[TowerTalk] Rohn Tower Damage Pictures

[Ken Keyseear]

Evidently the price of welding rods has skyrocketed.  You
can make them last a lot longer with welds like those pictured.

Sure would be interesting to see pictures of "good" Rohn sections
along with when they were made.

I wonder if the commercial product line is being built like this?

Perhaps this will give rise to a secondary business, one which 
buys Rohn tower sections, strips the galvanizing off, welds the
braces solidly, re-dips in zinc, and doubles the price.  When I'm
climbing, I'd rather pay double than get what I see here.

W4KK



At 09:58 PM 10/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>I looked at the pictures and quite frankly, the welds themself look
>>pretty flaky to me.  Not a lot of penetration there in my opinion.
>>
>>73
>>Jim
>>WB6YAW
>>
>I have 25G sections from 3 different vintages - some from 1974, some from
>about 1988, and the rest are from 1998. They all have serious fillets where
>they are welded. The ones in the pictures look like the braces are held on
>by the galvanizing.
>
>Frank
>W2FCA
>
>
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