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21. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@copper.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:54:56 -0700; ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:39:44 -0400, Bill Winkis <kc4pe@mindspring.com> wrote: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- How about rapping the tower sharply with an iron pipe or something similar? I would; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00782.html (8,844 bytes)
22. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:58:12 -0700; Someone who climbs towers for a living and does it everyday will probably have a lot of subconscious insight into the potential problems or condition when they actually see and feel the tower. (viz.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00783.html (11,987 bytes)
23. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: Tom Anderson <WW5L@gte.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:02:05 -0500; I've got a TriEX W51 crank up and its just much easier to rent a scissors lift for the weekend (rent it on Saturday AM and you get it usually all day Sunday too for the 1 day price) and do all the wo; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00784.html (9,124 bytes)
24. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: Tom Anderson <WW5L@gte.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:11:27 -0500; Back in the late 1980s my XYL Cheryl (WY5H) and I looked at a house on an acre of land that had 3 towers on i, 1-60 and 2-40 ft ones. It turned out the owner wouldn't negotiate on the price at all, s; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00785.html (10,910 bytes)
25. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: "David Jordan" <wa3gin@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:18:39 -0400; What would be really good for the list members is a set of questions one should ask before beginning work on a tower that they do not own or do not have knowledge of the structural health. In the ins; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00787.html (10,934 bytes)
26. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:22:19 -0400; First of all, ANY tower that is installed by burying a section should be suspect UNLESS you are absolutely sure that the legs have plenty of drainage. Drilling a small hole in the legs a few inches a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00788.html (13,341 bytes)
27. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:27:57 -0400; There is an excellent presentation by W3LPL from the 2006 Dayton antenna forum at (http://www.kkn.net/dayton2006/w3lpl_dayton_2006.pdf), titled "Design, Construction and Maintenance of Antennas and T; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00791.html (12,211 bytes)
28. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: "Daron J. Wilson" <daron@wilson.org>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:36:48 -0700; I'm not an attorney, nor do I play one on TV, but I have a hunch that if you install a pre engineered tower (such as the Rohn 25) and you modify the supporting structure (drilling holes anywhere) th; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00793.html (10,259 bytes)
29. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: "David Jordan" <wa3gin@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:41:32 -0400; One can remove a bolt from the leg and perform the same test described earlier, in the case of Rohn 25. But I agree...liability is always a concern. I'm not an attorney ______________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00794.html (9,155 bytes)
30. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:59:56 -0400; If it is a buried section then that bolt may be 7' above ground. Carl KM1H _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list Tower; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00796.html (10,736 bytes)
31. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:04:27 -0400; If you read my comments again you will find that I said to use that same base plate. Sorry, but I didnt think it was necessary to have to repeat myself about the pin. Carl KM1H ______________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00797.html (11,299 bytes)
32. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: Alan NV8A <nv8a@att.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:26:06 -0400; When I first started thinking about a tower, someone told me (or I read somewhere), "Don't buy a used tower, not even from Jesus Christ." Not how I, a pastor (since retired), would have put it myself; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00801.html (11,758 bytes)
33. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: "David Jordan" <wa3gin@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:28:17 -0400; One never knows... If it is a buried section then that bolt may be 7' above ground. Carl KM1H _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00802.html (11,347 bytes)
34. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:46:06 EDT; worth? I was saddened to hear of Joey's accident. Fortunately real tower accidents are few and far between. THE MOST DANGEROUS TOWER ACTIVITY YOU CAN DO IS TO TAKE DOWN A TOWER THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00805.html (9,597 bytes)
35. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:24:19 -0400; Ive taken down a few ham/CB/2 way towers that were unsafe to climb and the customer would not pay for a crane. These came down very fast with the aid of a Sawzall and a cable cutter. Carl KM1H ______; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00809.html (11,261 bytes)
36. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:41:20 -0400; I can only tell you what I've done in the past. I'm not a professional, but I've been climbing for many years and had to do so at work as well. First you do a thourough visual inspection of the tower; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00814.html (13,298 bytes)
37. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:09:14 -0400; True as many even set in concrete may not have proper drainage. But ...ROHN doesn't even want the bolt holes, which will be too small, reamed or drilled out as it'll break the galvanizing which leav; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00823.html (15,654 bytes)
38. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:27:09 -0400; Following that logic you then cant reuse tower sections if the galvy has been nicked. Obviously that is not real world reality. And as I have mentioned earlier there are now several speciality coatin; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00825.html (18,386 bytes)
39. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Accident (score: 1): Author: <jacobsen_5@msn.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:27:52 -0500; Lots of comments on towers and accidents. A snip out of a reply from Rick N6RK: "For example, W7PHO had a 90 ft Rohn 25 tower with stacked Yagi's on top. The club lifted this tower off the ground in; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00830.html (8,643 bytes)
40. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower ACCIDENT (score: 1): Author: "Cedrick Johnson" <fredwt2p@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:39:01 -0400; that was probably a bit loud..... any damage to nearby structures? wt2p _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTal; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00835.html (12,411 bytes)

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