[TowerTalk] Phillystran height above trees for fire safety

[Fred Hopengarten]

From:
Fred Hopengarten  K1VR               781/259-0088
Six Willarch Road
Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
permanent e-mail address:  fhopengarten@mba1972.hbs.edu
if sending attachments:  k1vr@gis.net

On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 11:12:19 -0500 "Tom Whiteside" <n5tw@igg-tx.net>
writes:
>
>My towers are going up on a wooded lot - the canopy is clear under the 
>guys
>but there are trees to each side.   Does anyone have a rule of thumb 
>on high
>high Phillystran needs to be above trees to insure it stays there in a 
>fire?


K1VR:  If it is a forest fire, you've got a problem at any height.  I ran
steel up to a height of 12 feet above ground (which, if you remember your
trigonometry, is a lot longer than 12' of steel).



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