[TowerTalk] Another Universal Tower Raising question

[kk9a at arrl.net]

I put up a 60' Universal Tower with I believe a 30" base using a tow truck.
I had the tow truck raise the boom as high as he could (maybe 15') and
connected the cable at around the 25' point of the tower.  It went up easy.
I think there's a good chance you can pull it up or at least most of your
tower using the pully method.

John



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Subject: [TowerTalk] Another Universal Tower Raising question
From: douglas.snowden at med.va.gov
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:33:23 -0400
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I am going to put up a 90ft Universal Tower. It has the 25" base.  Being
such a
lightduty tower I was planning on using it for hanging wires that I pull up
with a
pully.  I will need to fabricate some sort of base, or buy one. My question
is
since I have no weight on the top could I pull it up with my truck by
hanging a
pully up about 20 ft on a tree that is fairly close to it?  Scary?  Doable?
The tower
will be far from any house or property line.

Doug N4IJ
Carson, VA