[Towertalk] Crossover brackets/ubolts

[Jim White]

along these lines - if you have an aluminum recycling place near you - check
it out - the one near me has changed its motus operandi but they used to
sell whatever they took in by the pound for I think 80 cents....have found
some excellent angle and channel stock as well as plate there- new ownership
does not want to sell what the collect unfortunately - have to find another
one!

Do not pay retail for this stuff - truly a last resort!

K4OJ



----- Original Message -----
From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
To: <wr9a@commsec.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Crossover brackets/ubolts


> In a message dated 6/18/02 1:33:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
wr9a@commsec.com
> writes:
>
> > I'm looking for inexpensive crossover brackets or crossover ubolts. I
> >  want to use them with 1.5"-2" pipe to make sidemounts for my Rohn 25G
> >  tower. The sidemounts that Rohn sells seem quite expensive, though I'm
> >  sure they're of good quality, and the crossover brackets & ubolts Rohn
> >  sells are also quite expensive.
> >
> >  I remember seeing a weird-shaped, single u-bolt at the Dayton
Hamvention
> >  that functioned as a crossover. Does anyone know of a supplier for such
> >  an animal, or something similar that is relatively inexpensive? I know
a
> >  person can buy some 1/4" steel stock and drill some holes to fit
> >  standard ubolts, but I don't have access to a welder to cut the stock,
> >  or durable enough bits to drill the holes. If anyone can come up with
> >  another idea, or point me in the direction of a relatively inexpensive
> >  source for something like this, I'd appreciate it.
> >
>     I'd get some 1/4" aluminum plate and use them for your pipe-to-pipe
> interface - they'll be just like any old boom-to-mast plate with U-bolts
> horizontally and vertically.
>
>     A simpler method is to use some angle steel or aluminum across the
face
> (attached to the leg by Rohn leg U-bolts) and sticking out a couple of
feet.
> Then you can attach a pipe to the flat part of the angle stock with
another
> U-bolt and you don't need the interface plate. You can do LOTS of things
with
> some angle, pipe, and
> U-bolts.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve    K7LXC
> TOWER TECH -
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