[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 122, Issue 26

[Mike]

Maybe your neighbors 2nd story addition was not approved, maybe that is why
he kept quiet: -)

Mike 

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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kathy
Bookmiller
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 12:52 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 122, Issue 26





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Frank must have miscalculated as when my W-51 failed in a heavy wind, it
bent over in the middle section at the point where the over lap ended with
the top section. This drove the elements of my 204BA into and through the
flat roof of my neighbors house 2nd story addition. The neighbor never said
a word about it, like that is just something that happens everyday:) The
tower was otherwise unharmed and just needed a new middle section to be used
again. I've seen a couple of other W51 failures and they were at the same
place mine occurred. 
Kathy, W2NK

<Anecdote follows:

Frank Clement, W6KPC (SK), who owned Tri-Ex for many years, told me in
personal conversation that their crankups were designed so that if a
catastrophic failure were to occur with the tower extended, it would be in
the top section and not the bottom (biggest) section.  His logic,
paraphrasing here, was that "you can deal with a bent, or folded, top
section (bring in a crane, cut things loose and take it down safely), BUT if
you had a failure in the bottom section, you likely would have a REAL
disaster on your hands (destroyed your roof, or your neighbor's roof-- or
car-- or worse, personal injury)."

I always thought Frank was a smart guy.>
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