[Towertalk] Help locating freestanding tower

Zac Smith sk-8-er@clnk.com
Fri, 14 Jun 2002 22:41:08 -0500


you dont want grade 5 for a tower, or stainless, stainless is too weak and
grade 5 is to hard, theyll break under stress, you want A325 type 1 or 2,
its a structural grade bolt, itl  stretch under high stress instead of
shearing off at the head, trust me ive been stackin iron for a long time

Zac
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Troy Thoele" <thoele@txcyber.com>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 10:12 PM
> Subject: [Towertalk] Help locating freestanding tower
>
>
> > Greetings -
> >
> > I am looking for a freestanding tower, unassembled, in the 70 to 140 ft
> > range.  Where is a good place to look for something like this?
> >
> > Along these lines, I have a hardware question.  I have located another
> > small tower that is on the way, but is missing the tower stubs and
> > hardware.  It's a trylon tower, and the local bolt and screw company had
> no
> > idea what a "js500" finish was.  The speculation was that it was just a
> > galvanizing coating.
> >
> > They did have grade 5 stainless steel bolts in stock though, for about
30%
> > more than galvanized (special order in that size).  Does anybody have
any
> > opinions on using SS bolts instead?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Troy
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