I am 80 years old, weigh 139 pounds and had no problem putting new cables
and pulley bearings on my TX472 by myself. It was all done from a extension
ladder beside the tower. When my tower is extended I slip a piece of 3 inch
steel channel iron thru the bottom section so the next section rests on it
being sure that one of the corner tubes rest on it. Probably a steel plate
would be better but I have had no problem in 15 years with the channel
iron. Then no tension on the lift cable. The lift cable goes through a
floor pulley chained to the base which can be connected to a tractor or
pickup to raise and lower the tower. You will find more details on our clubs
web page www.sdxa.org Click on DX Tips on the right hand side.
73, Dan, N5AR (Hi to my old friend Don K5AQ)
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 5:24 PM, donhall161 <donhall161@sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> Barrie,
>
> I changed out the cables on my LM354 while it was retracted. No big
> problem. Got the replacement cables from Karl Tashjian.
>
> 73 Don K5AQ
>
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