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    Satellite Dish Crane in Action

    Another idea i seen the cb crowd around here doing Thomas33461usa, is if your tower only has a couple sections, pour a concrete pad with two steel flat plates about 1 foot apart and weld big hinges to the plates and bottom section of tower, this lets you work easily on top of the tower all...
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    Satellite Dish Crane in Action

    Tower Here's a crude design we use on the towers the 2 bottom hooks are hooked into the last section of tower on the ladders say. This design we erect 150' plus towers with no problem at all. Just make sure total length of pole is long enough (new section of tower plus length of hook section) 1...
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    Star trak 400

    Thank you SatPhreak, you are right the module is already in the machine with the card slot was hoping to use it to move a bud for fta as i need a larger dish , now, just need to find a bud been eying a couple.
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    Satellite Dish Crane in Action

    Thomas34461 when we use a chain it's hooked to a kubota or a backhoe and alot of weight we've used them to stick 2-4 thousand pound telephone poles also in tight places (its all about not getting hurt) not putting your job down at all but say you had something up 4 to 5 feet and your bottom...
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    Satellite Dish Crane in Action

    Ok like to say to Thomas34461usa and Anole if i offended you in any way I'm SORRY (got the read me when i logged in) or anyone else in that matter, Like i said Thomas you have a nice design heavy duty arms, nice wench, for holding nice feature for extra safety, but the straps holding the pole...
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    Satellite Dish Crane in Action

    The one we use has hooks on the bottom and a pulley on top with a aluminum pole and just hook in to the last section of tower and you raise the next section up works really good and is pretty easy to use but the pole has to be longer than the tower section. Going to the ground with pole length...
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    Satellite Dish Crane in Action

    jin pole Crude drawing but you should get the idea, also side support leg/braces can be added to stop pole from swaying add them towards sat pole and out on a angle.
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    Satellite Dish Crane in Action

    Do a google search for jin pole if your looking for pictures of these (dish cranes) , we use them here to erect 150' towers (in sections) so a satellite dish shouldn't be to hard. Thats the real name if anyone is interested gin pole.
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    Star trak 400

    Thanks guys for your help/info.
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    Star trak 400

    Do you know if i need a card in the slot in back to see anything, i don't have the card?
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    Star trak 400

    Picked up an old Star Trek 400 receiver that has c band sats programed into it and was wondering if it still can be used for anything other than moving a bud. On front of receiver it has Videociper RS videopal Order recorder. any info would be good Thanks.