Posted by JDseller on May 06, 2012 at 08:38:40 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: TV Antenna Advice posted by Buzzman72 on May 06, 2012 at 08:01:25:
DO NOT USE a riding lawn mower to lower the tower unless you want it to fall!!!! When the tower gets to about lever it will just drag your mower around. Most lawn mowers only weight 600-800 lbs. So unless you have a real large garden tractor all you are going to do is get hurt. Your car or pickup would work better. The best would be a tractor and loader. I have used mine to lay my antenna tower down several times.
Also check the condition of the hinge. I had to rebuild mine because it was rusted solid. It broke when I was laying the tower down several years ago. Since I had it held with a loader I was able to control it to get it down.
Just be careful as the weight is more than you think. You can also use a long pole with your rope over the top to help hinge it down too. Look up how they used to stand up the old barn frames for a picture of how you use one. Basically when the barn frame was laying flat they would tie two ropes to the frame. One would be hooked to the top and then ran up over a pole then back to the ground. This way the rope was angled up instead of just sliding the frame along the ground. Then they had a rope going the other way to stop it from going too far over center.
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