Marlon,
Why not use the bucket to support the tower. Attach the base to a platform.
and roll the bucket truck on top of the base. Then with a rope or cable
attached to the bucket and pulled down through the tower. Secure the cable
at the bottom after you have everything in place. I assume you can position
the bucket from ground level.
This approach works fine for securing an small tower to the overhead rack on
a motor home for field day.
Yours is just a larger scale.
73s de Jim
W5IFP
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer
> (509-982-2181)
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 12:36 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Temp tower idea
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I've been asked to put in a wifi system for a local event
> that's wayyyy out
> of town.
>
> We've had wifi available to people for a long time, but the vendors out
> there are asking for a high reliability version for credit card
> processing
> at the site.
>
> Winds often hit 30 to 50 mph out there. Not daily but often
> enough that I'm
> worried about the tower's ability to stand up in the middle of
> a bunch of
> trailers and tents.
>
> Resources I already have on hand are:
> 50ish foot old TV antenna crank up unit (with no base, but I
> could build
> something). I'm worried about it needing to be guy'd.
> 6 10' sections of what I think is Rohn 45.
>
> What I was thinking of trying is to build a plate (how thick
> and how big?)
> that I could place under the tires of a rig. Then where the
> plate would
> stick out from the tires I'd have pins that the rohn can attach to. I
> figure 20' up would be plenty for this.
>
> I've got a 65' bucket truck so standing the tower sections up would be
> pretty easy for me.
>
> I'm a bit worried that even with a trailer or truck sitting on
> the base it
> could blow over if it's not big enough. But make it too big
> and I won't be
> able to move it :-).
>
> Thoughts and ideas?
>
> thanks,
> marlon
>
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