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Idea for a home-made tilting tower
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Re: Idea for a home-made tilting tower
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by Jeff (
ruralmcguyver at yahoo dot com
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Pretty close to the new tower & tracking frame I'm putting up for my 45w H.F. panels.
Except...4x4 construction. Bottom two are just under 14ft, they were 16footers that had been cut off for something. Already have the holes dug 3ft. deep, and concrete to fill it in. Upper section is a 12ft. piece with 1/2inch stainless rod at 6ft. for tip-up. Bottom section has alternating 2x6 treated wood, or 2x2 angle iron cross pieces every 2ft. on back side only. Also have a 1/2inch thru hole in all 3 pieces- 6inches from the bottom of the upper section (I have another 1/2inch stainless rod to lock things in there). Guys, and other reinforcements are 2500# Kevlar courtesy of the old aerospace company I used to work for. I'll worry about counter weighting it once I get the frame & panels installed, and have an old hand-crank boat winch with about 12ft. of travel I'll use to tip up or down.
Rural McG
Idea for a home-made tilting tower
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