[TowerTalk] HDX-89 rotator replacement - w/o tilting the tower over?

[john@kk9a.com]

I've done as Steve suggested several times during the few years that I owned a crank-up tower.  Changing a rotator this way is pretty easy and safe if you block the tower sections.

John KK9A

To:  towertalk at contesting.com, 
Subject:  Re: [TowerTalk] HDX-89 rotator replacement - w/o tilting the tower over? 
From:  K7LXC at aol.com 
Date:  Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:20:36 EST 
 

 
In a message dated 12/29/2010 11:32:47 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>  I have an US Tower HDX-89 tower, and I need to replace  the Tailtwister 
2 
currently nestled in the top section below the thrust  bearing. Is it 
possible, 
and what's the procedure, to remove and reinstall  a rotor w/o tilting over 
the 
tower? I will have removed the antennas and  mast, but don't how far the 
tower 
must be extended to access the rotator  plate.


Hiya, Brian --
 
    You don't need to remove the antennas and  mast. Run the tower up far 
enough so that the rotator is accessible, block the  bottom of sections with 
2x4's or pipes to prevent downward tower  movement and go on up. You can use 
a comealong to lift the mast up enough  to clear the rotator or a pry bar 
of some sort. You can get the mast up enough  to do the swap and then it's 
pretty straightforward. 
 
Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH 
Cell:206-890-4188