I got to disagree with you on this one K4RV...
No way is having a crank down and or tiltover better - I would go with the
guyed tower over and over again - ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING WHAT ANDREW DID!
If an act of God is gonna come and take things out then its gonna
come...otherwise for day to day I will opt for the solid guyed tower over
and over again...if its gonna take things out you have insurance....do not
feel safe thinking you can just crank it down cause it will still rip it off
the face of your yard and deposit it in your neighbors yard! So - what did
you gain - NOTHING - and you have a tower which you have to worry about
24/7/365 because of its inherent inadequacies.
Too many horror stories of lost fingers and toes for me - have you ever been
on one of those when it decided to shift just a little and settle in...I
have - a sure way to add skid marks to ones shorts!
Jim, K4OJ
near Tampa, FL
formerly of Homestead, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sain'T Tom" <k4rv@mindspring.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS
> I agree. I have had great success with 2 steel crank up towers for many
> years. Both are still going strong and one is beside a salt water bay.
> I'll take my crank up, cranked down, over any guyed tower in a Florida
> hurricane; and the antennas are a whole lot easier to take down and put
back
> up. I also have a steel guyed tower that I like VERY much.
>
> Tom K4RV
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mcduffie@actcom.net>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 9:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS
>
>
> > On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:57:04 -0500, Sherman Leifer wrote:
> >
> > > So, if you have had a crank up tower where the cable has busted and
the
> > > tower then came down vertically, please send me an email letting me
know
> > > your location by city, the tower Manufacturer and model number, and I
> will
> > > compile all the statistics and let everyone know the results.
> >
> > Uh....how about also taking info from people who have NOT had a problem,
> > so that viewers of your info can also see that a properly maintained
> > system doesn't normally have that problem? It's too easy to not do
> > maintenance and blame the equipment for not running forever.
> >
> > gm
> > --
> > There is no x in my ISPs domain name.
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