Steve:
I'm not using a gin pole mainly because I don't own one or know where
to get one around here. (Maybe that will scare a few sources out of the
weeds.) Thanks for the suggestion, though.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
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From: Steve Maki <steve@oakcom.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Freestanding Towers
>
>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,
>--
>Steve K8LX
>
>
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