> Anyway, my problem is how to lower it. I'd put a ladder up to the top
to remove the antenna/rotator but how to lower the actual tower over is the
question. Didn't see anything I could attach a block and tackle to. I see
from the current site, the tower weighs 360 pounds. Now I am a member of the
local DX club, but like most clubs today, it is full of old men and couple
of us slowly aging? woman.
> So I'm asking, how many folks do you think I would need to walk the
tower over? Or any other ideas such as letting it fall onto something soft and
crush able like a bunch of cardboard boxes? Ideas?
Well, once you get it horizontal you still have to figure out how to
get it to the front of the house and then onto a truck or trailer. My advice
is to get a crane or boom-truck involved. It can handle everything you
need to do; e.g. get a man-basket (or woman-basket in this case) to take the
antenna off. Then the crane can pick the tower up and put it on the
truck/trailer.
Cheers & GL,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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