[TowerTalk] Real numbers for Rohn BX-64 Re: guying

[Doug Renwick]

Dave, You have a very good suggestion that has not been brought up
before.  Mount the rotor lower in the tower or at the bottom to
reduce the twisting action.  Excellent.

David Jordan wrote:

> ...one method to increase longevity of the HDBX48 tower is to mount the 
> rotor on the tower base section using angle steel and a rotor mounting 
> plate or directly on the concrete pad and run a 2" pipe up the center 
> of the tower.  This installation method makes for easy maintenance on 
> the rotor (no climbing) and removes most if not all the twist moment 
> forces from the latice tower which is typically the primary reason for 
> failures of the tower (the revits get loose from all the twisting and 
> eventually can pop out) next to over loading the tower. 

> dave
> wa3gin

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