[TowerTalk] US Tower Answered Question on Raising Fixture

[Lew]

     Sri to hear that your tower had difficulties. My HDX-672 was 
installed by me and then I put a M2 3 element 80M beam on it by 
myself...more to see if I could do it single-handedly than anything 
else. The erection device or raising gizmo works very well for those 
functions. So I guess I do believe the bit about 1 man installation or 
antenna servicing.
     I usually consider that any crank-up will do its level best to kill 
me or you or at least try to amputate some favorite extremity as it's 
rumored I've destroyed more crank-ups in a variety of creative ways than 
most people will own in their lifetime. If a person uses precautions 
he/she might not get hurt.
      73 and I remain,
         Lew  W7EW/W7AT




Rick Tavan N6XI wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
> 
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