[TowerTalk] Rohn Tower Damage Pictures

[Stan or Patricia Griffiths]

Hi Kurt,

Of course one of the things I was hoping would happen is to get others concerned
about what I saw here.  We have had plenty of discussion about it and I think some
guys have gone off the deep end and come to conclusions about this too early and
fixed blame a little too early as well.

You suggest that the cracks may only be in the galvanizing and you may be right, but
how can we tell?  I think welds can be x-rayed but I certainly can't do it and I
doubt that I can afford to have it done by anyone else.  I am not too happy about
cracks in the galvanizing either . . .

Since the damage appears to be caused by the truck loading technique and it is Rohn's
technique that was used on the first 12 damaged sections, I would say Rohn bears some
responsibility for this.  They have taken the sections back and sent 12 replacements
and one of the replacements arrived with similar damage.  Now that Rohn is aware that
such damage occurs during shipping, perhaps they could initiate some program to
prevent the use of fork lifts during the loading/unloading process.  Covering the
ends of the tower with a heavy cardboard cover with a big "Do Not Use a Fork Lift"
warning printed on it comes to mind . . .  So there are perhaps a few preventative
measures that ONLY Rohn could (and should) take . . .

Stan
w7ni@teleport.com

Kurt Andress wrote:

> Stan or Patricia Griffiths wrote:
>
> > Hi Frank,
> >
> > Yes, the weld fillets look pretty good from the outside of the tower.  Take a
> > look at the other side of the weld . . . inside the tower.  This is where I
> > found what appeared to be fractured welds.
> >
> > Stan
> > w7ni@teleport.com
>
> Hi Stan,
> I looked at the pictures and couldn't find any cracked welds, plenty of cracks in
> the heavy zinc coating caused by the damaged brace deformation.
>
> Don't see how we can rag on Rohn for that?
>
> I think we are barking up the wrong tree about quality here.
>
> Nice shot in there of one of those damned zinc spikes....
>
> --
> 73, Kurt, K7NV


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