[TowerTalk] Building a Tower Trailer

[Dino Darling]

I pulled the club's tower trailer out of the warehouse and took a few
shots.

This trailer was built by Wayne Overbeck in the late 70's (evident by
the 1 7/8 ball).  The tower is a Triex MW-33 that sits 12' nested and
33' extended w/ 4-sections.  A 10 pole gives us 40'!

Other than a few minor modifications by me, the trailer is original from
the late 70's.  I have towed it at speeds in excess of 85MPH (late for
Field Day!), used it for races and even on a hill top for a portable
repeater.  I have guyed the top section on the hilltop, but for Field
Day, it holds a 3-ele 20 meter mono band just fine!  This year we had
an A-4 (yuck yuck) and a 4-ele 6M on it.

It uses C-channel throughout (YUCK!) and has outriggers that fold out. 
I'll set it up someday in the near future and post more pics.

Mind you, I did NOT build this trailer and if I was to do it I would
have done MANY things different!  But, it has worked almost flawlessly
for the past 30 years!  Still has the original G78 bias tires!

It probably weighs 300-500 pounds and tows great!  It's narrow and short
and I set it up all by myself.

Here is the link
http://www.k6rix.com/towertrailer/


Dino  -  K6RIX
dino at k6rix.com


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Building a Tower Trailer
> From: "Kelly Johnson" <n6kj.kelly at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, June 26, 2006 3:40 pm
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
>
> The primary reason for the tower trailer is to make it possible for me
> to use this tower by myself.  I need to be able to load, transport,
> and erect it by myself.   If that can be done by a trailer that is
> only "a convenient carrying device for the rig" that's fine,  but I've
> been assuming this wouldn't work.
>
>
> On 6/26/06, Jim Lux <jimlux at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > I suppose the issue is whether you expect the setup to be "totally self
> > contained" or "a convenient carrying device for the rig"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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