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@tonyrbonura12 сағат бұрын

That sir is how the pyramids were built. Love the video ❤

@klafong14 күн бұрын

You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish! :)

@scottkrieman81085 күн бұрын

Your hammer looks just like a wrench

@scottkrieman81085 күн бұрын

Why aren't the clamp bolts stainless steel so they don't rust?

@tower99695 күн бұрын

@@scottkrieman8108 galvanized

@scottkrieman81085 күн бұрын

I'm more likely to tune my piano than put up a tower because I'm a fat lazy slob that makes comments to KZread videos and I don't even have a piano but I think this video is GREAT! I actually did use a 2x4 with a pully as a gin pole to put up a giant cross wrapped with Christmas lights 60 feet up on top of a friends tower but that was before I was in a bad car crash.

@jasondodd48126 күн бұрын

I really need some advice, looking for a gin pole. Needing one bad, if you have any plans on building one. I would be willing to purchase them. Are the cheapest place to buy one a pretty good one. Thanks please respond

@tower99695 күн бұрын

@@jasondodd4812 the only place I've seen one is from rohn, good but needlessly expensive. You want a good 12' piece of 2" aluminum pipe and some commscope db365 mounting clamp kit or the equivalent

@nuntiusuk33459 күн бұрын

I look at people climbing these towers and think they look quite flimsy . If it’s free standing , how much body weight can it stand , ie the weight of the guy assembling it . What if you lean back whilst assembling ? Just how high can a guy climb this to assemble it ?

@tower99699 күн бұрын

If it's properly guyed, rohn designs these up to about 190ft. They have to be climbed to assemble them, so yeah they're safe.

@dansteel987317 күн бұрын

I like the rohn 33. Pinch pipe and pal nuts.

@dansteel987317 күн бұрын

Love how the preforms hug the legs with no thimble

@dansteel987317 күн бұрын

Looks like a 264 high band, for 2 way.

@tower996928 күн бұрын

The bolts holding the pole are 2 in, the ones to the tower are inch and a half

@km4dr1Ай бұрын

Can you recommend a source where to purchase the 2"o.d. 1 1/2"i.d. aluminum pole? I assume it is 6061 aluminum.

@tower9969Ай бұрын

I got mine from Arlo metals in tampa

@km4dr1Ай бұрын

@@tower9969 I subscribed to your channel, thanks for the great information. I appreciate your recommendation regarding the Commscope DB365-OS clamp. My Rohn 25 tower has a 25AG4 top anchoring/bearing plate section. The section's top plate extends over/ outside of the legs. Curious if you have ever worked on a tower with this top section or bearing plate cap? Concerned whether or not the clamp provides enough clearance between the tower leg and gin pole to allow the gin pole to clear the edge of the top plate? Need to change out the antenna so the gin pole is required to pass the top plate.

@tower9969Ай бұрын

I see what you mean.the clamps allow the gin pole to stand off from the section 2 or 3 inches off the top of my head.so yeah I believe it would clear. What antenna are you moving?.@@km4dr1

@km4dr1Ай бұрын

@@tower9969 Thanks again for the information. I downsized from a T8 on a 60 ft. tower to a 2 element 15m yagi on 28 ft. tower when we moved from six acres to a city lot. Want to take down the yagi and put up a hexbeam. Getting the hexbeam up will be really tricky but with a couple of tether lines attached and a ground crew I think it can be accomplished. I located a company in San Antonio that can special order the 2.0/1.5" x 12' 6061-T tubing. Appreciate all of your help. My brother Jan, K4QD, lives in West Melbourne.

@tower9969Ай бұрын

@@km4dr1 yeah I'm one for three on the hex beams. All I can say is don't cut any corners on it, I learned that the hard way. I have one guy he put a hexBeam on a hazer, but we still had to get it up in the air to mount to mount to the hazer. As you build it you will see there is an opening in the wiring structure to get it oriented to go up and down the tower. Good luck. Did your brother Jan have some weather damage to his antenna about 4 years ago? Jan from West Melbourne sounds really familiar.

@KQ4TXJАй бұрын

Great aim Bro!!! I remember my first “placement” from air. Not your first rodeo. I just realized the age on this video. Hope all is well Sir.

@Noone-qx4dvАй бұрын

what do you call the pipe to pipe clamp?

@tower9969Ай бұрын

thats exactly what its called, made by andrew or commscope

@markmanning5683Ай бұрын

The way this man talk's, I think he is expecting Failure. You have to believe in your Harness and Lines, but unexplainable stuff happens when "It" wants, not what you want. This is why use use "Antiseze" on the Tower connections. Can't believe this guy is playing with his iPhone.

@tower9969Ай бұрын

I don't get it

@samuellourenco10502 ай бұрын

The way those guy cables are "attached" makes that tower a recipe for disaster. It is easy to see that some wires are broken.

@KQ4TXJАй бұрын

80,000 pound pull strength not good? What experience did you have with them failing? I would like to hear or see more about that.

@KlaynaA.Balutoc3 ай бұрын

can i ask what do you call that type of clamp?

@tower99693 ай бұрын

Its a commscope pipe to pipe clamp

@jeffcibulka50633 ай бұрын

Thanks Brother!

@tower99693 ай бұрын

Ur welcome

@5dennisk3 ай бұрын

Nice !!!

@busterhyman66383 ай бұрын

Thanks for your insight !!

@bravohomie4 ай бұрын

Is this hurricane resistant?

@tower99694 ай бұрын

I think theyre rated up to 110mph, properly guyed

@waxer12g874 ай бұрын

Why destroy the antenna?

@tower99694 ай бұрын

Old business band, obsolete.

@jacobKC3MRA5 ай бұрын

Is the way the guy wires are attached to the tower ok? I would think there would be some type of bracket or something.

@tower99695 ай бұрын

They have brackets, and cost an arm and a leg. Or use some cable clamps.

@mikesradiorepair4 ай бұрын

@@tower9969 Hopefully the company that installed that tower is out of business. At 5:03 you can see multiple strands of the guy wire grip are broken. Extremely poor tower installation.

@tower99694 ай бұрын

That tower was up there near 30 yrs. Anything needs maintenance at that age, including us. But the method of installation was sufficient, as you can see it was strong enough to be taken down. Nothing was broken, and it went smoothly.

@bignastytrees5 ай бұрын

Great ideas for effective gin pole construction. Also the two-pulley advantage on weight reduction was genius. Yep, I learned something watching this video. Thank you!

@glenb13566 ай бұрын

Here is my trick: I pull up the next section when I am on the ground. Get it 'close' to being the right height for installation. Lift up the follow-on section about 18" off the ground and tie the pull rope to it. Now, when you get back up top, you have a natural counter-balance, which allow you to move the section up top around easily with one hand. With the top section, you WILL need the equivalent dead weight of some kind. I have installed any number of towers by myself, including my 140 footer. Also works with Rohn 45. 73 Glen K4KV

@theaceofspades4857 ай бұрын

I am a 3rd year cable technician and only climb power post. I remember my first ladder climb and I was scared as hell. After 3 years I free climb them (yes ,against policy. 🤐) just another climb. After the baby step with my experience, I know for a fact with harness I would climb a tower with no worry. I tell this story because so many think they could never ,but you just need to get past the baby steps. I will also say that I don't think i would ever free climb a tower though hahaha I am strapping on.

@davidstearns96647 ай бұрын

Nice....

@audisportcarrasco7 ай бұрын

I prefer tilt antennas for my ass

@brandonmartin46858 ай бұрын

Great video! I can tell the wife is very excited about it all! Lol. Thanks!

@seventeenfeet9 ай бұрын

6:22 "Ive got the two nuts in my pocket"....SO DO I 😁 [great video, thank you!]

@user-uu7sk6tq4b10 ай бұрын

What size ratchet are you using for the bolts? Have my first antenna remvoal coming up and have no idea what tools to take

@tower996910 ай бұрын

what bolts are you referring to? The AI bolts are not there

@LookitsMendi10 ай бұрын

@@tower9969 geenie here, unfortunately my lead isn’t being any help. What tools do you recommend I take for a mounted dish and antenna removal. I wanna make sure I show up ready to work and have proper equipment for the job

@tower996910 ай бұрын

If you can take some pictures of it I may be able to help more.

@LookitsMendi10 ай бұрын

@@tower9969 what’s a good email

@wallheadkdir9 ай бұрын

Speed ratchets 3/4, 7/8, Cresent wrench, channel locks, impact with deep sockets. Get tool lanyards for them just be safe make sure you hook your load before you start taking stuff apart. Are you going up with a lead? They really shouldn't be having a green guy do this for his first time by yourself

@gregdonaghy463810 ай бұрын

Can you please tell me how you built your gin pole Please

@tower996910 ай бұрын

it's aluminum,12 foot 2" OD and 1 1/2 ID. An eye bolt, commscope DB365-OS mast clamps.

@irishhandyman20099 ай бұрын

THANK YOU! I am so glad you shared the exact part#. Like you I've installed towers by myself. I have a home built Jin pole with welded hooks and plates. Mine isn't adjustable and won't work well with Rohn towers. Can hook 1, but have to use ratchet stap for the other. Safe, no, but it works. Your design is better because it's adjustable. Thanks again! Much appreciated.

@depayton197910 ай бұрын

Nice job.

@straightkey10 ай бұрын

What kind of clamps are those and where did you get them?

@depayton197910 ай бұрын

It looks like industrial scaffold parts

@straightkey10 ай бұрын

@depayton1979 Thanks for the info. I have never seen anything quite like them before.

@depayton197910 ай бұрын

I think they are leg swivels but they will lock into position

@botiemaster335610 ай бұрын

Remember kids: Yes, it's worth buying the extras to be able to bring the tower up and down whenever you need to...

@larryboekeloo551411 ай бұрын

Where are you located?

@tower996911 ай бұрын

florida

@JayN4GO11 ай бұрын

Wish I had someone like you around central ky.

@frankthetank3342 Жыл бұрын

My rohn 25/45g gin clamp won't fit around larger diameter tower legs. This idea of using the heavy duty antenna clamps will help me take down a tower this coming weekend. Maybe take a couple extra minutes, but will get it done!