[Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS

[Rick Stoneking]

I do not have any direct experience with this but I do not that some towers 
have a mechanism to provide support of the tower in the extended position 
other than relying on the cable.  And I know that several of the guys in my 
area are retrofitting these devices onto their towers that do not have 
them, to prevent the scenario that Sherman descirbed.  I would not want to 
rely on the cable to hold the entire weight of the tower, mast, rotator, 
and antenna's for years on end.

I will be very interested to see the results that are compiled.

73,
Rick
W2RDS

At 09:57 AM 3/14/02 -0500, Sherman Leifer wrote:
>I have been a Ham for over 47 years and have lived in many different places.
>
>I have had many crank up towers from various manufacturers over these 
>years.  During this time I have had three towers, where the cable has 
>broken and the tower came down vertically destroying all the antennas and 
>the tower itself.  The latest just happened on an 89 foot crank up.
>
>The reason for this post is really to determine if others have experienced 
>the same problems I have over a number of years, and to compile a list of 
>towers by manufacturer and model numbers that I can then post the 
>statistics for all to see.
>
>So, if you have had a crank up tower where the cable has busted and the 
>tower then came down vertically, please send me an email letting me know 
>your location by city, the tower Manufacturer and model number, and I will 
>compile all the statistics and let everyone know the results.
>
>Please let me at this point, assure all of you that I will not mention 
>anyones name or call sign in this report.
>
>Best 73 to all.
>
>Sherman
>W4FLA
>(Soon to be W2FLA
>
>Reply to sherman@w4fla.com
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