All
Just because I am curious:
Here at OH-land even large towers can be home brew just like my 160 and 145
foot rotating towers.These have been made by a private small company that made
perhaps 200 towers through the years.Building permit and zoning never
questioned the "engineering" of the towers as the responsibility in the end
rests with the owner.In addition, home owner insurance happily includes towers
and covers damage without question.
How is the situation in the US? Looks like most towers are commercial (Rohn,
couple others) and it seems that a "professional engineer" (correct??) needs to
look at the mechanics of the whole thing in order to get a permit to put up a
tower.
So, how, if at all, is it possible to build your own large towers? Does
anybody do this?
The towers I have are 1.5 feet a side with 2 inch tubes, inverted U (0.7 inch)
"cross bars". Only guyed at two levels and full of aluminium, 8000 lb steel
guy wires and ball bearing guy rings. And they have survived some crazy storm
too in the past 15 years.
MarkkuOH2RA/OG2A/WW1C
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