[TowerTalk] Rohn 45 questions

Gregg Seidl k9kl at centurytel.net
Wed Oct 5 17:24:28 PDT 2011


I have a small dilmenia that I hope I can get a few answers.
In my younger days I would get "pointy top" Rohn sections and cut the top off and then put a rotor plate at the top and put the thrust bearing there with the rotor plate at the bottom of the top section. This worked good for years. I now get the flat plate top section but have one cut off pointy top tower left and want to convert it to a flat plate without getting an expensive Rohn 45 flat plate section plus shipping etc.
I see that Rohn 45 rotor plates fit anywhere along the tower section so I can mount it about 4 feet from the top. My question is this:does someone make a flat plate that fits OVER the legs. I can easily make the legs the same length and drill holes to secure the flat plate to the legs. Of course I'd paint it with cold spray galvanizing. 
I see Norms Fab makes a plate that fits into the legs but that would be a little more diffucult for me to drill or at least I think it fits into the legs.
Looking for any ideas other then take the top section off and install a flat plate section. Thats the obvious.
Gregg  K9KL


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