[TowerTalk] TX-472

[Wayne Crawford]

Greetings!

Does anybody here have a US Towers TX-472 with a raising fixture.  I have just set mine on the tower base and raised it to the vertical position once for testing.  I lowered it back down and have it resting on a large sawhorse so that I can install the rotor and antennas. My issue is that when I had the tower raised and in plane in the vertical position there is a pinch point on the cable where it attaches to the raising fixture.  I know I ran the cable through the pulleys correctly and then attached the cable back to the raising fixture in the only place it could go. The literature that came with the tower was somewhat generic and was not specific as to where the end of the cable attached to the raising fixture after threading it though the pulleys. The attachment point on the raising fixture is at the top of the fixture and actually is where the end of the cable was attached for shipping. When the tower is in the vertical position the bracket for the pulleys on the tower pinches against the cable because of the way it is attached to the raising fixture coming out of the bracket. This pinch point could be a potential problem if I had to layover and bring back up the tower on a consistent basis. It shouldn't rub this point while stationary in the vertical position because it will be affixed and held stationary by the bolts holding the tower to the base. I am considering wrapping some electrical tape at this point and keeping an eye on it.

Has anybody else encountered this issue?

Thanks

Wayne C.
WV4L

Here is a link pics of the upper portion of the raising fixture and tower pulley bracket.
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If the link doesn't work let me know.