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Re: [TowerTalk] Anti-climb panels for a crank-up tower

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Anti-climb panels for a crank-up tower
From: doc <kd4e@verizon.net>
Reply-to: kd4e@verizon.net
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:05:57 -0400
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
I understand that the Chinese Elm hedge grows very rapidly in most
areas such that it would cover an "ugly" fence within a year or two.

> I would like to get/make an anti-climb device for my tower.  It is a 70'
> motorized crank-up/pull-down tower by Tashjian Towers.  I won't be able to
> clamp anything around the legs because of the moving contact points between
> the tower sections.  In addition, the motor, gear box, and cable drum
> protrude at the bottom.  I was thinking that a sheet metal shield starting
> above the level of the motor, bear box, and drum might work, but am unsure
> how it could be attached without interfering with the moving parts of the
> tower.  A fence around the tower is out of the question for aesthetic
> reasons, therefore my only option is to fence in the back yard.  Does anyone
> figured out how to make an anti-climb device for such a tower?
> Craig, AE7I

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Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e

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