[TowerTalk] Rohn tower bolts

[mryan001]

Not sure if you guys covered this during the discussions about tower
sections, bolts, etc.  But ROHN used to ( and perhaps still does ) ship
sections of tower with the bolt kits shoved up inside the legs. They put a
small plastic cap inside the leg, put in the bolts and then another plastic
cap to close it up with the bolts in there. If someone does not look for
these caps and then remove them, the bolts cane be/are STILL inside the
legs, or at least one of the caps, maybe for 20 years. I have found this on
occasion. Water can get trapped in there and prematurely rust a section out
from the inside, or in colder climates where freezing is common place during
the winter, the legs can snap open during a hard freeze. ( We rarely see
that here in Florida but envy it so....) The latter can be hazardous to your
health. It has always been my practice to HOSE out the legs of spiders,
owls, ospreys, wenches and those pesky bolts so that you don't have a
"problem".  If you can't see inside of a leg from one end to the other there
is something in there for sure. Might just be some missing bolts from yester
year. - Mike, K4CVL

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Bill Parry
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 5:50 PM
To: K7LXC at aol.com; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn tower bolts


Your experience in this is clearly far greater than mine. I inspected the
bolts that were visible from the ground and I didn't see any evidence of any
rust. He told me that three bolts were missing and that there was evidence
of rust around the holes. My assumption was that maybe the bolts were
somehow "deficient". Since he told me he would put the bolts in for free
this weekend, he has no reason to misrepresent the situation. It is
certainly possible that your presumption is exactly correct and that the
tower has been up for 5 years without these bolts and without anyone
noticing. Whatever the cause, they will be replaced tomorrow morning and my
problem resolved.

Bill, W5VX

>-----Original Message-----
>From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
>bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of K7LXC at aol.com
>Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 8:59 AM
>To: towertalk at contesting.com; BPARRY at RGV.RR.COM
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn tower bolts
>
>
>In a message dated 8/29/2006 11:33:35 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
>
>>  My tower guy came down off my Rohn 25 tower after doing some  routine
>maintenance a couple of weeks ago. He said that I was missing three  bolts
>out of the tower legs. I asked if he figured that they just vibrated  out
>and
>he said that it looked like they had disintegrated from rust. I  guess that
>Rohn didn't put all "good bolts" in the tower  sections.
>
>    Disintegrated from rust?!? This is preposterous.  It'd take decades for
>that to happen, and there'd still be some residual  material that you'd
>find.
>
>    Most likely they weren't installed in the first  place. I've never
>heard
>of a properly installed leg joint nut or bolt "coming  out"; it's a tight
>fit
>in the first place and they're held in place by the leg  compression so I
>doubt that they "fell out".
>
>Cheers,
>Steve    K7LXC
>TOWER TECH -
>Professional tower services for hams
>Cell: 206-890-4188
>
>
>
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