Ahh, I wasn't picturing short 20' pieces of tower with a ring close to
the bottom.
Well in lieu of a roll-around foot-basket of some sort, one option would
a simple foot that bolted to the leg flanges, maybe a thick piece of
plywood or something that was sized to keep the lower ring from touching
the ground.
Apologies if that solution was already mentioned, I didn't follow every
post.
-Steve K8LX
On 10/17/2016 23:22 PM, Grant Saviers wrote:
The tower base can't go on the ground, that was the problem for me with
some 20' sections with two rings. Even with one ring, sometimes it is
at the low end of the section.
Grant KZ1W
On 10/17/2016 19:55 PM, Steve Maki wrote:
Hmm. All I can say is we install much larger pieces of assembled tower
than R55 (and 50' pieces of monopole weighing many thousands of pounds
for that matter), and crane operators seem to have no problem picking
the tower from the top end and standing it up straight without
dragging it. It seems to be second nature with these guys.
I can't quite visualize how rings complicate things that much if you
have the base on the ground and the tower tipped up on a support 2/3
or so up the tower.
-Steve K8LX
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