raising and lowering my ham radio tower

[@coleenfarquharson3009]

First 🙌😁

[@The_Other_Brother...]

Congratulations I got in trouble with Ashley in this video LOL

[@coleenfarquharson3009]

@@The_Other_Brother... I hate to see you on that pole to be honest Ryan🤦‍♀️

[@The_Other_Brother...]

Yeah I didn't like it at first either but I used to work three 400 ft in the air and I got the concrete buried 6 ft deep and 3 foot round there no way I would have climbed it if I thought there was a chance of it tipping over other than not tightening the base plate bolts down LOL

[@lilahnewton7940]

Ryan, lightening is more apped to hit it laying on the ground rather then it straight up in the air!!! Electric will travel threw the ground!!! Just ground the tower. Take you a couple tires , cut them in half and put around the base of the tower!! Good luck!!

[@ryanmall]

I'm working on the ground rod there will be video coming up this week or next week I cannot imagine what they got in wouldn't do to their concrete if it was not grounded

[@dennisschultz331]

The harness is not only for safety. It's also for having two hands to work with while on the tower.

[@johnburns6422]

Hi , Always use a Safety Belt / Harness just one false move and you could regret it for many a long day , Nice work good video enjoy your hobby Thanks

[@rayhill7613]

Hold my beer .... I got his. I'm going to try this size myself. Nice job Bro you make it look easy.

[@BadUncleIke]

I used a power pole for the winch on a 50' tower ten years ago, now use a 12 vdc winch to help with the weight of the antennas.

[@bretshivers8352]

looks like a great job to me ! nice video. 73"s

[@The_Other_Brother...]

thank you 73

[@CynthiasCraftsandmore]

Thank you for sharing! Hugs and love to you and your family. ❤✝🤗 Have a beautiful and blessed week. God Bless ❤✝🤗

[@The_Other_Brother...]

thank you God Bless you

[@taradalmatianshaver6828]

Amazing work! Way to go!

[@The_Other_Brother...]

Thank you

[@taradalmatianshaver6828]

@@The_Other_Brother... you are welcome ❤️

[@journeyalongwithshannonakajaws]

LaRhonda must have been gone for this video lol.

[@The_Other_Brother...]

Lol yep

[@scottshaver5495]

Ryan that’s a good idea, that lighting can be nasty. Ryan I’ve enjoyed watching u put this together, 👍🏻 great job from Kentucky 😀

[@The_Other_Brother...]

Thank you Scott for your support

[@jimscruggs5400]

I have bolts brake on me at work on light towers, so I would keep an eye on them

[@The_Other_Brother...]

I've been noticing the bolts at the bottom or loosening up I have to keep going back and retightening them

[@gjnezat]

Eastern TX? Hope to hear you on 2m after I get moved

[@mikeerstad3705]

Ryan, may I ask how tall your tower is and how tall the pole with the winch is? I have a 40' Rohn tower and want to add 20' along with the same setup you have next year...Thanks Much...

[@kevinmatthews2620]

if you ran the through a double or triple pulley, it would require far less effort to rais and lower it, if i remember correctly from my physics days it is what as known as the"fulcrum effect" the basic principle of all cranes and recovery truck winches :) :), personally i use 2 electric winches 1 to lower my tower and 1 to raise the height just rquires a 12v car battery and small solar panel to keep the battery charged :) :)

[@The_Other_Brother...]

I used to be a rigger for a crane and it would take a lot longer to lower and raise it if I done it that way with that hand crank winch I got now it doesn't take a lot of effort

[@virginiaalexander4999]

Can you ground the tower?

[@The_Other_Brother...]

That is coming up in a another video later when I'm not using it I lay it down to hopefully keep lightning from hitting it

[@KicknItCountryVlogs]

It came really good. I was nervous though lol

[@The_Other_Brother...]

Lol thank you

[@theboogeyman826]

What's the size of the base?

[@The_Other_Brother...]

From ground-level what you see goes down 6 inches then it goes from that 3 ft round and a additional 6 ft

[@roynorman3650]

How do you figure the load on raising cable?

[@barryinn1778]

Why you waste our time, you should have had all this connection predone.