[TowerTalk] Erecting tower sections solo

[Chris]

Yeah...can you imagine a Harbor Freight (Horror Freight) winch doing this?  Yikes!

Chris




On Dec 4, 2015, at 7:03 AM, Mike Ryan wrote:

> Chris, I have read a number of these posts from 'supermen' who have put their towers up solo. Personally, I think it is not only risky but kinda silly. Why take the risk...ANY risk for the sake of this hobby? If you can't find someone to help you pull up a section of ROHN 25, then don't do it on FLAG DAY, or GROUNDHOG'S DAY or whatever...wait for a day when you have some help. That way when you need to have the NEXT section sent up, there is someone down there to tie it on and you don't have to CLIMB BACK DOWN to do it.  Sure a lot less work when you think about it ... and safer to oot.  -Mike
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> -----Original Message----- From: Chris
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 10:10 AM
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> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Erecting tower sections solo
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> What scares me about using a winch with a remote control is having the remote break, get stuck, or otherwise fail to stop winding in cable.  Then the tower gets pulled down with you on the top!
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> Chris
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> On Dec 2, 2015, at 10:16 PM, Ken K6MR wrote:
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>> Using a small electric winch has a safety advantage over other methods: if something gets stuck they will stall rather than break the lifting cable (or worse yet, pull the tower over). If you pay attention to the noise it makes you can detect a problem almost instantly and stop before something bends or breaks.
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>> Ken K6MR
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