Sorry, Jim,
My experiences with Opal and Erin are just the opposite. Could be due
to several differences in construction, brand, etc. I still will take my
crank ups, cranked down, over anybody's guyed tower in such a storm.
Tom K4RV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim White, K4OJ" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Sain'T Tom" <k4rv@mindspring.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS
> I got to disagree with you on this one K4RV...
>
> No way is having a crank down and or tiltover better - I would go with the
> guyed tower over and over again - ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING WHAT ANDREW DID!
>
> If an act of God is gonna come and take things out then its gonna
> come...otherwise for day to day I will opt for the solid guyed tower over
> and over again...if its gonna take things out you have insurance....do not
> feel safe thinking you can just crank it down cause it will still rip it
off
> the face of your yard and deposit it in your neighbors yard! So - what did
> you gain - NOTHING - and you have a tower which you have to worry about
> 24/7/365 because of its inherent inadequacies.
>
> Too many horror stories of lost fingers and toes for me - have you ever
been
> on one of those when it decided to shift just a little and settle in...I
> have - a sure way to add skid marks to ones shorts!
>
> Jim, K4OJ
> near Tampa, FL
> formerly of Homestead, FL
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sain'T Tom" <k4rv@mindspring.com>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 8:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS
>
>
> > I agree. I have had great success with 2 steel crank up towers for many
> > years. Both are still going strong and one is beside a salt water bay.
> > I'll take my crank up, cranked down, over any guyed tower in a Florida
> > hurricane; and the antennas are a whole lot easier to take down and put
> back
> > up. I also have a steel guyed tower that I like VERY much.
> >
> > Tom K4RV
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <mcduffie@actcom.net>
> > To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 9:23 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS
> >
> >
> > > On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:57:04 -0500, Sherman Leifer wrote:
> > >
> > > > So, if you have had a crank up tower where the cable has busted and
> the
> > > > tower then came down vertically, please send me an email letting me
> know
> > > > your location by city, the tower Manufacturer and model number, and
I
> > will
> > > > compile all the statistics and let everyone know the results.
> > >
> > > Uh....how about also taking info from people who have NOT had a
problem,
> > > so that viewers of your info can also see that a properly maintained
> > > system doesn't normally have that problem? It's too easy to not do
> > > maintenance and blame the equipment for not running forever.
> > >
> > > gm
> > > --
> > > There is no x in my ISPs domain name.
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