[TowerTalk] Rohn hardware sizes??

[W0UN--Signal Hill Ranch]

At 09:05 AM 2001-07-19, you wrote:

>      Does anyone happen to know the leg bolt sizes of Rohn 45 ?   We have
>been given almost 200 feet of nearly new rohn 45 just to remove it.
>Inspection shows that in spite of a professional installation, the tower only
>has 1 set of bolts in each leg......ie: large bolt in some sections....small
>bolt in others......no idea as to why it was done this way,  but we want it
>all bolted together to safely disassemble.
>     Thanks in advance...
>      Bob   '4t

Bob--

That was NOT a professional installation--I don't care WHO did it.

OLD Rohn catalog shows 3 ---- 5/16" dia x 2-3/8" long NC bolts
and 3 ---- 7/16" dia x 2-1/4" long NC bolts per Rohn 45 section.

Rohn has been using SAE bolts more recently with NF threads on
Rohn 25 -- not sure about 45.

--John  W0UN


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