I personally would never use a tower section that had fallen. So my answer is
throw it away. The stresses each tower section experienced make them suspect
for failure and I would not sleep well thinking that hidden damage would result
in the next failure. While tower sections are not real cheap they are cheaper
than rotors and antennas and what ever the tower hits the next time it falls.
And that is When not If.
Clint - W5CPT
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Barnes
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 5:31 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] broken tower section
I have a friend that has recently had a rohn 25 tower fall in a severe
thunderstorm bending and breaking the section at the bottom. The tower
is in concrete. Is there a best way to mate a section back to what is
existing? Is is best to put a sleeve around each leg of the tower and
through bolt it? Is it best to sleeve and weld it? Is it best to cut the
existing section off at the ground and use a rohn base plate? Or are
there better suggestions? Thanks you, Joe N4JBK
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