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1. [TowerTalk] Terry's Tiltover (score: 1): Author: "Wilson Lamb" <infomet@embarqmail.com>; Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 23:01:26 -0400 (EDT); No extraneous material here! Well, except maybe for my opinions... Heights is beautiful, but you gotta trust that leadscrew! I'm a hacker and rarely spend much. Yes, I could, but where's the learning; /archives//html/Towertalk/2017-10/msg00469.html (9,589 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Terry's Tiltover (score: 1): Author: Clay Autery <KY5G@montac.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 08:05:48 -0500; You ever actually laid eyes on the ACME Screw system they use? I have. I've disassembled and reassembled one in detail. I've watched it in use, up close. It is as close to bulletproof as one can g; /archives//html/Towertalk/2017-10/msg00474.html (8,489 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Terry's Tiltover (score: 1): Author: Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:34:14 -0400; Many years ago I had a couple customers with 72' aluminum Acme screw towers. They always made me nervous as I let them down. NOT because I was worried about the screw failing, but that the tower itse; /archives//html/Towertalk/2017-10/msg00477.html (9,260 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Terry's Tiltover (score: 1): Author: Clay Autery <KY5G@montac.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:33:55 -0500; Key word: overloaded. Any tower can fail if it is overloaded. Any tower may fail if it is forced to perform outside its specified engineering limits. 72 feet is 12 feet more than my tower and I have; /archives//html/Towertalk/2017-10/msg00478.html (9,869 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Terry's Tiltover (score: 1): Author: Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:40:16 -0400; Key word: overloaded. Any tower can fail if it is overloaded. Any tower may fail if it is forced to perform outside its specified engineering limits. No kidding. Some towers have more headroom than; /archives//html/Towertalk/2017-10/msg00479.html (8,090 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Terry's Tiltover (score: 1): Author: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 08:36:20 -0700; I have two Heights towers purchased used that came with acme screws. BOTH OF THE SCREWS WERE BROKEN! They are definitely not bulletproof. In any event, you have to have space to lay down the full len; /archives//html/Towertalk/2017-10/msg00481.html (8,365 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Terry's Tiltover (score: 1): Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:53:43 -0700; No surprise. In a properly designed bolt/nut situation, the bolt is supposed to fail first :-) Hopefully they broke when the tower was vertical and the op failed to turn off the motor. Wes N7WS I h; /archives//html/Towertalk/2017-10/msg00489.html (8,742 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Terry's Tiltover (score: 1): Author: Clay Autery <KY5G@montac.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:02:10 -0500; If they were broken, the the previous owners were morons that did something REALLY stupid. Because IF you have the right screw for the right tower, the screw has a LOT of performance margin. You DO; /archives//html/Towertalk/2017-10/msg00490.html (9,535 bytes)

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