[TowerTalk] Mast Lifting

[Ron Freeman]

Ed,

I’m no expert, as I’m about to prove, but I’ve used a scissor jack at the top of the tower against the mast to antenna plate to raise the mast out of the rotator 6 to 12 inches.  You could bolt a step to the mast if the mast to antenna plate is too light or beyond the reach of the scissor jack.  

73//k5mm/ron

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> On May 23, 2021, at 4:30 PM, ed_richardson at shaw.ca wrote:
> 
> Needing to service the rotator and want to lift the loaded mast up and out
> of the rotator bracket.  I have used a cheap com-along in the past but I am
> now reading that come-alongs are not suitable for lifting and lowering
> loads, they are intended for horizontal movements only.  
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> A lever hoist would seem to be the appropriate tool.
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> So what are the tower experts using for this task? The dead weight would be
> approximately 350 lbs plus any resistance/friction.
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> Any recommendations?  Safety outweighs cost.
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> Ed ve4vt
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