[TowerTalk] Re-galvanizing tower sections

[mahlonhaunschild at cox.net]

Yeah,  I seem to remember that there was an outfit in Jacksonville FL that specifically did re-galvanizing.  Try Google-ing it.

regards,

Mahlon - K4OQ

> 
> From: Jim Lux <jimlux at earthlink.net>
> Date: 2004/02/23 Mon PM 08:48:27 EST
> To: "Gary R." <n6lrv at cox.net>,  TOWERTALK at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Re-galvanizing tower sections
> 
> 
> >  If Julio can find someone in his area with the capability to recoat the 
> > tower sections I would suspect it will cost a great deal of money.
> 
> Probably not all that expensive.. It's some small number of cents per pound 
> (actually, they'll quote it in dollars/hundredweight) of whatever they're 
> dipping into the tank of molten zinc.  I forgot what we paid 7 years ago, 
> when I had some welded structures galvanized, but it's just not that 
> expensive.  (I'm thinking in the $20/hundredweight range) Think of it this 
> way... It's got to be a LOT less than the selling cost of the tower 
> section, or tower mfrs couldn't afford to do it as part of a manufacturing 
> process.
> 
> 
> Check the yellow pages for "galvanizing" and call around.
> 
> Jim, W6RMK 
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