[TowerTalk] Positioning A LM-70 Crank-Up

[Alfred Frugoli]

I've used the tow truck boom method with a US Tower TX-472MDLP (~1300lb).
Worked like a charm.  The tow truck extended the boom into the back of the
box truck that delivered the tower, swung it around and lowered it
horozontally onto the base and I inserted the two pivot bolts.  Once my
rotor, mast and antenna were installed, I used the raising fixture to lift
the tower to it's vertical position.

Good luck.

73 de Al, KE1FO

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On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Bill Winkis <kc4pe at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> When first installing the tower after the "Tilt Over Frame" is in
> place......My Question is "How do you maneuver/wheel the tower into the
> correct  horizontal position", do you use some sort of low dolly
>
> Using the tilt over frame .......  you move the tower in on the backside of
> the frame...then align the two side by side base/tower bolts, insert the two
> bolts .... then the crank up the tower to a vertical position...with the
> re-positioned hand crank.....
>
> But how do you move around 1600 pounds of tower lying one foot off the
> ground....
>
> -Bill
> kc4pe at bellsouth.net
>
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