[TowerTalk] Aluminum towers -- can you really "walk one up"?

[Tom Cox]

I keep seeing ads for self-supporting aluminum 
towers that are so light that one person can "walk 
up" a 40-footer with a hinged base. Of course, 
walking one DOWN might be more interesting, unless 
one has ropes, blocks, and a team. Can walking one 
up really be done, even with light, VHF-UHF 
verticals and/or TV antennas? It just seems a 
tower light enough to walk up can't be strong 
enough to STAY up.

I can't afford a motorized tilt-over or 
telescoping crank-up, unless it's used, and even 
then, it's unlikely, on my retirement income. All 
I want to tackle is 30 to 40 feet. Should I forget 
about a tower altogether, or buy a section of Rohn 
25 a month, or... what?

73,
Tom, KT9OM,
NW Middle TN