[TowerTalk] The inertia of rest and the tilt over

[Dana Segler]

Larry

I am also in the process of setting up  an HDX572 and have had the
identical experience. I discussed it with a friend who also has an HDX and
he agreed that it was to be expected.

If the tower is really plumb, it simply takes a little movement to get it
off center enough to crank down (levering over with a 2x4 has been
mentioned!)
Dana Franklin Segler
W5PK

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Larry Loen <lwloen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had a lot of difficulty getting started on tilting over my tower.  Before
> I installed the tower, I checked out the base and the contractor did an
> excellent job.  The thing was stone cold level.  I haven't checked since,
> but  I doubt if this has changed (did I mention my eight foot deep base?).
>
> So, when I took out the bolts (as you'd expect me to do) and put some slick
> in the tilt-over appliance, absolutely nothing happened.
>
> It took some difficulty and a little crudity I don't want to repeat to get
> that first inch or so of tilt and THEN the tower folded over fine.
>
> Is this a problem for anyone else?  Right now, there's no antenna on top,
> so there's basically nothing to "pull" the tower backwards after the bolts
> are released.
>
> How does this problem gets solved in a way that is safe for the operator
> and the tower?  Mine is a HDX 572.
>
>
> Larry Wo0Z
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