Thanks for the reply Steve. I will look through my older photos and try to
find some pics from the last time I completely dropped my tower. This was about
5 years ago. I also plan on contacting Morrison Tower to get permission to
photograph and measure their remaining pair of tower jacks. In any case
pictures to follow shortly...
73 Jeff kb2m
----- Original Message -----
From: K7LXC@aol.com
To: towertalk@contesting.com ; kb2m@comcast.net
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] FW: Rohn-25G Removal
In a message dated 4/22/2007 8:43:23 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> What I'm looking for is a set of two tower jacks (local name?). One
piece
of a tower jack is a stiff piece of pipe with feet on one end, the other
end has what appears to be a upward pointing rake. In the middle is a
mechanical jack, that is fully extended. Fully extended it is then placed
against the tower and used to jack the tower down , or fully closed it is
then used to jack the tower up. The second part is a piece of pipe with feet
on one end, and what appears to be a stiff up pointing rake, no jack. This
is used to hold the tower up while the jack is repositioned. Using these two
pieces a tilt over tower can be easily, and safely raised or lowered.
A pair of tower jacks is used to erect or lower a one piece stand-alone
tower.
> A front end loader or pickup could also be used , if there is room for
the
vehicle.
Interesting but I've still got no idea what you mean. A picture's
worth 1k words.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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