[TowerTalk] Hot Dip Galvanizing

[Robert West]

I was just figured I would just do one at a time, that way it was all in
alignment.  I actually have a new one of these but am using it at another
place we have.  Got this for cheap so I don’t mind putting some effort and
cash in it.  Sure beats the price of new!


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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dave Harmon
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 11:05 AM
To: 'Robert West'; 'Michael Ryan'; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hot Dip Galvanizing

I would be more concerned about keeping everything in alignment as it was
reassembled.
The factory must be using a jig to hold the parts together as they assemble
it.
Sounds to me like it would be better to buy new tower sections.
It might cost a little more but you wouldn’t get bogged down for months
trying and hopefully succeeding in re-assembling the thing.

Regards

Dave Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.

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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert West
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 7:12 AM
To: 'Michael Ryan'; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hot Dip Galvanizing

This is indeed a BX and yep, they are aluminum.  A lot of the rivets are
corroded and I had a quick though when I started on it to replace the ones
that were corroded but figured it wouldn't be worth the effort.  Replacing
with nuts and bolts would be easy but how difficult would it be to replace
them with steel rivets?  


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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 11:21 AM
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hot Dip Galvanizing

A 48ft ROHN BX tower was taken to an electroplating business near
Fredricksburg, VA a number of years ago. A friend of mine who lived in
Fairfax, Va wanted the tower sections put in the acid bath before the
galvanizing process to remove the rust, etc.  After the sections were
supposedly tanked, they did fall apart as they rivets fell apart.  He had
the sections galvanized and later re-assembled them with nuts and bolts.  It
was a bit tedious but appeared to work fine and may still be up now.  This
was 10-12 years ago. Good luck...  - Mike

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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dave Harmon
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 11:12 AM
To: n9lah at comcast.net; 'Robert West'; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hot Dip Galvanizing

That might not be just a story.....
A local friend of mine had a tower re-galvanized and the rivets corroded.
In investigating this he discovered that the rivets are aluminum.
Not really believing him I checked my rivets with a magnet.....uhhh, guess
what?

Regards

Dave Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.

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Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hot Dip Galvanizing



What type of freestanding tower is it? I seem to remember a story about a
ham who sent an HBX tower to the galvanizer and when it hit the tank the
rivets all melted. Maybe just a good story, but something to think about. 



Phil 

N9LAH 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert West" <robert.west at just-micro.com> 
To: towertalk at contesting.com 
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 9:05:03 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
Subject: [TowerTalk] Hot Dip Galvanizing 

I'm cleaning up an old 65' freestanding tower and would like to get the 
thing galvanized.   I live in central Ohio and have looked up a few places 
that advertise the service but haven't called any of them yet.  What price 
range should I be looking at and how clean does this have to be before they 
can process it?   Anyone have one to recommend in Ohio that they have used? 
I was putting off calling until I had some sort of idea of what was a good 
price and what was a rip-off. 

  

Thanks! 

  

Bob- 

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