Tower Moving

Yesterday I helped a friend, W5GGW, move a tower he had acquired. The tower was a three section crankup model about 70' tall. Fully retracted, it was 25' in length which was why Gregg needed me with my long trailer. The biggest problem was that it was in the back yard of a house with the only access through a 3' gate.

Letting it down was kind of a "controlled fall" but the tower survived the crash with no damage and we were able to get it moved to his house. I need to help Gregg bone up on his physics a bit so that he can rig it better next time. Putting it up at Gregg's house will be a snap since he has no fences in close proximity to where the tower is going.

The only other exciting thing that happened yesterday was the Pokes beating the Sooners! Go, Pokes! This was the first time in eight years that this has happened. If we hadn't gone to sleep when we played Iowa State, we would be heading for the BCS Championship game now! Oh, well!

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