[Towertalk] Source for masts?

Jim Smith jimsmith@shaw.ca
Tue, 17 Sep 2002 01:22:15 -0700


Good grief!  My response to statements like, "... don't have the yield 
strength for our masts" is, "Don't know where to find ink for the pen I 
was going to sign your cheque with."

David wrote:

>Ron....not sure what the shipping would be since the mast was shipped with
>my new HDX-555 tower (it cost $900 for shipping from CA to FL).   The
>galvanized M-20R is 2" OD and the double pipe thickness in the lower half of
>the mast is .250 and the top single pipe thickness is
>.120.....unfortunately, US Towers says they "don't have the yield strength"
>for their masts.....uh oh, guess I'll find out how strong it is when the
>next hurricane passes through.
>73, David K4ZZR
>