[TowerTalk] HDBX-48 Tilt Up

[Adam Shirley WJ4X]

You need to lift up, not pull back. a bobcat doesn't go high enough to
create enough angle to lift the tower. Come up with some sort of method
to get the hoist cable off the ground.

73!
 -Adam
  WJ4X




On 10/10/2011 11:10 PM, Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote:
> Any hints on tilting up a Rohn HDBX-48?  I have a Traffie Hex beam just
> above the top ( another 12 pounds).  My machinist next door neighbor said we
> could do it with a Bobcat, but we failed.  We kept it under control, no one
> got hurt and there was no damage to the tower or antenna.  There is no room
> for a falling derrick.  No real room for a crane.  The project is almost out
> of time for the year and pretty much out of money.
> 
>  
> 
> I suspect I will have to wait for next year and build the tower vertically
> one section at a time.  Which begs the question of how do lift the Hexbeam
> without damage?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks and 73,
> 
> Joe kk0sd
> 
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