how much/many ( feet ) of Rohn tower can you assemble on the ground and then using a hinge plate pull into the air ?
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Rohn tower
- Thread starter GunSlinger338
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I've done 40' of Rohn 25 with about five people to 'walk it up' from the ground to upright while attached to the hinge base..with a rotor and antenna mounted.
I wouldn't like to do that again....it was pushing the limits. If you must do it this way, have someone 'chase' the group with a stout step-ladder so the tower can be rested on it in case the group can't make it all the way up.
I would recommend getting some leverage advantage using pulleys or a lift instead.
If it isn't too late, concrete in a break-over post with a winch on it too so you can lower it down more easily if you need to in the future...you could pull it up that way as well. I'm not sure I'd want more than 40' being suspended in a tilt-over either though so be careful how many feet you're pondering.
I wouldn't like to do that again....it was pushing the limits. If you must do it this way, have someone 'chase' the group with a stout step-ladder so the tower can be rested on it in case the group can't make it all the way up.
I would recommend getting some leverage advantage using pulleys or a lift instead.
If it isn't too late, concrete in a break-over post with a winch on it too so you can lower it down more easily if you need to in the future...you could pull it up that way as well. I'm not sure I'd want more than 40' being suspended in a tilt-over either though so be careful how many feet you're pondering.
Ive raised 70' of tower, 10' of mast, a Maco 5 element and an imax 2000 on top of that several times all assembled on the ground and stood up in the air
I'd be willing to bet it didn't make the trip all the way up the first time .frmboybuck,
I'd be willing to bet that you didn't 'walk it up' by yourself!
- 'Doc
Please, someone find the video with the rednecks raising their tower with a puck-up truck, it's funny!
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i have 40' +8' mast 17' vert. and 2 par omni angles 2&6 mtrs and 5' outrigger for wire ant. all on the top 9' section that me and my neighbor walked up.
frmboybuck,
I'd be willing to bet that you didn't 'walk it up' by yourself!
- 'Doc
I had some help with it Doc. Had a nice winch that came off of an upright silo
I'd be willing to bet it didn't make the trip all the way up the first time .
Nobody asked you now did they Hank
Having 'messed' with a 70 foot tower before, I kind'a figured something like that. Didn't get the thing standing up, nothing to do with raising it though. Carrying it home on top of a car was the real 'trick' (no, not all in one chunk!). You'd have had to have seen that .
- 'Doc
Didn't get the thing standing up, nothing to do with raising it though. Carrying it home on top of a car was the real 'trick' (no, not all in one chunk!). You'd have had to have seen that .- 'Doc