OK, I got the tower Friday morning from the welder. It will be planted in concrete next month when I get time to have someone come dig a big hole and pour concrete to hold it up…
Here is the base section that will be “planted” –
Tower base section
This is another view from the other direction. Close end will be up, far end will be setting in concrete (about 5 feet down). – 
This piece is the tower itself and is about 46 ft. long… will pin about one foot above the ground and hinge from that point. This will allow the tower to be laid out on the ground so all work can be done from the ground. unless I get too big of an antenna on it that will require some kind folding device to lay it horizontal when it comes to ground as it will be horizontal when at full height? in any case it will require no more than a small step ladder?
The main part of tower 45ft long
I purchased a 3000# electric (12V) winch for this from Atwood’s (on sale last week for $89). It even came with a remote (full remote not wired remote). So I don’t even have to stand close to the pole when I pull up or lay down. I did not have caps put on so we can run the coax up the inside of the pole to protect it – maybe – as I have to find a method to put on the rotator and still allow the coax to come out around it? project for later.
Will be glad to get it all up and antennas mounted on it. But that will be details for another post.
Just so you know the welded tower cost me $853.85 painted and delivered. I could have welded it up myself and saved some of that but I would have to get the pipe, and other supplies that the welder already had.
The plan and design is that it will not need any guy wires, although I may put some on up at the 40 ft. or so level, to protect the dipole wires from being pulled too much when it flexes.
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