[TowerTalk] Repair HD-BX Tower?

[mryan001]

Jim and Bill, I saw that same thing happen when a friend took a BX tower
down to an electroplating company near Fredericksburg, Va years ago. It went
in as a tower and came out as plain old everyday angle iron.  -Mike

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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Bill Turner
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 11:14 AM
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Repair HD-BX Tower?


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On Sat, 12 May 2007 17:52:08 -0500, jpk5lad at cox.net wrote:


>Yep, those rivets are aluminum.  I had a friend who
>wanted to "refresh" his HDX-48 tower's coating and
>took it to a galvanizing place.  When they dipped the
>sections into the hot metal vat, the aluminum rivets
>completely melted.  He got back a tower kit which
>looked like a gigantic Erector Set.
>Jim - K5LAD

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Fascinating story. A mental picture I will not soon forget. :-)

73, Bill W6WRT
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