; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00249.html (12,154 bytes)
30. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White, K4OJ); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:39:20 -0800; you want to know what helpless is.... Helpless is watching a foldover tower crash into the ground because the weld on the manufacturer's winch spool broke... This happened on my mother's birthday one; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00253.html (16,655 bytes)
31. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:26:54 EST; No they don't unfortunately. Ah, jeez - great. A bunch of amateurs making modifications to a well-designed structure that the manufacturer CERTAINLY WON'T endorse and might even make the situation wo; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00261.html (9,869 bytes)
32. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:37:17 EST; Yes and no. The older, no-positive-pulldown types could (and did) hang up when being lowered so anyone climbing them was sticking their limbs into a guillotine. There were a couple of true, first per; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00262.html (8,734 bytes)
33. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: ag0n@arrl.net (ag0n@arrl.net); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:43:15 -0700; Read what you've written, Jim. Everything you say negative is brought about by unwise decisions. If the tower can "settle" an extra inch or so, then you have already broken the first rule! Pay attent; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00264.html (9,557 bytes)
34. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White, K4OJ); Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 01:04:32 -0800; foldovers...compare the Isee - the tower must be safe therefore I will just start climbing it... If the tower can "settle" an extra inch or That is interesting...you mean like check to make sure ever; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00268.html (12,112 bytes)
35. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: ag0n@arrl.net (ag0n@arrl.net); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:38:59 -0700; I have no problem climbing a safe tower, and have done it for the last 40 years. Due to age and increasing weight problems, I don't do it as much as I used to. I've not been above about 700', but I'm; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00271.html (9,950 bytes)
36. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: James.E.Brown@lrdor.usace.army.mil (Brown, James E LRDOR); Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 05:48:16 -0800; My AlumaTower crankup does have a latch mechanism which supports the weight of the section(s) when fully extended, or at any intermediate extension point. This latch is released by a pull wire when c; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00280.html (10,478 bytes)
37. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: k3gt@pgh.net (Bob Thacker); Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:51:17 -0500; I have an RBZ-66 EZ-Way tower that was manufactured in 1965. It has a 7 cubic yard concrete base that is 7' deep. Over kill according to 1965 specs, but nonetheless adequate for today. The original g; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00289.html (10,800 bytes)
38. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: wy6k@yahoo.com (WYsixK); Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:11:48 -0800 (PST); Amen. Couldn't agree more with what gm says here. Airplanes can be operated in any number of improper ways and, when misoperated, are extremely dangerous. But that does not negate the value of airpla; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00301.html (10,701 bytes)
39. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: kk9a@arrl.net (kk9a@arrl.net); Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 17:40:59 -0600; Crank up towers do collapse on occasion. Last month I had dinner in Aruba with P49MR and his tower cable broke twice in several years. I also know first hand of others in Illinois that had their cabl; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00316.html (9,018 bytes)
40. [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS (score: 1): Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan & Patricia Griffiths); Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:18:13 -0800; I am sure there is more than one guy out there wondering why they have not heard me chime in on this thread since I am famous for not liking crankups. The answer is simple. People who want crankups a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00320.html (11,721 bytes)

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