Steve-
And here I thought you were 39. Amazing how people can be fooled by a silver
tongued
rascal isn't it.
73-
Fred, W6TKV
K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
> 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
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