[TowerTalk] Tower Jack/erection

[Jim Rhodes]

How about one of those Force 12 lightweight towers (or something home brew 
like it)? Or a "falling derrick" type of that starts our lying on the roof 
away from the tower hinge and ends up vertical by letting out a winch, then 
crank in the winch to get it back up? The second method would probably 
cheaper to set up, just need a strong hinge point at the tower base and 
secure attachment point for the winch.

At 05:34 AM 12/14/2005, VK2SN - Sean P Neylon wrote:
>Hi all,
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>Please think about this one..
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>Ok, I have a 25 foot tower on my roof.with about 70 to 100KGs of gear
>(Antennas/Rotators/LNA etc) on it..so its very heavy for one person to push
>up and down..
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>If I need to change anything, I have to get a couple of guys, pay them
>$50-00 bucks each and a case of beer..and they help me pull down and put up
>the tower and ants.
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>This is becoming expensive.and painful..
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>Question:
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>I have a 25 foot tower..on my roof..I cant winch it..no stable support to
>connect to pull the tower up...so I need to push it up and down..
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>Its hinged at the bottom of the flat roof..so easy up and down..but its
>heavy..say beyween 70 to 100 Kgs.. (for US its say 170 ro 220 pounds)
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>Is there a way..like a push up jack or winch..say 25 feet pole with screw
>winch..to push up and down the tower.is there something commercial available
>to buy..
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>I can secure a pole/winch to the side of the house about 20 feet away and
>push up the tower.but the pole would need to be strong and be able to slowly
>screw or winch up the tower..and or bring it down..
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>I have guys to stop it from moving from side to side..its just up and down
>Im worried about..or I need help..?
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>When its erected..the pole can lie beside the tower.
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>Does this make sense to get an answer..????
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>What are your thoughts and advice,,,,,,?????
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>I look forward to hearing some great ideas....????
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>Sean Neylon
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>Sean  P.  Neylon     VK2SN     QF56oc
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