[TowerTalk] How to Level a Crank-up?

[John Hudson]

The two 55' crankups I've installed I just used the 4' level and checked the
bottom sections. You cannot adjust the upper sections since like you stated
there is clearences in all extendable sections. On the older Triesto tower
the rungs were flat and I even checked across them and where ok. The TX-455
has slanted rungs, hard to check them

I'm satisfied that mine is as straight as I can make it, according to the
bubble

Good luck

John
KO4XJ
 


-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gene Fuller
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 12:26 PM
To: Steve Jones; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How to Level a Crank-up?

On a calm day, you could hang a string, with a small weight on the end, from

the top of each tower leg.    Gene / W2LU


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jones" <n6sj at earthlink.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 12:42 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] How to Level a Crank-up?


>I want to level my new US Tower HDX-589.  I put a 4' carpenter's level on
> all three legs of the base section and have levelled them.  This is all US
> Tower recommends.
>
> Is there anything more I can do?  I have heard of using two theodolytes 
> with
> it fully extended.  But I figure the sections must lean a bit due to the
> clearances that allow them to slide past each other.  I don't want to tilt
> the bottom section to compensate for that lean, since different antenna
> loads or wind loads will probably make it lean different directions.
>
> With the bottom section leveled, am I done?
>
> 73,
> Steve
> N6SJ
>
>
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