[TowerTalk] erection

Steve Maki steve@oakcom.com
Thu, 08 Jan 1998 01:43:16 -0500


k4oj wrote:
 
> we just finished puur first non-embedded section/pier pin install - it was
> no biggee....if oyu have multiple guy levels on the tower just use thpose
> positions with your guy grips without fully seating the guy grips...leave
> the end easily undone...when you go up ten foot put another temp set at
> that height and then remove the initial set...etc...til you get to the 30
> foot - probably your first REAL guy level...it was not a biggee....took
> time setting those intial sets but I can see where this is the way I wanna
> go on future installations for sure...

Another method is to pre-assemble 30' of tower on the ground, with the first
set of guys attached, then somehow lift that 30' into place.  There is any
number of methods for accomplishing that; if you can hang a pulley at 15'
off the ground on something solid (a couple more sections of tower loosely
guyed with rope?), you've got it made.

-- 
Steve Maki K8LX
steve@oakcom.com

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