[TowerTalk] Rohn Torque Bars

[Bill Aycock]

I'm confused- how could torque bars have made this failure not happen, or 
less dangerous?
Bill

At 10:33 PM 8/2/2004 -0700, John Kiesel wrote:



>  They sure can't hurt!!
>for a FEW BUCKS MORE IN THE INVESTMENT.
>Anything that gives you lateral support can't be bad!
>
>I just saw this weekend a 40 foot boom 4 element tri
>band quad split in two as it was lowered. The Gin pole
>folded to 180%
>locking the rope thru the gin pole on a 200 LBS
>antenna that split in two! The antenna boom didn't
>bend! It split! Like a crystaline fracture. The
>antenna careened down and put a Vee bow on the top
>guy!! It was a very scary situation with the person on
>the tower. he could have been crushed, or the tower
>could have collapsed!
>
>I think that any addition safety preventatives that
>you can add to your tower system are well worth it at
>any cost. I was shaking from this experience after
>doing tower installs and taking towers down for over
>35 years!
>
>Johnny Kiesel   KE7V
>
>--- Jack Schuster <w1wef at intergate.com> wrote:
>
> > I am in the process of replacing guys on my 108 ft
> > Rohn 25 tower, and am
> > planning to eliminate the TB25 torque bars. I was
> > told a few years ago that
> > Rohn discontinued them  because they decided they
> > were unnecessary.
> > Wondering what the consensus is among the Towertalk
> > experts? Tnx   JACK
> > W1WEF   w1wef at arrl.net
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Bill Aycock - W4BSG
Woodville, Alabama