[TowerTalk] Aluminum tower welds...Old Data circa mid1970's ..........

[bill rubin]

I do not think inspecting a tower once an month is realistic. But annual is
recommended.

73 Bill N1HWC
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 9:33 AM, David Jordan <wa3gin at comcast.net> wrote:

> ...one thing is for sure anyone with a tower should be inspecting the
> tower
> at least once a month for faults.  These are man made devices and subject
> to
> human errors as well as damage from mother nature.
>
> When I read the comment from the fella that was climbing his tower and
> noticed that he had open welds I thought to myself, here is a guy that
> doesn't perform regular tower inspections.
>
> Be Safe,
> Dave
> Wa3gin
>
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> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Aluminum tower welds...Old Data circa mid1970's
> ..........
>
> I think you must have gotten a bad batch of tower welds, as I have had
> no problems like you describe with any of my Universal sections EXCEPT
> for the sections that were felled by tornadoes!
> One of those sections had ONE weld broken which I have had repaired by
> a local welding shop that knew exactly how to do the job.
> The biggest problems with the aluminum towers are:
>
>
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