Don. Where are you located?
I just bought a used HG-70D and it has the gin pole for
raising the tower. I can take some pics if you like to
show you how it is set up. There's a plate attached to
the pole for a winch. At the top are two holes over the
pulley to attach a backstay to. The bottom has sections
of angle iron attached and the whole thing sits on the
edge of the concrete foundation.
If you're not too far you are welcome to use it to raise
the tower vertical.
GL
Greg
AB7R
Oak Harbor, WA
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 11:38:35 -0700
"Don Tucker" <w7wll@casco.net> wrote:
> I do have the complete instructions and am aware of the
>wood fixture. My
> problem is it would require hooking to a truck or auto
>tow fixture or
> something similar and I don't have the room to insert a
>vehicle. I need
> something that I can put in a more limited space behind
>the tower. If
> anyone has some details or specs on the US Tower crankup
>layover fixture I'd
> sure like to look at it and see how adaptive it might be
>(no pics on the US
> Tower site).
>
> Looks like the only way I'm going to get to the rotator
>is to raise the
> tower enough to expose it in the inner section then
>block it and the other
> sections with some steel pipe. While not comfortable
>with this (fingers
> toes obsession) it looks like the only alternative. As
>to being able to lift
> the mast it looks like I will need to fabricate a
>'special' short gin pole
> that will hook on the outer section and use a grabber
>on the mast ( I only
> need to raise the mast 6-8 inches).
>
> I received a lot of good suggestions and comments and I
>am most appreciative
> to all of you for your help.
>
> Don W7WLL
> YCTS
> ARRL, WVDXC, 10-10 #71666, ARLHS #166, USLHS, QCWA
>#33545
> K Sorter, ARRL 7th Area QSL Bureau
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "mryan001" <mryan001@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: "Don Tucker" <w7wll@casco.net>;
><towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:50 PM
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Hy-Gain HG-70HD Crankup Tower
>
>
> If you have the COMPLETE instructions / manual for the
>tower, there is a
> very good gin pole/erection fixture diagram in the back.
> They are in common
> use around the country I am sure. Some people I have
>heard are using surplus
> aluminum utility pole(s) cut down and used. I think the
>pole is on the
> order of 18ft. Best thing to do is to look at that and
>build something. It
> cannot be expensive but somewhat labor intensive to get
>set up. The guy that
> took my tower down had used the raising fixture for a US
>Tower but had to do
> some welding to the existing HyGain concrete base ears
>to attach it.
> Unfortunately, this would not be a good idea if you
>intend to reuse the ears
> as of course you would. The welding might not be the way
>to treat them if
> you know what I mean. ( Blake in Tampa are you reading
>this...maybe explain
> how you did this over in Orlando...) All in all, I
>would just build the
> fixture that HyGain suggested. - Mike
>
>
>
>
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