[TowerTalk] Erecting Rohn 55

Lew Sayre lew at dsl-only.net
Tue May 11 10:21:40 PDT 2010


Yo,
     My friend, the crane guy, clean lifted 70' of Rohn 55 over to me atop
40" of already erected tower that had a rotating tower bearing at the 50'
level of the section that went on top.
No problems then or so far and it's one of the towers I haven't killed
somehow.
     73 and I remain,
     Lew     W7EW/W7AT

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 9:31 AM, <K7LXC at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 5/11/2010 9:07:29 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
>
> >  Anyone know how much Rohn55 can be picked up at once by  a crane without
> hurting the tower?
>
>     I've picked up 90 feet of 45G laying on the  ground slung from the top
> of the tower with no problem. 55G would be  heavier so you might consider
> 80' of it as a safe limit. Do a test lift  and see how comfortable you are
> with it.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve    K7LXC
> TOWER TECH
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