Easily,
I've walked a 40' 25G steel tower up by my self when in my mid 60' and
at 5' 7", I weighed less than 165#. The one arm/hand rests momentarily
while the other holds, then both hold, giving both a bit of a rest
holding half the weight each. the part after the maximum weight gets
lighter rapidly.
However it works, the 40 footer was a relatively easy lift while it took
a "bunch" to do the 50 footer.
Roger (K8RI)
On 3/9/2015 12:45 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
On 3/8/2015 5:36 PM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk wrote:
If you don't put to much heavy stuff on the tower before you walk it
up it should be OK. Just for your comparison, I have an 85 feet
aluminum tower and the total weight of the tower, empty is 300 lb.
It's tapered so the heavier section are at the bottom. No, I didn't
walk this tower up but I easily carried around the top 40 feet during
the assembly of the tower and could, probably have raised the by
myself as a 40 foot tower, had I done that.
Hans - N2JFS
I made some calculations and determined that the
force you have to apply to a 40 foot tower of
uniform cross section with nothing on top works
out to 1.7 times the weight of the tower. And
you have to be able to apply this force using
one hand at a time while you "walk". It all
depends on the weight of the tower and the
strength of the walker. Can you hold an 85
pound barbell over head and pass it back and
forth between your hands? Then you can walk
up a 40 foot tower weighing 50 pounds.
Rick N6RK
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