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Re: [TowerTalk] split tubing in base leg

To: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>,"K8RI on Tower talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] split tubing in base leg
From: Peter Sundberg <sm2cew@telia.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 11:11:13 +0000
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At 10:22 2005-07-30 , Tom Rauch wrote:
>I doubt the crack will propagate anyway since it is caused
>by water freezing and not other stress. This isn't a metal
>stress issue, and it isn't a stress crack. Once the water
>inside freezes one time it now has a drain slot. 


If I remember correctly the crack was 28" from the bottom of the tower.
That is not a drain in the correct position, it should be at the very
bottom of the tower to do any good. I would drill holes in each leg at the
bottom of the tower, else water freezing might make more cracks lower than
the present one.

73/Peter SM2CEW


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