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Im fully extended!!!

Tokin said:
Yes i am using the new rg213. Now if i can keep the lightning away from it.
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Tokin those of us the in the deserts of the southwest have no sympathy for you guys down there stabbing your ground rods into the ground by hand LOL.

I was going to call your thread title 'tongue in cheek' but i thought that might get a little weird.

I'll show myself out...
LC
 
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loosecannon said:
Tokin those of us the in the deserts of the southwest have no sympathy for you guys down there stabbing your ground rods into the ground by hand LOL.

I was going to call your thread title 'tongue in cheek' but i thought that might get a little weird.

I'll show myself out...
LC
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Heres a video of me getting it up, by myself mind you in 6 minutes...
@Slowmover for your "friend" :whistle:
 
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dude that was really cool to watch!
i want one, always have actually.

how high up did you say it was?
looked like 60 feet + to me.
sure would have liked to see you raise the camera up to the antenna at the end.

so, does it have to hold air pressure to stay up?
if so, how much?
LC
 
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loosecannon said:
dude that was really cool to watch!
i want one, always have actually.

how high up did you say it was?
looked like 60 feet + to me.
sure would have liked to see you raise the camera up to the antenna at the end.

so, does it have to hold air pressure to stay up?
if so, how much?
LC
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This unit is a 60' minus one 7' section. Im 55' to the radials. This is a rare one of built in 1996. It is a "locker" mast meaning each section locks into position and no pressure is needed to keep it erect. It takes between 10 and 30 psi to raise and i use a portable compressor.
 
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Tokin said:
This unit is a 60' minus one 7' section. Im 55' to the radials. This is a rare one of built in 1996. It is a "locker" mast meaning each section locks into position and no pressure is needed to keep it erect. It takes between 10 and 30 psi to raise and i use a portable compressor.
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Is it possible to safely unlock the sections if a seal were to fail? I think worst case scenario would be a dried out seal that won't hold pressure. Would you be able to lower it gracefully in that situation?
 
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543_Dallas said:
Is it possible to safely unlock the sections if a seal were to fail? I think worst case scenario would be a dried out seal that won't hold pressure. Would you be able to lower it gracefully in that situation?
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Each section locks and easily unlocks by pulling the "v" handles. No air pressure is needed to keep it up once the sections lock in place so if a seal were to fail it would be as its being raised and that section just wouldnt raise and i can go to the next one and send 2 up instead of one.
I have little worries with seals. It sat in the florida sun for decades before i revived it over the last year. These seals are pretty bullet proof. I had about $500 in it before i knew it would take air lol.
If i had to i bet i could build a hand crank system and still use it.
 
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That Halligan Tool looks deadly Slowmover. Its like something that would be used on a '' search and destroy " mission. Are the jaws at the end of the handle wire cutters or are they designed for other nefarious purposes?
 
barefootindian said:
That Halligan Tool looks deadly Slowmover. Its like something that would be used on a '' search and destroy " mission. Are the jaws at the end of the handle wire cutters or are they designed for other nefarious purposes?
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There are different versions. It’s a fire department forced-entry tool. How to get doors opened. Goes back about a century. See Wikipedia and others.

Sort of, if you’re gonna have a pry bar, make it a good’un.

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So in effect its a rescue tool. A tool to help to release or free drivers and passengers from being trapped in vehicular crash's.
I didn't read the wikipedia explanation yet but yeah I get the drift. A good tool to have in ones cornucopia of implements for on road usuage or its a good in to have in your tool box!! Just in case.......
 
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Yo: That is Bitchen Inc. Suggest you have someone raise and then lower then again raise the tower while you are watching the S-Meter on local radio traffic. You will see NO sweet spot just stations getting stronger as it gets higher. Please let us know.

Jay in the Great Mojave Desert.... "Next Gas 150 Miles"

"Bitchen" A Southern California term of slang, used by rotten little kids who are caught up in the Surfing Crazz/Life and Rock n Roll of Southern California early 1960's to mid 1960's. Meaning good stuff. Example for today: Wow my new linear puts out well over 1000 watts, now I need a different Bird Slug to tune my Amp! "Bitchen"
 
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