Rohn is very proud of their BPL55G and the one I bought a year ago had too
much galvanizing in one of the legs. I spent 1/2 hour in a milling
machine trying to remove the excess. If you do not like the Rohn pricing
there may be aftermarket top plates that will suit your needs.
John KK9A
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Subject:[TowerTalk] Top Bearing Plate for 55G vs Rotor Plate
From: Richard Thorne
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 06:34:40 -0500
I'm working on getting the parts together for a Rohn 55g tower.
The Rohn 55g Bearing plate sure is expensive. I see two other possibilities.
1 - Use the less expensive beacon plate and drill a hole for the
mast/bearing.
2 - Use a rotor plate for the same purpose.
I plan on having a top bearing, an intermediate bearing then the rotor. I
have no idea what the thickness of the Rohn bearing plate is as compared
to a beacon or rotor plate. I'm hoping to put up a full size 4 element 40m
beam some day, so the system will need to handle a good 300+lbs.
I don't need the guy ears on the top plate as I'm going to leave the top
10 feet unguyed.
If any one has a Rohn bearing plate available let me know. I thought I had
found one the other day but it didn't work out.
Thanks
Rich - N5ZC
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