I would be more concerned about keeping everything in alignment as it was
reassembled.
The factory must be using a jig to hold the parts together as they assemble
it.
Sounds to me like it would be better to buy new tower sections.
It might cost a little more but you wouldn?t get bogged down for months
trying and hopefully succeeding in re-assembling the thing.
Regards
Dave Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert West
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 7:12 AM
To: 'Michael Ryan'; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hot Dip Galvanizing
This is indeed a BX and yep, they are aluminum. A lot of the rivets are
corroded and I had a quick though when I started on it to replace the ones
that were corroded but figured it wouldn't be worth the effort. Replacing
with nuts and bolts would be easy but how difficult would it be to replace
them with steel rivets?
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 11:21 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hot Dip Galvanizing
A 48ft ROHN BX tower was taken to an electroplating business near
Fredricksburg, VA a number of years ago. A friend of mine who lived in
Fairfax, Va wanted the tower sections put in the acid bath before the
galvanizing process to remove the rust, etc. After the sections were
supposedly tanked, they did fall apart as they rivets fell apart. He had
the sections galvanized and later re-assembled them with nuts and bolts. It
was a bit tedious but appeared to work fine and may still be up now. This
was 10-12 years ago. Good luck... - Mike
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dave Harmon
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 11:12 AM
To: n9lah@comcast.net; 'Robert West'; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hot Dip Galvanizing
That might not be just a story.....
A local friend of mine had a tower re-galvanized and the rivets corroded.
In investigating this he discovered that the rivets are aluminum.
Not really believing him I checked my rivets with a magnet.....uhhh, guess
what?
Regards
Dave Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of n9lah@comcast.net
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:43 PM
To: Robert West
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hot Dip Galvanizing
What type of freestanding tower is it? I seem to remember a story about a
ham who sent an HBX tower to the galvanizer and when it hit the tank the
rivets all melted. Maybe just a good story, but something to think about.
Phil
N9LAH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert West" <robert.west@just-micro.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 9:05:03 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: [TowerTalk] Hot Dip Galvanizing
I'm cleaning up an old 65' freestanding tower and would like to get the
thing galvanized. I live in central Ohio and have looked up a few places
that advertise the service but haven't called any of them yet. What price
range should I be looking at and how clean does this have to be before they
can process it? Anyone have one to recommend in Ohio that they have used?
I was putting off calling until I had some sort of idea of what was a good
price and what was a rip-off.
Thanks!
Bob-
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