[TowerTalk] Moving the heavy tower

[Dennis Vernacchia]

In California where many farms use pipe to irrigate fields, we rent Pipe
Trailers.
They are under $50 a day to rent and can carry 20+ foot lengths of
2000 lbs of pipe easily

Check your rental places in a town near you that has farms nearby..

73, Dennis N6KI

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Michael Ryan <mryan001 at tampabay.rr.com>wrote:

> You might transport the tower on a BOAT TRAILER.  They have large tires,
> can
> hold the weight and there are plenty of them around, most with 2" recvrs
> for
> your more common trailer hitch.  My 72ft HyGain made the trip from north of
> Orlando to near Bradenton that way no sweat. (Thanks Blake, N4GI for taking
> it down and getting it ready to transport.)  It was lifted onto the boat
> trailer by a tow truck.  - Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jon Casamajor
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 9:55 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Moving the heavy tower
>
> wpjj at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Jim, I had this same tower a few years ago and had to take it down.
>
> > Its HEAVY for sure.
>
> Heavy as in how much?
>
> > I think the best bet is to see if you can get a car carrier
>
> >
>
> I'd much prefer a flat bed or low boy.
>
> > with  a bed lift through the fence, maybe one more fence post would be
>
> > able to be  taken out?  Rollers of any kind in grass won't work,
>
> > unless it was a very  hard surface, the rollers would be buried from
>
> > the weight. You have an advantage
>
> We've used tires on offset axles similar to what the power company uses to
> haul power poles to good effect. If it's soft enough that they won't work
> you won't get a truck in there either.
>
> >  with the fold over, you could fold over to a height just enough so
>
> > car carrier  bed can back right underneath it at the proper angle and
>
> > have the winch on the  car carrier pull it up onto the bed, a few
>
> > rollers and off you go. Wish you  luck.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> A couple of poles or tower sections on each side of what ever you use for a
> carriage could be used as a lowering fixture, but I'd need to know just how
> much this thing weighs. One ton, two tones, three?
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> This has been a fun thread to follow. There is really no solid answer on
> handling a 1500-2000 lb tower. So much of it is empirical engineering that
> has to fit the circumstances. Where is it, what has to be done to get it
> down, how do I move it, how do I get it off the way I moved it, and how do
> I
> move it once it is at my QTH come to mind.
>
> I bought a used HDX 572 some years ago. It had a lay down strong back, so,
> I
> laid it down onto a back hoe trailer. When I got it home, (60 miles) I
> hired
> a fork lift to pick it up and drove the trailer out from under it. I then
> had the operator put it on some 8" treated landscaping round poles that
> were
> roughly aligned to the foundation that I hadn't poured yet.
>
> I poured the foundation, 8'd x 5', 5' with a cage and set the T plate. When
> I was ready to mount it, I used the lay down winch to pull the tower to the
> T plate mount and used a large pry bar to get the alignment right then
> pulled it into nest on the bracket. Piece of cake. It's never been dis
> mounted in 21 years and has held up with a variety of loads very well. The
> biggest mistake I made was pinning the mast to the rotor which caused some
> damage at the top. I feel it is much easier to re-orient the stack than fix
> the tower. Since I've done that, no worries, no damage and only one minor
> azimuth correction.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Casamajor
>
> k6el at comcast.net
>
>
>
>
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