As I said find someone who know metal
and engineer or metal worker that has a clue and have then do the testing ,
it's possible to do dye checks n stuff for the bolts and ask the metal workers
advice about rust testing , it really needs a paint job once you are sure it's
safe to climb . Trust me a small fall of 20ft hurts bad so 100 feet riding a
tower down means no recovery and no future and good luck
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
From: dgrap...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:15:42 +0000
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Advice on 40 year old radio tower
The tower is free, to use. I want to use it for a micro wave hop, the
small open screen type dishes. The is a small bow up about 120 feet,
can't really tell if it is bent. The only way I know of to tell if the tube is
full of rust is drill a small hole in the base and see
what comes out......... am I thinking right on this? The bottom bolts that I
can reach are tight, The tower base is a steel plate that sits on a concrete
pad with a steel pin sticking up through the plate.
Denny
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Lee Pennington <localjunkpedd...@...>
wrote:
>
> Where's the chainsaws, and weed whackers?? I agree with Barry, If I was
> twenty years younger and that tower was free and in So. Florida I'd be
> looking for a deal on guy wire and hardware..........................just my
> nickels worth
> de Lee, K4LJP
> 73
>
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:54 AM, Barry <ate...@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Looking at the pictures a good cleaning + painting and replacement of guys
> > after Engineering (mechanical) inspection and establishing that the tube
> > inside is not filled with flakes of rust , still seem like a good idea ?
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
> > From: dgrap...@...
> > Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 03:11:10 +0000
> > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Advice on 40 year old radio tower
> >
> >
> > Very true,this tower had it's guy wires in the woods under the trees, the
> > site was abandon for years.
> >
> > Where and how do I find an engineer to inspect it. I am in Indiana county
> > pa. Is it feasible to change guy wires, do they recomemd it?
> >
> > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Richard W. Solomon" <w1ksz@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Tower location is an important piece of the equation. Big difference
> > > between the East Coast and the Sonoran Desert !!
> > >
> > > 73, Dick, W1KSZ
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > >From: dgrapach <dgrapach@>
> > > >Sent: Jun 2, 2010 9:27 PM
> > > >To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
> > > >Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Advice on 40 year old radio tower
> > > >
> > > >I need advice on using an old radio tower. It looks like to be the size
> > of a 45G, the cross bars are bolted on instead of welded. The
> > > >
> > > >tower looks as if it is ok, light surface rust, bolts look ok on the
> > > >outside, of course can't see inside. Heavy rust and pitting on several
> > guy wires,
> > > >
> > > >guys are in amoung the trees, the location needs cleared, tower height
> > 150 feet. Any one have experance on this type of tower? How much rust
> > > >
> > > >is aceptable on a gut wire? How do you decide on the safety on an old
> > tower like this? What is the differance between guy wire and cable
> > > >
> > > >used as a guy wire? So many questions... Thanks for any help.
> > > >
> > > >Denny
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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>
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