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21. [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: jhettish@United.Net (John Hettish); Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 20:31:33 -0500; Hello, Just my $.02 worth. I build towers commercially (small ones). About 20 years ago I erected a 180 foot Rohn 25 tower complete with 7/8th inch cable and a DB420 (35 lbs 19 feet long UHF) antenna; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00286.html (9,649 bytes)
22. [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: n4kg@juno.com (T A RUSSELL); Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:51:51 -0600; On Fri, 10 Apr 1998 20:31:33 -0500 John Hettish <jhettish@United.Net> writes: took a 60 mph I use screw anchors on all 7 of my towers. For the tall ones, I use TWO anchors for each leg, the first anc; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00292.html (8,769 bytes)
23. [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: flanders@groupz.net (Jerry Flanders); Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:04:15; How do you install these screw anchors? Can you do it with a pipe/bar by hand? Jerry W4UK -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrati; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00294.html (8,182 bytes)
24. [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com (TOMK5RC); Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:37:43 EDT; << One of our anchors was a four foot long Rohn Earth Screw (auger) anchor. I had twisted it in to about a depth of about two feet mistakenly thinking that that was enough. >> That's why I recommende; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00296.html (8,002 bytes)
25. [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck); Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:31:53 -0500; I do. Use a short pipe until the resistance gets high, then a long pipe. The shaft of the screw anchor should be twisting at least 1/4 turn when you are finished. If the resistance gets too high to g; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00300.html (8,237 bytes)
26. [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: n4kg@juno.com (T A RUSSELL); Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 11:02:43 -0600; _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00307.html (8,576 bytes)
27. [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: n4kg@juno.com (T A RUSSELL); Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 11:06:29 -0600; Yes, a 3 or 4 ft piece of heavy pipe can be used to turn a screw anchor into the ground. Needless to say, it goes a LOT easier if the ground is wet or moist. You will get dizzy going in circles by yo; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00308.html (8,844 bytes)
28. [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: "Gregg Seidl" <k9kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:00:29 -0600; If they were my screw anchors and it is not freezing were you are you can water the ground slowly over a couple of days.That will help"pack" the ground.As far as some saying screw anchors are not ver; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00294.html (7,086 bytes)
29. Re: [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: "K8RI on Tower talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>; Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 23:41:54 -0500; I've never figured out how they push out from below the frost line, but nearly every spring we'd find a couple more "big ones" when plowing the fields. We'd get the occasional erratic that was bigger; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00307.html (9,509 bytes)
30. [TowerTalk] Screw Anchors (score: 1): Author: Bill Aycock <baycock@direcway.com>; Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 08:38:43 -0600; In an earlier version of this thread, a "horrible example" was shown, of a Rohn 25 tower that was found at a 45 degree angle on the day after installation. However, the photo spread showed quite clea; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00323.html (7,107 bytes)
31. Re: [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: "Carrington, Walter" <Walter.Carrington@umassmed.edu>; Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:36:08 -0500; In winter in MA (wind chill -30 last night), my screw anchors will hold any tower up till the steel fails. When the ground thaws in the spring it becomes much less secure. The screw anchor failure I; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00328.html (7,368 bytes)
32. [TowerTalk] Screw Anchors (score: 1): Author: "Jim Miller" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>; Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:06:35 -0600; The power company uses them for power poles/lines on ALL corners and they sure expect them to last a long time and not need significant maintenance. Would seem to me what they consider the best thing; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00330.html (9,026 bytes)
33. Re: [TowerTalk] Screw Anchors (score: 1): Author: "Pat Barthelow" <aa6eg@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:57:54 -0800; Folks: Appreciate the discussion about screw anchors/deterioration... Now I have an idea/possible reason for the strain insulators that are always on the power company's guys. At first I thought it m; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00332.html (14,828 bytes)
34. Re: [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: "k0dan" <k0dan@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:24:54 -0600; This topic has generated many threads. I was one of the "screwees" but I'd like to point out there have been TWO types of failures reported. One type described anchors being pulled out of "soupy" soi; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00338.html (9,570 bytes)
35. Re: [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>; Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:45:33 -0500; It's probably worth pointing out that ANY anchor scheme that relies on galvanized steel hardware below ground is exposed to the same potential for galvanic action; some pretty serious tower people ar; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00339.html (10,832 bytes)
36. Re: [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: "Pat Barthelow" <aa6eg@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:56:44 -0800; Thanks for that info Pete. I wonder if there is a problem with coating the undergroud portion, if you do not have a PERFECT insulative seal with the coating, if the very small, say, pinhole that rema; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00340.html (8,408 bytes)
37. Re: [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: "David Hachadorian" <k6ll@adelphia.net>; Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:16:26 -0000; I posted this to Towertalk in November of 1996: -- Scary Story It was not a typical balmy afternoon in Yuma, Arizona on Friday. There was a cold front approaching from the north, which was kicking th; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00342.html (10,982 bytes)
38. Re: [TowerTalk] screw anchors (score: 1): Author: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>; Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:51:37 -0500; You need a chemist or a corrosion engineer, Pat. I don't know the answer to that. What I have done, for whatever it is worth, is to get rid of all copper-plated ground rods around my tower in favor o; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00344.html (9,579 bytes)
39. [TowerTalk] Screw Anchors (score: 1): Author: Phil Camera <kb9cry@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:04:18 -0600; I'm sure screw anchors do have a place somewhere. And some folks have successfully used them to hold up amateur radio towers with antennas on them. However, and even if you use deadman concrete ancho; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00347.html (7,157 bytes)
40. Re: [TowerTalk] Screw Anchors (score: 1): Author: "K8RI on Tower talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>; Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:52:51 -0500; This is kinda like fastening two 12 inch I-beams together with a pair of 1/4-20 bolts and then claiming the I-beams failed.<:-)) Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member) N833R - World's old; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00348.html (8,889 bytes)

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