Greetings TT, I'm seeking constructive advice on how to hold a 20' mast upright on the ground while antennas are installed onto the mast. The plan is for a crane to place the mast & antenna assembly
the WAY too much work and screwing around. Since you're going to have the crane there, have him do all the work. What you need is a man-basket and someone in it. To install the mast, you need to be o
It also helps to pay attention to the size crane you order up. I thought a 100' boom truck was fine for my 80' R45 + 15' of mast, but because of the headache ball and attached rigging, we lost about
I have a 10 ft mast holding / storing two 3L20's, a 5L10, and 3L10. It sits in a 30? inch hole in the ground formed by pounding a short thin wall steel tube into the ground, six inches at a time, rem
Another thought on the mast subject: When I recently put up my tower, a 60 foot free stander,the top secton was not installed. I tied the top section along side the tower at ground level. A block was
What is your soil like? Why not take a water hose with a pipe on it, wash drill a 15ft or so deep hole, wider than your mast, put you mast in the hole, and mount your antenna? It just might work. Chr
I must have missed something. If the guy is going to use a crane, why on earth are we talking about doing much of ANYTHING on the ground???? 73, Bob K8IA -- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts -