[TowerTalk] "House" Method of Raising a Tilt-Over Tower

[K7LXC@aol.com]

Hi, Bob --

    First, congratulations on your new QTH! Woo woo!!! Pretty exciting having 
a blank sheet of paper.

    Secondly, HOLY CRAP! Unless you're a REALLY CLEVER engineer and 
fabricator, please don't do it. The pucker factor involved in the operation of this 
structure is HUGE! I've seen 25G/45G tiltover towers that were DESIGNED to be 
titled up and down broken many times due to unforseen circumstances. Yes, I've 
seen the falling derrick stuff but I personally would never try it. Call me old 
fashioned but there are a couple of really good and safe ways to build what 
you want and none of them include a moving tower and antenna system. 

    While you admitted that you can't climb, why don't you hire someone to do 
it? Once it's "professionally" built, there's no reason why you should have 
to climb it again for a long time. 

    Have you ever spent much time on a big tower handling big tower loads? If 
not, you have no idea of the forces involved. 

    Just my opinion.

Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
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