[TowerTalk] Crank Up Tower Identification Help Needed

[K0DAN]

I could be wrong, but I do not think that is a TriEx...I have a 1970's 
vintage TriEx LM470 and the tower you show in your pictures is quite 
different. Granted, it could be a lot older than my 70's vintage, but it 
doesn't look the same and TriEx from 70's going forward (even to Tash) the 
differences are very visually subtle.

I can't say that tower is a US Tower either, I'm not familiar with them.

The fact that it's mounted on a flat plate is curious, suggests it's a guyed 
tower requiring a small pad, and not self-supporting, which at 80+ feet, 
would require a massive foundation. However earlier owners may have kludged 
the install, so you really don't know.

But you have a big brute of a tower, and good luck getting up and running! 
Another time to be close buddies with a M.E. tower engineer!

GL es 73
dan
k0dan

-----Original Message----- 
From: Shane Autrey KI4M
Sent: May 20, 2013 19:10
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Crank Up Tower Identification Help Needed

I spoke with the folks at U.S. Towers at Dayton this year and they said
the tower that I have acquired is a Tri-Ex and not theirs. Former Tri-Ex 
employees say this tower is not a Tri-Ex and is more than likely a U.S. 
Tower. The
dimensions are exactly the same as the current production TX-489 they
make. The section face dimensions etc match up perfectly. That being
said this tower has a home made folding base on it that will be disposed of 
as it is just pure crap. This tower has a couple of mounting points on it 
one for a
motorized winch (missing when purchased) and one for what appears to be a 
hinge point a bit further up the tower face. I took some photos of the
entire tower and they aren't the best quality. I should take delivery of the 
tower in the next few weeks. An old friend called me to let me know he had 
purchased it for scrap metal weight. Such a nice tower didn't
deserve to be melted down. As photographed he said the tower weighed on
his scales a little less than 1600 lbs. It is obviously a 5 section
crank up and again outside face dimensions are exactly the same as the
current production TX-489.

Anyone know what a model # for this
thing would be? Any idea as to why it doesn't have any mounting flanges
welded to the bottom of the three legs? They haven't been removed they
appear to have never been there. I would like to use this tower and have
it installed properly but the lack of information is beginning to pile
up! It will obviously need recabled and a new winch but the mounting
base has me most perplexed. I can't help but wonder if it was on a tower
trailer but still lack of flanges is perplexing to me.

Photos at the link below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/67862339@N02/

Shane KI4M
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