What follows is a response to all the posts on this topic, not just the one to which this reply is attached. C'mon guys, he's one of us. He put his story and pix up in good faith and he gets tromped
Good for you, Jim! Thanks for writing this. Jim, W3WV _______________________ May enduring peace, and true tolerance and acceptance, prevail in all places everywhere. _______________________ Jim Wilc
I agree with Jim it is all too easy for people to be down right rude on these reflectors. Everyone makes mistakes. My idea of these reflectors is to help one another. Let's keep it positive. Mark K3F
Uh, someone putting up 150 ft of tower should know a little better than to use the wrong anchors. A short coment about, "I can't believe he used mobile home tie-down anchors," isn't that rude. In fac
Amen, brother... By and large, I think we Towertalkians treat our fellow hams pretty well, but it never hurts to go the extra yard... thanks for very eloquently reminding us what it's all about. Jerr
When I originally posted the link to the unfortunate guy with the tower, I posted it as an item of general interest to anyone with a tower. I was surprised to see how long the thread became. I want t
I am just thankful for all the opinions, and knowledge that has come from this thread. It has been quite helpful for me trying to decide what the best way to raises a tower Successfully here in my ar
And to tailend on Bill's remarks.... ....having Towertalk keeps there from being more poor choices made when towers are installed... tnx K7LXC for probably avoiding some of those potentially life thr
Bill, This is a true case of being frugal/cheap and not doing it correctly and above all not safely. He is lucky it did nor fall on his and or the neighbors house and kill someone. Hank KN6DI
I'd agree. It's quite apparent that this guy did not do a proper engineering analysis of the requirements and loading forces on his tower. He's still likely to have problems in strong winds with his
Given the potential for danger, and the relative complexity of installing towers, it *is* somewhat amazing that there's not more problems that we hear about. It's also not too surprising that there's
I can't believe how many "bleeding heart" hams there are who have come to the defense of this guy who has done a "dumb" action with regards to guying a 150 ft tower with mobil home tie down anchors.
Hello, Doug-- I think you missed the point of the "bleeding hearts." Their attitude seemed to be that it is much more productive to say, "Hey, fellow--this is of really poor design and could cause a
Beating up on people doesn't work unless they willfully do the same thing after being instructed properly. However, treating them as though they are doing their best all the time is a recipe for fail
Author: rmoodyg@bellsouth.net (Richard M. Gillingham)
Date: Tue Mar 4 12:42:40 2003
BTW, Has anybody actually contacted this guy to advise him of the error(s) of his ways?? W1RG -- Original Message -- From: "Jon Ogden" <na9d@speakeasy.net> To: <w3wv@att.net>; "Doug Renwick" <VE5RA@s
If the manufactures recommendations were followed in the first place, this would not have happened. And no, this wont happen to me, I followed the manufactures recommendations. I see when the repair
I can't see where the type of anchor is shown on this page but the hardware (turnbuckles) used in that installation look like $5 Lowes units, not what I'd expect to guy a 180' tower. There's a world