[TowerTalk] Big crank-up?

[Todd Coulter]

Steve,

I was allowed to have the tower rated in the retracted or nested position. This was the key to meeting the requirements as set by the Florida Building Code with a crank-up tower.

My point was that no other tower manufacture was willing to do what Karl did even with their tower in the retracted position. I guess that I could have had an enginneer here locally do the calculations and prints for the other towers if I could have obtained the needed information about the other towers and provided that information to him/her, but I think that would have proved to be quite costly. Karl provided this service at no cost.

I could not have done it any other way without significantly more hassle as guyed and windmill towers are not allowed here.
                                                                    Regards,
                                                                      Todd
                                                                     N4JRZ



-------------- Original message from K7LXC at aol.com: -------------- 


> 
> In a message dated 8/3/2008 6:56:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes: 
> 
> > Karl went out of his way when other tower manufacturers (US Tower 
> included) would not help with the requirements that I had to meet here 
> in Broward county Florida which is a 140 mph, 3 second area. He gave me 
> all of the information that I needed to provide to a local and Florida 
> certified P.E. 
> 
> Please provide more information on a crank-up tower that will meet the 
> 140 MPH windspeed spec. Tnx. 
> 
> Cheers, 
> Steve K7LXC 
> TOWER TECH 
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