[TowerTalk] neverseize on tower legs

[Roger (K8RI)]

Robert West wrote:
> I've been having a hard time buying a Tower Jack, myself.  The guy who makes
> them, his site is up but no one answers the phone or returns emails.  The
> other sites that carry them tell me they don't have them and refer me to his
> site.....   ???  
>
> I gave up.
>   

I don't know if he's still around or not, but IIRC (I could be wrong) 
they were going to close up shop last summer, or maybe it was the summer 
before.

73

Roger (K8RI)
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of jim Jarvis
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:14 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] neverseize on tower legs
>
>
> Tony,
>
> Get yourself a "TowerJack".   
>
> You'll need to overcome gravity,  plus whatever alignment distortion
> generated friction there was when you assembled, plus corrosion.  
>
> Towerjack works.
>
> Car jack and 2x4's works, too, but it's hard to manage aloft.
>
> N2EA/Jim
>
> ps:   it's actually easier to take this stuff apart vertically than
> horizontally,
> so laying it over intact and then disassembling isn't fun.    Vertical
> disassembly
> obviously requires a ginpole.    And a ground crew.
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