Greetings!
Does anybody here have a US Towers TX-472 with a raising fixture. I have just
set mine on the tower base and raised it to the vertical position once for
testing. I lowered it back down and have it resting on a large sawhorse so
that I can install the rotor and antennas. My issue is that when I had the
tower raised and in plane in the vertical position there is a pinch point on
the cable where it attaches to the raising fixture. I know I ran the cable
through the pulleys correctly and then attached the cable back to the raising
fixture in the only place it could go. The literature that came with the tower
was somewhat generic and was not specific as to where the end of the cable
attached to the raising fixture after threading it though the pulleys. The
attachment point on the raising fixture is at the top of the fixture and
actually is where the end of the cable was attached for shipping. When the
tower is in the vertical position the bracket for the pulleys on the tower pi
nches against the cable because of the way it is attached to the raising
fixture coming out of the bracket. This pinch point could be a potential
problem if I had to layover and bring back up the tower on a consistent basis.
It shouldn't rub this point while stationary in the vertical position because
it will be affixed and held stationary by the bolts holding the tower to the
base. I am considering wrapping some electrical tape at this point and keeping
an eye on it.
Has anybody else encountered this issue?
Thanks
Wayne C.
WV4L
Here is a link pics of the upper portion of the raising fixture and tower
pulley bracket.
472
If the link doesn't work let me know.
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