[TowerTalk] Hot Dip Galvanizing

Mon Jul 27 10:21:26 PDT 2009

Just my to cents on the safety with the proposed technique . . .

When reassembling the thing and it does not meet the original specs 
and fails due to some aspect not met in the ad-hoc re-assembly be 
prepared to have hassles.

Will it be worth the losses that you are risking just to save some 
money? How much is that worth?

73's
Tom - N4NW

At 11:14 AM 7/27/2009, you wrote:
>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!
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
>[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.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
>[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?
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
>[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
>Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 11:21 AM
>To: towertalk at contesting.com
>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
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
>[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.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
>[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of n9lah at comcast.net
>Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:43 PM
>To: Robert West
>Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
>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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