[TowerTalk] Re: TowerTalk Digest, Vol 10, Issue 22

[btakacs at nccw.net]

I just took down two Universal Towers this past week and I am finding the 
3/8 bolts are almost completely rusted through in the center of the 
bolt..  Both of these towers have been up about 10 years.  There must be 
some corrosive action on these bolts in the center of the tower.  Perhaps 
stainless bolts would solve this problem.  Kind of scary when they use only 
one bolt at each leg.
Bill/K8VP

>Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:41:27 -0400 (EDT)
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>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Another Universal Tower Raising question
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>I have put up a Universal Tower, and the thin aluminium didn't give me
>much faith in its strength. Probably safer to stack the tower by hand,
>which shouldn't be too bad, since the sections are lightweight.
>
>As for the base, texastowers.com sells the steel base to set in the
>footing.
>
>Jeremy

Bill Takacs - btakacs at nccw.net