[TowerTalk] Have you had a crank-up come down?

[K2we@aol.com]

I'm curious. I'd like to hear from other users of Crank-up towers. Have you 
or someone you know had a Crank-up tower come down?? If so:

1. What caused it?? Broken Cable, High winds?? Defect in tower?? Etc.

2. Age & Type of tower?

3. What kind of antenna was installed on top??

4. Who installed it?? You?? A Professional installer??

The reason for this survey is a friend was turned down by his town for the 
installation of a 52' motorized Crank-up on the grounds that if the tower 
falls over it will land in the street!!. I had mentioned t him that I've 
never heard of a Crank-up tower falling over from the base. Most failures 
happen when a cable snaps causing the tower to collapse inside it self but 
his town doesn't want to hear it.

I'd like to hear from anyone out there who has had this kind of Crank-up 
tower failure.

Thanks in advance.

73  Steve/K2WE


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