[TowerTalk] Ways To Tilt Over a Light Tower ?

[Alan Zack]

Tall 40 ft towers work better than short 40 ft towers.

Rick Karlquist wrote:

> douglas.snowden at med.va.gov said:
> 
>>I have a short 40 foot aluminum tower that I use for experimentation - At
>>the moment
>>it is serving as a 1/4 wave vertical for 80m. I has 26 ft of aluminum
>>tubing
>>sticking out
>>of the top.  It is insulated from ground and is sitting hinged on pressure
>>treated wood  legs
>>buried in a small amount of concrete. I would like to tilt it over easily
>>so
>>I can play
> 
> 
> See my web site:
> 
>   http://www.n6rk.com/falling_derrick_gme/falling_derrick_gme.html
> 
> for photos of my 50 ft 175 lb aluminum tower tilting up.
> Instead of a 6x6 as a derrick, make a tee out of 2x12s.
> The main pitfall is the derrick buckling.
> 
> Rick N6Rk
> 
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