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Re: [TowerTalk] Starting the tower tilting

To: Alan NV8A <nv8a@att.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Starting the tower tilting
From: Joe Giacobello <k2xx@swva.net>
Reply-to: k2xx@swva.net
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:07:52 -0400
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
If that's the same as a crow bar, then that's what I do.

73, Joe
K2XX

Alan NV8A wrote:
> On 09/04/07 11:10 am Pat Chiles wrote:
>
>   
>> I received an email inquiry this morning about how I actually start my 
>> crank-up tower tilting over so that the weight of the tower is off dead 
>> center and starts it decent unaided.  For those of you who haven't had the 
>> pleasure it is not easy.  I have tried several levers and fulcums and have 
>> yet to get the right combination.  I have also toyed with the idea of a 
>> metal bracket to slide under the tower leg and provide a surface to place a 
>> bottle jack under the bracket.  As I am writing this the idea of putting a 
>> chain with it's ends bolted together under the leg and using a car jack 
>> comes to mind.  So my question is what methods have you tried and been 
>> successful with.  Is the "end all silver bullet approach" out there?
>>     
>
>
> I've used a wrecking bar between the bottom of the tower proper and the 
> mounting plate of my UST HDX-555.
>
> 73
>
> Alan NV8A
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