High stiffness relocatable tower

A relocatable tower system comprising:

• a vertical mast comprising a plurality of vertical poles and a plurality of braces connecting each pole with an adjacent pole at a plurality of locations;
• and
• a relocatable and ballast-agnostic tower base comprising:
• a base plate for connecting to the vertical mast;
• a plurality of legs, each leg of the plurality of legs connected to and extending outward from the base plate, toward a corresponding ballast location;
• and
• a plurality of ballast adaptors, each particular ballast adaptor of the plurality of ballast adaptors (i) associated with and connected to a particular leg of the plurality of legs at the corresponding ballast location and (ii) securable to a ballast weight, wherein each particular ballast adaptor of the plurality of ballast adaptors comprises:
• a ballast rail connectable to ballast weight;
• a ballast mount;
• and
• a leg mount,
• wherein:
• the ballast mount is secured to the leg mount and comprises a first passage oriented along a first axis, through which the ballast rail passes, and
• the leg mount comprises a second passage oriented along a second axis, through which the particular leg with which the particular ballast adaptor is associated passes,
• thereby securing the ballast rail of the particular ballast adaptor to the particular leg with which it is associated, with the ballast rail aligned along the first axis and the particular leg aligned along the second axis.

A method of deploying a tower system comprising a vertical mast and a tower base comprising a plurality of legs, the method comprising:

• securing a tower base to a plurality of pre-existing ballast weights, each of the pre-existing ballast weights located at a particular ballast location, by:
• connecting, for each particular ballast location, a first end of a corresponding one of the plurality of legs of the tower base to a top of the pre-existing ballast weight via an associated ballast adaptor;
• and
• connecting each of the legs to a common base plate of the tower base at a substantially central location with respect to the ballast locations,
• wherein, for each particular pre-existing ballast weight located at the particular ballast location, the associated ballast adaptor is (i) connected to the first end of the corresponding leg and (ii) securable to the particular pre-existing ballast weight, and wherein each ballast adaptor comprises:
• a ballast rail connectable to ballast weight;
• a ballast mount;
• and
• a leg mount,
• wherein:
• the ballast mount is secured to the leg mount and comprises a first passage oriented along a first axis, through which the ballast rail passes, and
• the leg mount comprises a second passage oriented along a second axis, through which the particular leg with which the particular ballast adaptor is associated passes,
• thereby securing the ballast rail of the particular ballast adaptor to the particular leg with which it is associated, with the ballast rail aligned along the first axis and the particular leg aligned along the second axis.

A method of re-deploying a tower system comprising a foldable base, the method comprising:

• (a) adjusting the foldable base to position a plurality of legs thereof in a folded orientation, wherein:
• the foldable base comprises the plurality of legs and a common base plate,
• each of the plurality of legs is connected to the common base plate at a corresponding connection point about the perimeter of the common base plate,
• each of at least a portion of the plurality of legs is rotatable in a plane substantially parallel to the common base plate, about its corresponding connection point, and
• when in the folded orientation, each of the plurality of legs are aligned pointing in a substantially same direction;
• and
• (b) adjusting the foldable base to position the plurality of legs thereof in an un-folded orientation by rotating each of one or more of the plurality of legs about their corresponding common connection points, such that the plurality of legs point outwards from the common base plate.