[TowerTalk] Tower problem (long)

[James D. Bruce]

Jerry, it may be a Rohn 6. I had one wit a small tri-bander at 30'. I
wouldn't go any more than that. Mine appeared to be a bit more stable than
what you describe. You should check every inch of it very thoroughly for
rust, corrosion or splits. The previous owner didn't have any drain holes in
the bottom and the water inside froze and split the vertical tubes. I sold
it cheap. Like they say buyer (freebies included) beware.
Jim/NV3V
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Kitterman <jerry@otherside.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, March 16, 1998 22:46
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower problem (long)


>Hello Gang,
>
>   My name is Jerry and I'm located in southern Indiana near Louisville,
>Ky.  I'am new to the list and have some questions.
>
>  A couple of years ago I was given a tower.  I guess I should have known
>then to beware of a free tower.
>
>  It is primarily a tv antenna tower or sometimes called a cb tower
>although their antennas can be quite large also.  The tower was not
>designed for a big antenna array other than a large tv antenna.
>
>  The tower only has horizontal bracing without any kind of "X" bracing of
>any kind.  It is triangular tower and each side is about 10" wide and it is
>about 18 1/2" between braces and each tower section is 10 ft.
>
>  I put down roughly a yard of concrete or 3 ft. square cube and put one
>section of tower in the hole and poured the concrete.
>
>  My intention was of only going up 40 ft.  I put up 30 ft., guyed it with
>rope in 3 places, and when we tried getting up the top section the tower
>began to sway and "twist".  It felt and looked very unsafe.
>
>  I have thought about guying it better and just going ahead with it but I
>still feel overall that it is just too unsafe.
>
>  If I took the tower down could I still use my concrete base with another
>tower such as 25G?  I have heard  that concrete can be drilled and a base
>can be put down using hydraulic cement in the holes?  Anyone done anything
>like this?  I'am not looking to put up anything special, just trying to get
>my A3 up about 40 ft. or so.
>
>  Thank's for reading this and any ideas or advice that you have will be
>much appreciated.
>
>73
>Jerry
>W9CTB
>
>jerry@otherside.com
>
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