[TowerTalk] Roof top towers
Stan or Patricia Griffiths
w7ni@teleport.com
Thu, 13 Jan 2000 12:57:12 -0800
How about a Rohn TB3 for $78.57 plus shipping?
Stan w7ni@teleport.com
Dave D'Epagnier wrote:
> The GME tower I've got doesn't even have a round hole at the top. It's a
> square formed by the inside edges of four pieces of 1/8" aluminum angle
> stock. The hole is also relatively wide so I'd thought I'd put a thrust
> bearing there even though the vertical load isn't all that much. My question
> is: what's the best value in thrust bearings? GME want's $90 for the unit
> that rusted out on John in 18 months. The one I got from Universal towers
> was $130 and ultra heavy duty. Are there any cheaper ones of decent quality
> available?
>
> --Dave
> K0QE
>
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> From: K7LXC@aol.com [SMTP:K7LXC@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 5:36 PM
> To: w4zw@home.com; Towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Roof top towers
>
> In a message dated 00-01-12 18:39:00 EST, w4zw@home.com writes:
>
> > Their thrust bearing, however; rusted within 18 months here.
>
> You don't even need one. The rotator is capable of handling
> any
> vertical load you can put on the roof tower so save yourself some $
> and skip
> the GME TB.
>
> Cheers, Steve K7LXC
>
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