[TowerTalk] E-Z WayTower on Wind Loading

[Julio Peralta]

According to a very old Ez way catalog the RBX-50 will support 28.8 sq./ft
at 50MPH. Having had one come down on me many years ago with much less
sq/ft-age than that I think I would stay around 10 or 12 sq/ft. And if I was
not going to be around the house I would partially crank it down.

One of the problems with the EZ ways is there is no positive pull down. If
the wind starts to blow at more that 10-15MPH it will force all the sections
to one side of the tower and they will bind up and will not come down until
the wind slacks off. This causing you to roll off a bunch of slack cable, if
you're not paying attention. I guess you can imagine what happens when the
wind slacks off for a moment or two.

Good luck with the EZ way I put a bunch of them up and taken down a bunch of
them over the years. They were made in Tampa, Fl where I live. As a matter
of fact they were built just down the street where I now live.

Julio, W4HY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <johnlynch at comcast.net>
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Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 1:05 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] E-Z WayTower on Wind Loading


> I'm now the proud owner of
> of an E-Z Way RBX-50 Tower. I've looked in the manual. I'm not able to
find any preference to wind loading capabilities of the Tower. This anyone
have any information about how many square feet of antenna that this towel
will support safely. Right now I have a TA-33 WARC that I will be putting
the top of the Tower. I'm curious if I can put a 6 m beam is well is an 18
ft. two/440 meter vertical.
> Thanks for your help in advance.
> 73
>
> John
> WA3G and Retired BUFF Driver
> God Bless America
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