Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

I have a boom lift, but never really worked in the air before. No wires, wide open in my yard. Letting the tower down would be a pain. I contacted a local crane service and they said 500 bucks for the first 3 hours. That should be plenty to pluck the old head off and install the new one fairly ...

Great. Thanks for the quick reply. I am not sure of the condition of the old one yet. Still figuring a way to lift the old 602 off. Besides working in the air, is the mast pipe change job difficult on a metal 3 leg tower? I bought a few extra tower clamps in case I run into problems getting the ...

I have a 3 leg tower that has a A602 Aermotor installed. The 602 main shaft broke so I purchased a 702 replacement. It came with a new mast pipe. Is there any reason to replace a mast pipe when replacing with a new mill? Do they wear? Just checking as it would be a lot easier to just pop the new ...