Manually pushing my tower to start it tilting is only slightly more difficult
than falling down.
Keep in mind that, how tough it is to get it started is dependent on the mass
and the distance between that mass and the hinge point. My TX472 tower
retracted is about 28 feet tall. Most of the mass on top is a F12 C-4XL yagi
and 15 feet of 2" OD x 1/4" THK steel mast. YMMV.
Of course, there's nothing to prevent one from making use of Archimedes and his
lever. :)
vy 73,Bryan WA7PRC
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:15:32 -0500
From: Tom LeClerc W1TJL
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tilting Down a US Tower HDX-589
And I have a MDB-770 and an MDB-850 and with both I have an old hickory
handle from a splitting maul and I put a small amount of slack in the
cable and use it as a lever between the raising fixture and the tower.
No metal pieces to scratch the galvanized but much easier than pushing
by hand...
73, Tom W1TJL
On 2/24/2015 4:05 PM, Bryan WA7PRC via TowerTalk wrote:
> I have a TX472. I just put some slack into the tilt cable, and give the tower
> a push.
> vy 73,> Bryan WA7PRC
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