Howdy, TowerTalkians --
A couple of weeks ago I asked about lifting 100' of 45G in one piece. I
thought it was a pretty bold thing to do but it turns out that others have done
it with no problem so I gave it a try. And voila - up it went.
Yesterday I had to take down 100' of 25G . It'd been up for 40 years and
a top guy had broken so it was listing precariously. It turns out that the
owner had used EHS for the bottom 2 sets of guys and they were in FB shape. The
upper set was some sort of "aircraft" cable that was terminally rusted. In fact
the rust was the only thing holding it up. :-( It was a clear violation of
the LXC Prime Directive to "DO what the manufacturer says".
Anyway we got the crane out and picked up the whole thing figuring that
as we lowered it, it would buckle somewhere. Imagine our surprise when it
didn't! The whole hundred-feet got lowered down unharmed with little deflection
of
the tower. Cool!
After 40 years most of the sections were in good shape and the condition
of the joint nuts and bolts varied from real good to real bad.
So if you have a chance to stand a whole tower with a crane, I'd say go
for it - it's not that expensive, it's fast, and it's safe!
As an aside, I've decided to hang up my climbing belt at the end of this
tower season. I'll be 60 by then so it's time to do some stuff that's less
stressful. Besides, it's way too much damn work - hi.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH -
Professional tower services for commercial and amateur
Cell: 206-890-4188
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