My trials and tribulations

Hi all ,this blog is going to show some of the tricks in my life ,Enjoy !

Sunday 1 June 2014

Tower parts all back from the galvanizers,lower extension slid into base of old tower
 End welded on galvafroid over the weld joints.Re-roped ready to go
 Base put into place with trusty jcb ...bless it ,base comes in at 3/4 tonne .Bolted down with 8 x22mm bolts.

Here she is sat on the base .



First tilt over ,had a bit of a boo boo here the rope wasn't long enough duh!! came from original tower the arc was far smaller ,minor alteration from 3 falls to 2 ...its now long enough .Its 10mm rope and now has a better leverage over load (with lower extension) so will be ok !!!! 




 Antenna fitting went easy 



Clamp up mechanism and new stainless rope sheath ... lost the original one so knocked another up .


You can see here the rope route through tower and various pulleys..works great




Elements need a little leveling up ,will sort it out later .Was a bit of a struggle putting it up on my own  :-(


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