[TowerTalk] The inertia of rest and the tilt over

[Steve Jones]

US Tower recommends a small jack to lift up the back corner and tilt it past
the center of gravity.  You'll need to fabricate some kind of bracket to fit
under the bottom of the tower if you can't find a jack low enough.  The jack
also prevents the tower from "clanging" down onto the base when you tilt it
back up!  I have a HDX 589, and I think the problem is that the raising
mechanism is on the back side of the tower.  That extra weight brings the
center of gravity closer to the back corner than to the center of the tower.

73,

Steve	
N6SJ

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Larry
Loen
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:42 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] The inertia of rest and the tilt over

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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