[TowerTalk] US Tower bearing measurement needed

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 04/29/2000 2:28:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, DMartin560 
writes:

> Thought about the U bolt option too...but was going to run the 2" mast all 
> the way down to the rotor shelf and use the U bolt there.  This method is 
> still under consideration.

     Well, then I'm not sure what you're trying to do. The top-of-the-tower 
U-bolt is just to hold the mast while you deal with something else - like 
rotator removal, raising or lowering mast, etc. In the case of a US Tower 
where there are just a couple of bolts up there to hold the mast, I leave the 
U-bolt in as a vertical stopper and then the tower bolts only have to hold 
the torque on the mast. 

      You can always have another U-bolt.

Cheers,   Steve   K7LXC

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