[TowerTalk] fold over towers

[Gregg Seidl]

I'm trying to decide between a crank-up,fold over or self suporting 
tower.Looking at holding a Becher Skyhawk and Cushcraft XM-240 in the air at 
55-75 feet.I have no problem with climbing but its hard for me to find 
someone to assist on the ground.Its hard for me to install larger antennas 
by myself in the air.So need to find a way to be able to stay close to the 
ground,or not have to deal with the "around guy wire" thing.Crankups scare 
me about price and still gotta climb them somewhat to install antennas on 
the tower but no guy wires to mess you up and could get a manlift.On a side 
note,I was supposed to get an 80 foot manlift but the company backed out of 
the deal when they found someone with deeper pockets then me.I can't find 
another company that will commit to a date,they'll put me on "standby".Which 
I figure means the first blizzard of the winter!!Fold Overs are kinda neat 
because I don't mind climbing to assemble it but would need some help on the 
ground but only once.They kinda scare me because of the danger of the 
leverage of them but if you know what your doing and don't violate what the 
maker says you should be OK.Not sure of the cost or if they are available 
new anymore.I think you can work on the ground with those which is nice, 
very niceSelf supporters get rid of the guy wires but gotta climb them but I 
would think installing antennas would be easy.Just get a pulley on the mast 
and haul it straight up along side the tower,with no guy cables it should be 
kinda easy,no?Again not sure of price but shouldn't be as bad as a 
crankupLooking for ideas or something I missed   Gregg  K9KL.