[TowerTalk] Tower in the woods?

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My world is not deep woods, but lots of big trees on country property, 
and every few years the 80' trees (elm, maple, cottonwood, sycamore), 
encroach on the tower & antennas and need to be radically cut back (tree 
service $$$). Suggest you add this to the on-going cost of operation!

73

dan
k0dan

> Now that I've relocated to semi-rural western North Carolina, I'm 
> doing some planning for the new antenna system. I already have a US 
> Towers TX-455 that will be going up soon, but I'd really like to put 
> up another crankup / tilt-over tower with a somewhat bigger antenna. 
> The good news is that we have a fair amount of land to work with. The 
> bad news is that the available land for a second tower installation is 
> almost completely heavily wooded. The XYL is willing to tolerate the 
> TX-455 behind the detached garage, but not at all receptive to a tower 
> in the cleared yard area.
>
> Even though I would really like to have the second tower I'm 
> apprehensive about how big a project it would be to put up a serious 
> tower in the woods. I'm especially worried about getting a proper base 
> in, both because of remaining stumps and tree roots after land 
> clearing and because of the logistical difficulty of hauling 10+ yards 
> of concrete out into the woods. Trenching to install a proper ground 
> system and to run feedlines and control lines would also seem to be 
> another possible problem. Has anyone undertaken such a project? If so, 
> would you be willing to share your experiences and advice? Off list 
> would be fine.
>
> Thanks & 73...
> Randy, W8FN
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