[TowerTalk] Rotor load bearing weigh

[Bob K6UJ]

Steve,

I like your method for raising an installed mast.  I will be lifting my 
mast up
when I take out my Hy Gain Tail Twister and replace with an Orion 2800 
in a couple of weeks.
I assume you used a gin pole ?

Bob
K6UJ



On 4/25/16 9:25 AM, K7LXC--- via TowerTalk wrote:
>>   Should the rotor in a tower, bear the weight of the  antennas and mast?
>   
> Or should the weight be on a bearing plate,  and allow the rotor to be
> easily removed?
>   
> Howdy --
>   
>      In a case like this, it's always better to  have some weight on the
> rotator so that the bearings get seated. The Orion wants  all the weight on the
> rotator and other rotators have ample capacities for most  mast/antenna
> weights.
>   
>      OTOH I've installed rotators with little or  no weight on them. It
> might not be good engineering but I've never had a failure  due to floating
> (non-weight bearing) bearings.
>   
>      Regarding the recent question about raising  an installed mast, I've
> always used a comealong hooked to a nylon sling used as  a choker on the mast.
> I've used most of the other techniques suggested and they  usually take
> some fooling around to work - to say nothing of the extra parts  needed; i.e.
> pieces of wood or jack handle that add to the chance of something  falling
> from the tower.
>   
> Cheers,
> Steve    K7LXC
> TOWER TECH
>
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