[TowerTalk] Installing a US Tower tilt-over crank-up

[Steve Robinson]

Alan,

I installed one of the US Towers 70 foot tubular towers. It is fine for a
little pistol such as myself. I can work on this thing without climbing
anything higher than a ladder.

I did have some problems initially and the support is not great and the
documentation is really underwhelming but I recommend you call the folks in
the Kansas location for better support when you need it. My tower failed
recently as I lowered it in the wind and it would no longer raise from the
20 foot position up to 70 feet. I was unable to get any help from the folks
in Woodlake, CA so I came to this reflector looking for help. Right after
that, I received a call from the folks in Lincoln, KS offering to replace my
tower! Took a while but one day a gentleman showed up in my driveway one
evening with a new tower!

I couldn't be more thrilled. Hats off to Shana and Jody of US Tower in
Lawrence. This was an expensive tower project so I was really pleased with
US Tower's offer to replace mine. I could have put up some Rohn a lot
cheaper. I really like this tower. I can raise and lower it from inside the
shack! Just wish the company had it together a little better on
documentation and support. I put a few pictures of my install at:

http://www.qsl.net/wu9b/


GL es 73 de Steve

on 6/18/06 1:46 PM, Alan NV8A at nv8a at att.net wrote:

> I asked earlier about crank-ups in general and "Heights" aluminum ones
> in particular.
> 
> Since then I have had extensive email correspondence (and a long
> telephone conversation) with a person who sells and installs both the
> Heights towers and the US Tower models (steel) and even owns one of each.
> 
> It seems that although everyone (even the authorized installers) agrees
> that it's difficult to get detailed installation instructions from US
> Tower, I'm coming to the view that one of theirs might be the most
> satisfactory for me -- and perhaps cheaper in the long run.
> 
> Among the things that have led me to this position is the availability
> on the 'Net of step-by-step pictures of how other people have installed
> theirs.
> 
> E.g. http://bellsouthpwp.net/k/4/k4zzr/tower1.html
> 
> (although I don't like the look of his rebar cage)
> 
> and
> 
> http://www.texastowers.com/crankup.htm
> 
> 73
> 
> Alan NV8A
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