[TowerTalk] US Tower Answered Question on Raising Fixture

[Rick Tavan N6XI]

Don't believe the bit about "one man installation or antenna
servicing." My tower (extra heavy duty HDX-672, not a typo) was
sufficiently warped that it took three men jumping on a major crowbar
to get the holes to line up for bolt insertion. The raising fixture
certainly was helpful getting the tower from horizontal to vertical
but it can't do anything for hole alignment.

73,

/Rick N6XI 


On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:55:17 -0400, Pat Chiles <chilesp at adelphia.net> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Stan suggested that I call US Tower for guidance and I just got off the
> phone with Gary at US Towers in CA.  He says that the raising fixture is
> designed to raise the tower, mast, and antennas as long as the tower is
> nested.  This is further supported by their catalog which says:
>  "Both the TRS80 and 80HD are designed to be easily mounted on your tower's
> hinged T-base for quick and safe one man installation or antenna servicing."
> 
> Thank all of you for your comments on my question concerning this issue.
> Pat, K8PC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Rowe" <shrtuba at chartermi.net>
> To: "Pat Chiles" <chilesp at adelphia.net>
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 12:30 PM
> Subject: Re: US Tower Raising Fixture - Your questions
> 
> > Another thought Pat is to try calling US Tower and see if they'll make any
> > comment.  They tend to be real conservative in what they will say because
> > of
> > liability questions, but maybe they can give you an idea.  It just seems
> > to
> > me that the assumption in the design of the raising fixture has to be that
> > the user would want to raise a tower that has a mast and antennas mounted
> > on
> > it -- hence it should be able to handle the load.  But who knows, maybe
> > the
> > designers assumed something else.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Stan - K6VWE
> >
> >
> >