[TowerTalk] Guying Alum Tower

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 12/7/2015 10:18 AM, Kelly Taylor wrote:
> Given how much work and expense there might be in re-engineering the 50-foot Uni to 80-100 feet, are you maybe better off finding a use for the Uni at its design height and finding good, used Rohn for the 80-100 footer?
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> A guy is now advertising 7 sections of R45 plus a top section for $750. Can you do your extended Universal for significantly less than $750? Seems to me, given the safety issue and given the design specs of the Rohn, any cost-benefit analysis would have to significantly discount from that $750 to be worthwhile.
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> 73, kelly
> ve4xt
>

Steel tower weighs a lot more than aluminum and
being only 18 inches is less stiff, hence
requires multiple pull cables to tilt up, which
requires a falling derrick.  R45 would require
three levels of guying, versus one level for
my aluminum towers.

Rick N6RK