Roger,
I have the same tower and love it. My first suggestion is to replace the
winch with a Fulton 2500 (about $169). Much better gear ration and makes
the tilting a lot easier. When I unloaded my tower it was on a flatbed
truck and would be willing to bet that yours will also. I used a front
loader and a nylon car towing strap ($25) from the local auto parts place.
Used it as a sling and had a neighbor and Pete (N4ZR) to help. From the
truck to being bolted on the base took about 25 minutes.
Welcome back to HF, enjoy,
Pat, K8PC
----- Original Message -----
From: "res1q6fs" <roger.white@verizon.net>
To: "towertalk" <;;>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:06 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Ordered a HDX555 Oct. 3 from Texas Towers. It will be
here tomorrow morning.....!!!!!!!
> We have had clear and no rain weather here in North Texas for more than a
> month. So far, I have been fortunate to be able to dig the hole, order the
> rebar and get it bent, get hole with rebar cage inspected, pour the
> concrete the next day (9 yards...Yea, I know, we dug the hole too big.
> But, it only hurt the pocketbook!) and have it curing in anticipation of
> an early delivery in December (Dec. 12 was the initial delivery date).
>
> Well to my surprise, UST called yesterday and said the tower was complete
> and they would schedule a trucker to pick it up. To my surprise, the
> trucker called me a few hours ago and said he would be at my house between
> 8 AM and 12 noon tomorrow!. Boy, I had to get on the cell phone fast and
> get my son to go rent a fork lift to have it here this evening. The
> concrete will not be cured until early December, so things are really
> moving. I would never had guessed when I strolled into Texas Towers a
> little over a month ago and placed the order that I could have the tower
> delivered in about 6 weeks.
>
> I even got fortunate last weekend and picked up a used CL-33, a Ham IV
> rotator, two lengths of coax and the rotator cable. Found this on the
> qth.com classified website and although the ham lived 200 miles south of
> here, he just happened to be coming up here with a trailer. I met him
> south of here and picked the goodies up.
>
> So, should be back on HF after a 25 year span of being QRT!
>
> Roger W5RD
> Murphy, Texas
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