[TowerTalk] Finally got my crank up tilt over

[Gary Schafer]

Pat,
Call Tashjian and ask them to send you the instructions for the tower. Be
very specific that you want the instructions for the tower, concrete base,
tilt over, winches etc. they will send them or email them to you but you
have to ask for each thing.

73
Gary  K4FMX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Patrick Greenlee
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 11:33 AM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Finally got my crank up tilt over
> 
> 1st, ME TOO!  My new Tashjian (used to be Tri-Ex) DX70 arrived
> yesterday.  Yahoo!
> 
> I can find no instructions for anything regarding this tower.  I
> understand the acute sensitivity to the common litigious behavior that
> has become the norm but gee whiz, I would like some guidance as it could
> save me some suffering from an unseen problem or avert some dumb thing I
> might do for not knowing any better.  So I am appealing for any comments
> from anyone familiar with this free standing crank-up/tilt-over tower.
> 
> OK back to Joel's situation:  I removed a worn out rusty hand winch from
> a two section tower that I was customizing and replaced it with a Harbor
> Freight 120 volt hoist and am pleased with the results.  My objection to
> the little winches intended for off road automotive service is that they
> are all 12 volt and serious current at 12 volts as can be supplied
> briefly by a good battery but would take a humongous power supply which
> to conform to good practice would require the low volt PS to be near the
> load because long cables would have to be huge to avoid serious voltage
> drop. You can't have the PS next to all three guy anchor locations.  So
> 3 power supplies, or three batteries would be needed and you would have
> to run AC to each PS.
> 
> Much simpler would be to use 120VAC hoists or winches.  Not enough line
> pull?  Use a snatch block and double it or a multi-part block and tackle
> for serious multiplication.
> 
> A rig like this will give you multiple opportunities to "mess up" but
> with care should do what you want nicely.  Best of luck to you. Please
> report back what you decide to do and how it worked out.
> 
> Patrick        NJ5G
> 
> On 2/16/2016 10:42 AM, Joel Wilson wrote:
> > Finally got my crank up tilt over tower.  54', 3 sections, guyed and
> fairly heavy duty.  It's an old Tri Ex TH 354 which I can find very
> little info on.  What I'm planning on doing is replacing the hand winch
> with an ATV winch with braking.  Superwinch makes a 3000lb one.
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/Superwinch-1130220-LT3000ATV-fairlead-
> handlebar/dp/B0034ZUZM6/ref=pd_sim_sbs_469_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=51GD794UKQL&dp
> Src=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=1BCD5F92M22MGCQCZ87E
> >
> > What I'm curious about is what about using ATV winches for the guy
> wires?  I have a couple reasons for wanting this.  I want to do some
> experiments with antenna height and I still need to guy the tower off
> but want to be able to guy it off fairly quickly.  With the winches, I
> could run all the power leads to one spot and be able to put a level on
> the tower as I tighten the winches one by one being careful not to
> torque the whole thing down.
> >
> > If anyone has any tips I'm all ears and any info on this tower like
> wind loading would be most appreciated.
> >
> > Joel
> > norcal
> > kj6dif
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