Jack, Please forward anything you get on this subject to me as I am =
erecting my Rohn 45 64 foot foldover tower in a week or two.=20
My tower is laying on the ground beside the house waiting on me to =
attach grounding wire and pour concrete as soon as the wx gets back =
above freezing. =20
I just took a pair of scales and measured the following: Backbone (P/N =
KY767) weighs 94# and the tail to the backbone (P/N KY775) weighs 32#. =
The sum of these two parts does NOT equal 165# as their book shows (but =
they probably count winch cable, etc.). I am going to lift mine with =
the EF2545 erection fixture (ginpole). There is no need to have the =
pole more than a couple of feet out of the clamp fixture and I am going =
to put the backbone in place and then attach the tail - 2 bolts and =
winch cable and cable connector (P/N KY758). If you assembled all of =
this on the ground and lifted the assembly it would be pretty heavy, but =
looks much easier to do in pieces.
Hope your tower gets there safely. Mine was damaged when it arrived =
last week. One tower section had a leg broken off (bottom 10 inches) =
and the A bracket (1/4 inch x 2 in bar) was twisted 90 degrees and three =
other tower legs were bent up to 1/2 inch. The sheet metal (1/8 in) on =
the backbone looked like someone had hit it in four or five places with =
a hatchet. Rohn is shipping me a new tower section and A bracket and I =
will straighten the backbone sheet metal. Two bolts were also missing =
from the turnbuckles which they have shipped to me. I certainly hope =
that the tower didn't leave Rohn is this condition. Be absolutely =
certain to write on the freight bill any damage. Take as long as you =
need to inspect it and don't let anyone else sign the freight bill for =
you. If you don't document it when you unload it, they will try not to =
do anything about it and the law seems to be on the shipping companies =
side.
Rohn's drawings are fair if you have a magnifying glass to read them. I =
thought the tower would come with better instructions and drawings. =
Wrong. They send exactly the same thing that is in their catalog (8 1/2 =
x 11).
Good Luck...Wen w5fl@flash.net
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* I need to know if anyone has successfully used Rohn's EF2545 to hoist =
the
* boom section (165 pounds) of a 4564 foldover in place. The Rohn =
catalog
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