[TowerTalk] Triex WT51

[K7LXC at aol.com]

>  Anyway, my problem is how to lower it. I'd put a ladder up  to the top 
to remove the antenna/rotator but how to lower the actual tower over  is the 
question. Didn't see anything I could attach a block and tackle to. I see  
from the current site, the tower weighs 360 pounds. Now I am a member of the  
local DX club, but like most clubs today, it is full of old men and couple 
of us  slowly aging? woman. 

>  So I'm asking, how many folks do you  think I would need to walk the 
tower over? Or any other ideas such as letting it  fall onto something soft and 
crush able like a bunch of cardboard boxes?  Ideas?
 
    Well, once you get it horizontal you still have to  figure out how to 
get it to the front of the house and then onto a truck or  trailer. My advice 
is to get a crane or boom-truck involved. It can handle  everything you 
need to do; e.g. get a man-basket (or woman-basket in this  case) to take the 
antenna off. Then the crane can pick the  tower up and put it on the 
truck/trailer.  
 
Cheers & GL,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH