Hoping to gather some community wisdom before embarking on a tower replacement. I have a 2.5 acre property on a slope with what I believe to be a Rohn 55 tower that was installed as a commercial pagi
Having done a 120ft 140 MPH tower last year I grabbed my costs and applied them to your plan: NEW PARTS 170ft 130MPH 55G 4-guy levels no insulators $2500 for new Rohn anchor rods GAC5755TOP $825 ea +
Thanks! This is useful for ballpark costing. Plus who knows what it'll cost to permit, given its legacy status with the county. Matthew Kaufman _______________________________________________ _______
Having no idea of the location, don't be surprised at all if having the commercial users on the tower turns your permit process into a major project. 73/jeff/ac0c alpha-charlie-zero-charlie www.ac0c.
If you need more tower strength and still maintain the 18" face, Rohn 45GSR may be a good option. Without seeing it, I imagine that the tower pier pin concrete base is probably OK. The guy anchors so
Matthew, Having managed the installation of numerous towers for cellular and public safety microwave links, I'm pretty sure you'll need to add torque arms (star mounts) to control the twist and sway
Be careful of that commercial user. Even for a "replace within the confines of the original permit" - it could still be a permitting nightmare. You should run a scenario of what do you really need as
<I have the following limitations. <1. I want to have minimal downtime - the tower has a COUPLE of HEAVILY USED <ham repeaters, a COMMERCIAL REPEATER, AND a WIRELESS ISP on it. <2. The county would n
From the casual reading of this situation and the sage wisdom that has been proffered.. What do you get from all this possible new effort, you made casual mention of it being a hobby tower for you, i
Lacking any historical design data or details on what you have in the ground, don't plan on re-using any foundations or anchors without testing. Even with testing, it is doubtful that your AHJ would
I don't know about the zoning ordinance in your town, but our town's zoning ordinance and State law allow a grandfathered structure to be completely replaced, but the location and dimensions cannot b