The Universal I put up was used, and I found the same thing with the old
bolts, very rusty. I am in a very salty/hot climate, so stainless was a
must. Since it never gets cold, I didn't worry about the steel getting
brittle in the winter.
Jeremy
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 btakacs@nccw.net wrote:
> I just took down two Universal Towers this past week and I am finding the
> 3/8 bolts are almost completely rusted through in the center of the
> bolt.. Both of these towers have been up about 10 years. There must be
> some corrosive action on these bolts in the center of the tower. Perhaps
> stainless bolts would solve this problem. Kind of scary when they use only
> one bolt at each leg.
> Bill/K8VP
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