[TowerTalk] Old HWS671

[Art]

Thanks to all who replied. Two useful suggestions came of it. One is 
KE7JA's below. The other occurred to me as I was using a come-along to 
pull my car up onto a trailer. Looking at the X2 force increaser pulley 
for the come-along, it uses a grade 5 (three tick marks) bolt, is rated 
at 2,500 lb, and is at least one size smaller than the hole on the tower.

For those who suggested a falling derrick, that was always the plan. My 
falling derrick is my tractor, a falling derrick with hydraulics.

73 Art

John Ammeter wrote:
> Get an AN bolt.  Bolts designed for aviation use will not "break" yet 
> are quite strong.
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> John KE7JA
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> Art wrote:
>> I'm about to pull a HWS671 vertical. There's a pad welded on the 
>> outer section. For those with an erection fixture it was used to 
>> install a pulley wheel to winch up the tower. I don't have a fixture, 
>> but I do have a tractor that I intend to pull it up with. The plan is 
>> to use 1/4 inch 7x19, same stuff the tower uses, on a thimble around 
>> a bolt through the pad ordinarily used for a pulley with the erection 
>> fixture.
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>> The question is, what grade of bolt do I buy that will pull it up and 
>> not break? I see it as a fight between ductility and brittleness, 
>> grade 8 being brittle for shear loads like this. The hole is for a 
>> 5/16 -- which seems a bit small to yank up this tower. I'm sure it 
>> used to work when these towers were new 30-40 years ago. The 
>> alternatives are, drill out the hole for a bigger bolt or use a 
>> chain, either one putting the galvanizing at risk.
>>
>> HWS671 is a 4 section 71 ft middling strong crankup weighing about 
>> 1400 lb.
>>
>> 73 Art
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