[TowerTalk] RE: Bent Mast

[n4kg@juno.com]

Interesting solution !

Did you remove the lower beam before 
you bent the mast over?

Tom  N4KG

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 16:52:25 -0400 "Ed Wolf" <n3ue@arrl.net> writes:
> Don't know how high the tower is, but.
> I had a similar problem a few years ago on my
> 50 foot tower. What we ended up doing was climbing
> the tower and tossing a "heavy" rope over the top 
> antenna, and coaxing it into position around the
> mast. Then three of us pulled and pulled until
> the mast was pretty much folded over 180 degrees.
> Then we removed the antennas upside down and used
> a gin pole to remove the mast. Really was quite easy.
> 
>  
> Ed Wolf - ars:N3UE - NA40+TR.PA
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