[Towertalk] Removing Superficial Rust from Rohn Tower Sections

[k4oj]

...do yourself a favor - invest in a nice cordless drill - you cannot 
image the chores you will do with it - not to mention honey do's take 
less time when you don't have to drag out an extension cord!  The 
favorite tool in my arsenal is my Milwaukee Cordless - I have used it 
for jobs like wire brushing to driving a winch raising up a long mast 
with yagis on it by using an automotive jack and putting a wide flat 
blade in the chuck of the drill to operate it - there is nothing like 
the joy of exurting next to no force in squeezing the variable speed 
switch on the drill motor and then watching hundreds of pounds move 
before your eyes - versus how you used to do it with a comealong, etc...

Get two batteries for it - leave one in the charger so you will always 
be QRV.  Wire brushes that chuck up in drill motors are available at any 
home center...do it before the wx gets too cold up there in the Nawth

73,

Jim, K4OJ
  

K7LXC@aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 10/18/02 10:36:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, W3YY@aol.com 
>writes:
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>>I have both Rohn 25G and 45G towers that are now approaching 25 years in 
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>age. 
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>>   There is superficial rust on portions of the towers that I would like to 
>> deal with before it becomes serious.  Does anyone have any suggestions for 
>> dealing with this?  I thought that wire brushing and cold-galvanizing 
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>paint 
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>> might work, but am interested in how others have dealt with such problems.
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>    Yep - that's what you do.
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>Cheers,
>Steve    K7LXC
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