RE: [TowerTalk] FW: Crank Up towers

[Peter Chadwick]

Do I gather from the discussion that crank up/foldover towers in the US are generally unguyed? Over here, guying is quite usual on a crank up: my 80 footer is rated to 120mph by the manufacturer when guyed, with a load of about 8 sq ft. It's 18 inches across the bottom section faces.
I hate climbing, so the fold over feature appealed. On one occasion, I had the ladder up against the folded down tower, and was desperately trying to get everything back together before dark - the garden was full of aluminium tubing. Two little old ladies appeared, and I came down off the ladder to see what they wanted. They gravely informed me that they were Jehovah's Witnesses who had come to bring me the word of God. Some imp of wickedness (and a desire to get on with the antenna work) led me to tell them that we were Cathode Followers - Low Mu, not the High Mu creed - and they went away apologising for disturbing me.........

seasons greetings
73
Peter G3RZP