[NLRS] Tilt-over base for a regular tower?

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

Rohn makes a tilt over base for 25G towers. A common 10 section tower. I 
think it needs to be sturdier and have designed a much stronger one made 
of 3" wide angle and using trailer hitch inserts for pivots using 1" 
bolts instead of the 3/8" bolts in the Rohn tilt over base. It  maybe 
bolted together or bolted and then welded. There are tilt over bases 
made for many towers. It often takes a second pole to tilt safely, but a 
few hams can tilt up 40 feet of Rohn 25, the Story County (Iowa) ARC did 
that for FD this year.

The ARRL book on towers is quite instructive on tower safety and 
possibilities.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 8/7/2015 5:58 PM, David Palm wrote:
>
>
> Friends,
>
> I am just about to load the truck with a bunch of stuff to sell at our La
> Crosse area swapfest (tomorrow at 8 am - 1 pm at the Onalaska Omni Center,
> by the way, for any who might be interested.)  I have a question about
> towers.  I have a four section tower with thrust bearing, rotor plate, etc.
> in my shed.  I was thinking of bringing it along to sell.  But I'm
> wondering if it's possible to have a tilt-over base made for such a tower.
> Basically, I don't want to horse around with climbing towers and messing
> with antennas while in the air.  It's not the heights (I'm Army Airborne
> qualified ;o) I just don't want to mess with that anymore.  If a capable
> machine shop could build a plate that could be bolted to a suitable
> foundation and the tower could be tilted over for work on the ground or at
> least at ladder height, then I'd consider keeping this tower.
>
> So, those of you who are savvy on tower details, can you give me the quick
> "yeah, that's possible and it'd cost you approximate $yyy to do it" or "Hey
> Palm, that's crazy talk. Forget it!" answers?
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> David  W9HQ
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