Re: [AFMUG] Mounting sectors to 80ft self supporter

[Bill Prince]

Forever is a really, really long time. In only about 4 billion years (or 
so), the earth will be engulfed by an expanding red giant sun. We should 
stick around to watch that propane tank.



bp


On 12/10/2016 9:52 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I wonder if some scrap company is supposed to pick it up, or if it 
will sit there rusting forever.

Re: [AFMUG] Mounting sectors to 80ft self supporter

[Ken Hohhof]

Cellular carriers put up 3 and 4 sector frames all the time, I assume they also 
take them down when they do upgrades.  I wonder what happens to the old ones?  
Scrapped by the tower crews for the steel?  It might be interesting to contact 
some local tower work companies to see if they have a  bunch of them sitting in 
their yard, or if they could arrange for some to fall off a truck in the near 
future.  I seriously doubt the big cellcos get them back.  They typically buy 
stuff for a site, have it kitted and drop shipped to the site for a contract 
tower crew.

 

I know where there’s one sitting outside the fence at an AT cell tower along 
with some sector antennas, I figured it was a new one going up soon, but maybe 
it’s an old one they just took down.  Maybe it’s like the Sprint tower by me 
that got a new propane tank, the old one is still sitting outside the fence, I 
wonder if some scrap company is supposed to pick it up, or if it will sit there 
rusting forever.

 

 

From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of TJ Trout
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 1:08 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] Mounting sectors to 80ft self supporter

 

I need to install many sectors to a ~3 inch leg on a self supporter , I think 
the leg is too large for the sectors and I also need more sectors than I have 
leg , Chuck's 3 x mtow thing looks nice but I need all of the sectors to face 
the same direction. 

 

Any ideas on a way to make or buy some type of stand off that can accommodate 
many sectors ? I see the ones that have 4 vertical pipes but they are very 
expensive. 

 

Could you upload a pic if you have done this before ?

Re: [AFMUG] Mounting sectors to 80ft self supporter

[Lewis Bergman]

There is nothing that has multiple vertical mounts to a single leg, is very
stable, and is inexpensive.

If you look at sitepro1.com the cheapest one is about $600. And $600 is a
lot cheaper than I remember them going for. My guess is that you can't
really load that one up.

On Dec 10, 2016 1:08 AM, "TJ Trout"  wrote:

> I need to install many sectors to a ~3 inch leg on a self supporter , I
> think the leg is too large for the sectors and I also need more sectors
> than I have leg , Chuck's 3 x mtow thing looks nice but I need all of the
> sectors to face the same direction.
>
> Any ideas on a way to make or buy some type of stand off that can
> accommodate many sectors ? I see the ones that have 4 vertical pipes but
> they are very expensive.
>
> Could you upload a pic if you have done this before ?
>

[AFMUG] Mounting sectors to 80ft self supporter

[TJ Trout]

I need to install many sectors to a ~3 inch leg on a self supporter , I
think the leg is too large for the sectors and I also need more sectors
than I have leg , Chuck's 3 x mtow thing looks nice but I need all of the
sectors to face the same direction.

Any ideas on a way to make or buy some type of stand off that can
accommodate many sectors ? I see the ones that have 4 vertical pipes but
they are very expensive.

Could you upload a pic if you have done this before ?