[TowerTalk] Fwd: Fwd: Heights Towers Aluminum??

n8de at thepoint.net n8de at thepoint.net
Fri Aug 15 14:27:32 EDT 2008


What you have is the OLD, light-duty Heights tower.

Take all the sections to someone with TIG-welding know-how and get ALL  
the welds checked and redone INSIDE and OUT.

Just a word to the wise.
Don
N8DE

Quoting HansLG at aol.com:

> There is no "inside". The weld is only on one side of the Z. The other side
> is just the Z-rod touching the leg.
>
> Hans N2JFS
>
>
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> Subj: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Heights  Towers Aluminum??
>
>
> I am glad to get this information. The Height tower I  have in my yard  just
> now is old. I noticed that some of the  weld or the Z have opened  and was
> going
> to fix that before  I put the tower up. Now I may get all  the welds
> inspected
>
> before  I put it up. I looked at the welds before  and wondered if they were
> OK,  but as I am not an expert I thought they  were OK. The  welds that brook
> were
> under high tention after the Z itself  bent  at these places.
>
> Hans   N2JFS
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> I  have found that wire brushing reveals some of the hairline cracks that
> oxidation has covered up.  Also, check on the inside of the  weld  joint.  I
> have
> discovered some hairlines there, that were  not showing on  the outside of
> the
> joint.
>
> Bill  KH7XS/K4XS
>
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