[TowerTalk] Aluminum Pipe/Tubing Needed

[Alan C. Zack]

I second Heights Towers, Jerry beat me to it.

Jerry Keller wrote:

> Try Heights Tower... www.heightstowers.com 
> 
> Click on Accessories
> 
> They have a 12 foot 2" diameter 6061T6 alloy aluminum mast for $77.00... pretty cheap... I use one and it's FB...
> 
> 73,  Jerry K3BZ
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Larry Burke WI5A 
>   To: towertalk at contesting.com 
>   Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 12:41 PM
>   Subject: [TowerTalk] Aluminum Pipe/Tubing Needed 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   Looking for a 12' length of aluminum pipe/tubing 1/4" wall, 1.5" ID / 2" OD,
>   to use in a gin pole application. While this can be located outside my
>   immediate area, I was hoping someone on the list could provide a lead for a
>   local stock in the Houston area. Most of the Yellow Pages sources I have
>   tried have come up empty handed. I'd prefer not to have to look through
>   every scrap yard in Houston. Any locals out there with some ideas? 
> 
>   Related question.. Is 1/4" wall overkill for 45G? I will be using the gin
>   pole clamp/head from WB0W.  I don't recall the wall thickness on Rohn's gin
>   pole design, but seem to think it was not this thick. Maybe 1/8" wall would
>   work? 
> 
> 
> 
>   Larry Burke WI5A
>   Friendswood, TX
> 
> 


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