There is, from a technical perspective, it's just costly... Concrete x-raying services such as you would employ before core-drilling a hole through a slab in a major office building.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > I always worry about the guy anchors. No good way to inspect or test > them. > > *From:* Daniel White <afmu...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 06, 2016 5:43 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Tower maintenance training > > > Safety is something never to screw with. > > > > I’d find a local tower company to come out and do a check. That should > come with a report indicating what the spec range is and what the tower is > currently at. > > > > My GoogleFo found this: http://www.allcomm.com/towers/ > maintenance_inspection.htm > > > > Daniel White > > Managing Director – Hardware Distribution Sales > > ConVergence Technologies > > Cell: +1 (303) 746-3590 > > dwh...@converge-tech.com > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *CBB - Jay Fuller > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 6, 2016 4:41 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Tower maintenance training > > > > > > Might be better to have a tower company come and look at our towers once a > year? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* That One Guy /sarcasm <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > > *To:* af@afmug.com > > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 06, 2016 5:15 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Tower maintenance training > > > > my guy might be able to do that, he is an instructor for the railroad, he > does a yearly mini tower climbing/safety for us. Unless you send your guys > to become certified inspectors, nobody will give you anything that is > formal, and youll have to sign a release of liability, but better to know > the info than not > > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 4:16 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > You gotta wonder how the ham checked it. I would want to know the type of > tensiometer. If he came back with "what is a tensiometer" then I would be > concerned about climbing it too. > > -----Original Message----- From: Jay Weekley > Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 3:13 PM > To: Principal WISPA Member List ; Animal Farm > Subject: [AFMUG] Tower maintenance training > > > > We've got some towers that our climbers are concerned about because they > feel the guy wires are loose. We've had them checked by the HAM that > built several of our towers including one in question and he said they > are fine but there does seem to be a difference in the slack compared to > other towers we own. Is there hands on training we can get on > tensioning guy wires or is someone in the southeast willing to host two > or three people for a few hours for training? > > > > > > -- > > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> >
