[TowerTalk] Separating "stubborn" tower sections

[Jim Atkins]

A friend of mine makes a tool that does the same thing. Some variations of 
it have been around for awhile.

http://www.hamtron.com/

Jim W4UX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Machesney" <nekvtster at gmail.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 4:30 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Separating "stubborn" tower sections


> FYI: the jack in my 2004 VW Golf is perfect for separating Rohn 25 
> sections.
> The "tongue" has a piece of channel that engages the Z bar securely. I 
> place
> a plank across the "opposing" Z bar to ensure the jack doesn't slip. All 
> the
> usual words of caution and disclaimers apply, of course (FWIW, YMMV, 
> etc.).
> Most important, don't over do it - if it doesn't want to go with this much
> force, there's probably something going on that needs to be fixed before
> they will come apart. You want "controlled" separation - you don't want
> things flying apart tens of feet up in the air.
>
> I can see it now... hams all over the world running to the nearest junk
> yard...
>
> 73 -- Brian -- K1LI
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