Gene Smar AD3F wrote:
>Nathaniel:
>
> I, too, have no way to get a crane close to the tower site (OK - it'll
>cost me a lot of bucks, too.) So I'm building my Trylon piece by piece
>above me as I climb it. I first fully assembled the bottom section with the
>base stubs and set it into the hole. After the concrete cured (a couple of
>weeks at least) I hauled the three legs for the second section up on ropes
>and bolted them in place. Then I hauled up the angle pieces for that
>section and bolted them in place between the tower legs. Then I continued
>with the legs for the next 8-foot section. It's a pain but it can be done.
>It took me about 2 hours to assemble and straighten out each 8-foot section.
Why not assemble each section on the ground and hoist into place
with a gin pole? I installed many Trylons that way in the 80s and
it was a fairly smooth process. I seem to recall thinking, as I was
installing the stuff, of ways to minimize my time in the air on those
towers, as they are rather rough on the ankles & feet.
73,
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Steve K8LX
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