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Fix the bracket to the ground anchor using the M16 screw and washer provided using thread lock on
the screw. The bracket should be installed in line with the direction that the tower will raise and
lower but on the opposite corner so that the tower lowers away from this bracket.
Step 3 – Prepare Tower Tubes and Gin Pole
The tower kit may or may not have been supplied with tower tube; if it is not supplied then this will
need to be locally sourced. The tube itself is the type typically used in the construction of scaffolding
or hand railing in the building industry and is generally galvanised as standard and readily available
from a builder merchants or steel stockholders. The tube is typically supplied in 6m lengths, 2
lengths will be required.
The supplier may be able to cut these to length, the required lengths are;
2 off -
3m long
(Lower Tower Sections)
1 off
-
2m long
(Top Tower Section)
1 off
-
3.1m long
(Gin Pole)
The size of tube is 48.3mm outside diameter X 4.0mm wall thickness, mild steel with a galvanised
finish.
Tube Drilling
One of the lower tube sections needs to be drill at its base so that it can be fixed to the central
ground anchor bracket. The gin pole also needs drilling in two positions for ground anchor fixing and
for guy rope attachment.
