It sounds like the tower is close to the house. When I did my tower, I used
a very heavy duty pully set up on a heavy duty fixture on the peak of the
roof. Pulling on the rope on the other side of the house transferred some
the tower weight to the roof peak. Even with 4 big guys pushing up, and two
guys on the opposite rope... it was damn heavy with no antennas on it. If
it's really heavy, you can use a very very slow moving vehicle, while the
driver listens CAREFULLY on a radio for directions. I was concerned that the
rope may slip and the 4 guys at the tower would be harmed trying to hold it.
Well. once the tower had passed a cirtian point (about 80+ degrees)... it
wanted to fall towards the house, so be prepared to apply force in the
opposite diection to slow it down and stop it. If you use a vehicle...the
driver must be told to stop, and the rope slacked a bit as the tower guys
slowly bring the tower into position (little effort at this point) so you
can put the bolts through the holes. Then you will breath again! If it's
really heavy, I would use a vehicle. Rig up the fixture on the roof very
well so it does not move. I also tied it to trees that are very close to the
house... just in case something caused movement side to side. Mine went up
in ten minutes, but took many hours to prepare the fixtures and go over the
plan with the "hired help". No beer till after your done!
George AB2KC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Havlicek" <n8de@thepoint.net>
To: "Alan Young" <younga@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Erecting a 40' Universal tilt base tower
> Alan,
> Yes to your question .. it's easy to do that way ![speaking from
> experience with lifting a 70' tower with three monobanders at the top
> doing just what you say]
> Don
> N8DE
>
> Alan Young wrote:
> > I am in need of some ideas on raising a tilt over base, 40 Universal
tower. It is aluminum, with a rotator, 20 lb 9 ft. mast and a Force 12 C3ss
antenna that is about 30 lbs. The tower can be walked up hand over hand by
myself without the ant, mast, and rotator, but we tried with 4 large people
and couldn't get it past about 30 degrees. No more leverage at our height.
Is it possible and wise to attatch a line at the 30' level, route it above
the peak of a roof and use a vehicle to pull it up? Any thoughts or
suggestioins would be most helpful.
> > Thanks,
> > Alan Young
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