[TowerTalk] Tilting Down a US Tower HDX-589

[Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk]

Manually pushing my tower to start it tilting is only slightly more difficult than falling down.
Keep in mind that, how tough it is to get it started is dependent on the mass and the distance between that mass and the hinge point. My TX472 tower retracted is about 28 feet tall. Most of the mass on top is a F12 C-4XL yagi and 15 feet of 2" OD x 1/4" THK steel mast. YMMV.
Of course, there's nothing to prevent one from making use of Archimedes and his lever. :)
vy 73,Bryan WA7PRC
 
    Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:15:32 -0500
From: Tom LeClerc W1TJL
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tilting Down a US Tower HDX-589

And I have a MDB-770 and an MDB-850 and with both I have an old hickory 
handle from a splitting maul and I put a small amount of slack in the 
cable and use it as a lever between the raising fixture and the tower.  
No metal pieces to scratch the galvanized but much easier than pushing 
by hand...

73, Tom W1TJL


On 2/24/2015 4:05 PM, Bryan WA7PRC via TowerTalk wrote:
> I have a TX472. I just put some slack into the tilt cable, and give the tower a push.
> vy 73,> Bryan WA7PRC