[TowerTalk] Rohn 25G

[Earl Morse]

Getting to the first set of guys is always the hardest part of installing a pier pin installation.

I tip up the first 20 feet (with the aid of a tractor bucket), tighten up the temporary guys (at 20 feet) to hold the tower in place on the pier pin then stack the next two sections one at a time and which gets me to the first guy point at just above the third section where I can then attach the first permanent guy set which can be plumbed and tightened.

In lieu of having a tractor bucket you would have to tip the first section up onto the pin and then tie it off with temporary guys as you stack the second. 

Earl
N8SS

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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 07:16:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rex Turvin <turvin2009 at yahoo.com>
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Subject: [TowerTalk] Rohn 25G
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I am a newbie. I am putting up a 60' Rohn 25G with 2 sets of guys.

My question concerns the baseplate. The baseplate only uses a pier pin to hold it in place. It seems to me that this would allow the base plate to move. The 1st set of guys wires go at 28'
What is the safest method for installing the 10' sections prior to having the 1st set of guys in place? I am not using a crane. I am using a gin pole. I want to make sure that it does not fall over while I am the process of getting to the height of where the 1st guys go.
73 NR6M


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Sincerely,


Rex Turvin
www.nr6m.com


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