[TowerTalk] Re-orienting a crank-up tower

[john at kk9a.com]

The tower probably weighs less than 1000 pounds which is not that heavy.
If you can get a crane anywhere near the tower I would not worry about it
until it comes time to remove it.  You can do maintenance on antennas or
the rotator without tilting it.  I am sure that it is possible to
fabricate a special base adapter to tilt it another direction, but it
would not be easy or inexpensive.

John KK9A


To:	 TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject:	 [TowerTalk] Re-orienting a crank-up tower
From:	 Kelly Johnson <n6kj.kelly at gmail.com>
Date:	 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:53:09 -0800

We are planning to remodel our home.  After the remodel, my crankup tower
will no longer be capable of tilting over.  I have never tilted the tower
over since installing it and have no plans to do so until the tower is
removed.  I am concerned, however, that it will be difficult to remove the
tower in the future if it is no longer capable of being tilted over.  I
think the only option would be a really large crane or helicopter.  I see
several options:
1) Leave the tower as is and worry about removal when the time comes
2) Move the tower to a new location
3) Figure out a way to re-build the foundation/base in the existing tower
location and re-orient the tower so it tilts in a different direction.

I know how to do #1 or #2, but neither is particularly appealing.  Any
ideas on how practical/feasible it would be to do #3?

FYI - The tower is a Tashjian Towers LM-354HDSP (ie. very heavy!)