On 12/10/2013 2:53 PM, Kelly Johnson wrote:
We are planning to remodel our home. After the remodel, my crankup tower
will no longer be capable of tilting over. I have never tilted the tower
over since installing it and have no plans to do so until the tower is
removed. I am concerned, however, that it will be difficult to remove the
tower in the future if it is no longer capable of being tilted over. I
think the only option would be a really large crane or helicopter. I see
several options:
1) Leave the tower as is and worry about removal when the time comes
2) Move the tower to a new location
3) Figure out a way to re-build the foundation/base in the existing tower
location and re-orient the tower so it tilts in a different direction.
I know how to do #1 or #2, but neither is particularly appealing. Any
ideas on how practical/feasible it would be to do #3?
FYI - The tower is a Tashjian Towers LM-354HDSP (ie. very heavy!)
The easy way to do #3 is to install new epoxied anchor bolts, pick up
the tower with a crane and plop it down on the new bolts.
But that would beg the question: why not wait until you're ready to move
and THEN hire the crane?
BTW, if your tower is say, within 130' of the road, a large enough crane
can park on the road and easily reach over the house, grab that thing
and drop it on a waiting trailer in a half hour. You might have to pay
$700-$1000, but there will be no yard damage. Of course this always
depends on factors like where the power lines are, etc.
-Steve K8LX
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