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Re: [TowerTalk] Building a Tower Trailer

To: "Kelly Johnson" <n6kj.kelly@gmail.com>, towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Building a Tower Trailer
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:43:44 -0700
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At 03:04 PM 6/26/2006, Kelly Johnson wrote:
>The bare minimum required here is a trailer that can hold a 145 pound
>"tubular" tower and is small and light enough to be pushed into my
>backyard.  Anything over 9 feet wide would not work at all.  Something
>closer to 5 or 6 feet wide or less would be more workable.  Something
>small enough to fit through a 40 inch wide gate would be IDEAL.
>Sure, it would be nice to hold antennas, generators, etc. on the
>trailer but I could live without all of that.

Excellent design constraint. 40 inches wide.
That pretty much means you're going to be carrying the antenna and the 
support structure, and not much else.

I think your big design decision is going to be how to support the thing 
once it's up (outriggers or guys)..

Folding outriggers are nice, but, they've got to be pretty long if they're 
the only thing holding you up in the wind, AND, you've got to accomodate 
the inevitable ground unevenness.   Short outriggers might be the hot 
ticket just to hold you vertical until you get the guys anchored?

Jim 


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