[TowerTalk] Tram question.

[Tom K Osborne]

On Fri, 08 Sep 2000 21:09:53 -0400 Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
writes:

> By all means.  The critical thing is NOT to run the tram to a point 
> up on the mast without a back-stay.  The pull on the mast can be huge. 
I 
> know a guy who bent a perfectly decent piece of steel mast that way,
and 
> then had a devil of a time getting it down.  Far better to rig a
separate 
> block on the mast and use it to pull the antenna straight up after it
is in 
> close to the tower.

When we put the 2 element 80 meter beam up on W7IVX's 180 footer, we used
a tram line, but had 2 back guys on it.  We had a block at the bottom of
the tower and another block at the top of the tower.  We ran a line up
through the bottom block, through the top one and then down the tram
line.  We used a tractor to pull it to the top and when at the top, used
a come-along to put it up on the mast.  Worked slick.  But the back-guys
are a must!!  73
Tom W7WHY
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